Royal Enfields From India, Anyone Had One? Any Good?

If I could find a Triumph 865 Scrambler or a Street Scrambler for four grand or less I would seriously consider it although I do wonder if it is, perhaps, a little too heavy for going up the rough gravel forestry roads and, possibly a little gentle real off roading but private sales at good prices are thin on the ground here (I can't travel any distance to view/buy at the moment) and the used dealer prices on ebay are consistently over the price of a brand new Enfield let alone a mildly used one. It is hard to resist the idea of a 2019 bike with 50 miles or so on the clock for less than four grand!

 

Found something rather interesting and new to me... . The Benelli Imperiale 400 classic looks, big(ish) single and three and a half grand new! Anyone know anything about those beasties?

 

I thought they might be as I know that Benelli is now Chinese owned but I never found anything that says whether they are actually made in China but, I am guessing that, for that sort of money they couldn't be made anywhere else and still turn a profit although I have to wonder sometimes if the Chinese are actually currently aiming at turning a profit or are prepared to make a loss until the have put the competition out of business. Certainly in other markets I find it hard to believe that they can sell some things at the prices they do and even cover basic costs of raw materials let alone labour, shipping etc.

 

Here's a question that only just occurred to me and is quite important... Are the Indian Enfields metric? All I have these days are metric spanners, allen keys and sockets so if they are imperial I would have to re-equip with suitable sockets etc.

 

It may sound a bit perverted but I am actually attracted by the idea of a bike that I have to work on to keep it running I have a feeling that my Bonnie's and my Sprint are not going to need much more than basic maintenance and fettling, at least for some time to come. All three have been freshly serviced and the Bonnie's are only two and a half thousand and seven thousand miles old. Fair enough the sprint may need a valve clearance check at some point but I don't think it will need any regular tweaking and care unless something goes majorly wrong and I have a whole reasonably low mileage donor bike sitting should that happen.

 

Ach dinnae ye worry @half ton if I am going to go for one I would likely be going for the Air Force blue 'Military' one or the Johnny Britain Trials machine although I am attracted to a 2017 Classic in Cream with burgundy for some weird reason. Maybe because it is cheap at just over three grand?

 

Ha! If I was going for the trials one it would be the green frame for me too. Has that WWII aircraft interior green shade to it and I never really get on with red and orange for some reason.