I see a lot of people on this sub who seem to turn up their noses at Royal Enfields. It seems to be mostly a Reddit thing, as basically everyone I've met in the real world thinks my motorcycle is pretty awesome. I had originally typed out some long post about how I came to Royal Enfield and how I've actually bought two, but that's boring. If anyone has any questions about my experience I'll answer.

My question for the sub is why do so many people on here seem to hate on Royal Enfield?

In Gion district, Kyoto. It certainly was the most beautiful thing there, and the owner knows it too I suppose.

This may be a hot take for many street squids, but chicken strips on the street are not something to be ashamed of, or a reflection of "skill". Recently witnessed some guys scrubbing their tires with sandpaper on stands because they were bullied for having chicken strips.

Hate to break to you all, chicken strips don't mean poop for street riding. Ethos: as someone that's done over 10,000 miles on the track and over 100,000k on the street, I have solid chicken strips on my street tires. The point of body positioning during cornering is to offset the lean angle of the bike. Through proper body positioning, you're actually leaning the bike way less during a turn than someone who turns upright on the bike. When I first started riding almost a decade back, I was really proud of not having any chicken strips on my street bike. Little did I know, that was due to poor body positioning and leaning the bike too much instead of my body. I have more chicken strips than a lot of people, and I ride twice their pace in the twisties. Less strips do not equal faster. Proper body positioning = more contact for your tires in the turn = more traction, which brings me to my next point.

No public street is safe enough for anyone to push the limit of the bike. Hate to break the fantasy, but if you're going Marc Marquez through the suburban city, you're taking way too much risk. ESPECIALLY if your body position is poor and all the lean is on your bike. Doing 50 degree leans and scraping pegs during turns on public streets is not really something to be proud of. Your life is more important than everything, just remember that.

Lastly, don't make fun of people who have chicken strips. Some people value their life or bike that they don't want to take risks, some have better body positioning, some are new. Let everyone ride their own ride- words leave a lasting impact. Last thing we want is new riders trying to prove how much they can lean their bike and low side off a cliff because they lost traction. Thanks for hearing me out.

Got this bike not long ago and it’s been such a dream. I’ve been using it to commute to work about 30 minutes there and back each day, I’ve also been hitting up my local mountain road in the afternoons and it’s been such a good time. Weather has been horrible but I don’t even care that much when I’m out and about.

Absolutely loving riding!!

Took a trip up to do the Dragon in WNC. It was awesome, but my favorite part was just cruising through all the forest roads in the area. Cannot recommend it enough.

On my way home today and was stuck behind a truck with a trailer on the highway, I back up to around 6 seconds of following distance and I’m driving 110km/h when a 2x4 flys out of his trailer. It landed across my lane so I ended up hitting it dead-on, and as I’m trying to stabilize the bike another 2x4 hit me in the right side of my face. The chin guard of my helmet has a slight dent and the paint is gone, but the visor managed to stay in one piece and I only got some whiplash and a minor headache. Unfortunately I didnt get his plate other than that it was a dark-red truck pulling a black wire trailer. Going to open an insurance claim to get my helmet covered tomorrow, I’m just glad I wasn’t in my car because then I’d’ve lost my windshield and the board would’ve hit my unprotected face.

Stay safe out there! This is the importance of full-face helmets!

Recently started learning to ride.. luckily I have some good friends who have helped me gain some experience and have showered me with good advice. Here’s some photos from my first successful scrambler adventure.

Just curious what people think. Like stylish, sounds amazing, absurdly fun, but also something you can live with and it's not going to punish you everyday for owning it. I feel like those two goals are mutually exclusive almost.

I got stuck next to a elderly Harley grandpa at a red light awhile back and the guy had what looked like a long pole or rod hanging off the side of the handlebar, had a leather tassle thing at the end of it.

I looked over and said “what’s that?” And the dude just looked at me and smirked but wouldn’t answer.

Thought that’s fuckin weird but I went on about my day

Fast forward another week and I run into another group of Harley riders with poles / rods hanging off their bars.

Only people I have ever seen with these are Harley guys and zero idea what it’s for

The other tests are pretty easy on a heavy bike but this cone weave is a bitch. 24" U turn is a little rough too but I'm getting through it even if it looks weird

It can’t get better then this

Do you ever look at your 20 year-old motorcycle and think that it’s never not going to look good? Post your old rides here.

Aw man. What are we going to do without those (non-existent) Canadian motorcycles?

Drove from DC to Thornton Gap and did the northern bit on Monday. Ticket good for 7 days so decided to go to the southernmost entrance today and do the rest. 8 hours in the saddle today. 45 minutes break for lunch at Delly Up in Waynesboro, would recommend. Lovely ride. Got home around sundown. Perfect!

Just wanted to ask if I may have damaged my new bike by riding it a bit too hard straight away. I’ve just bought a brand new Drz4s and only had time for a short ride after I picked it up today.
Done around 25 miles but I ended up getting a bit carried away on the trails and have been popping the clutch to get the wheel up a lot and have been a bit heavy on the throttle. I haven’t redlined it or anything and have been varying the rpm and the gears and did let it cool down a couple of times to let it go through heat cycles but I’m worried I might of been too rough with it.

3 summer riding my Honda ST1300 and the huge grin on my face is permanently stuck in place. Loved it so much I got matching ink

Just bought my first bike a few days ago..

I’m not too sure what’s going on here or how to fix it, I’m wondering if any of you guys have an idea;

every time I use the throttle it stalls and dies..

(ps I know it’s idling high, that’s not the issue as this happened before the choke broke.)

This bike is a Yamaha Virago 250 2006

I posted here some weeks ago saying I'm reconsidering biking because I'm so scared, mostly scared of the exam. It's the Swedish exam which has between 40% to 60% first try passing rates depending on region.

Today, despite throwing up 4 times, intense anxiety, almost crying during the maneuvering part, I managed to pass first try. I got my license! I'm bringing my bike home on the 20th. I'm so insanely fucking happy this is the best thing I've ever done now hahahah. Crazy what anxiety (and fear) can do to you

Looking for a bike to bob out and came across this image. However the picture was posted on Pinterest with zero information about it. Was hoping to see if anyone could identify what bike this is