Test day with Royal Enfield Limerick

Quillo

Anyone done the test day with these guys down in Adare ? Wondering what's involved, how many peolpe involved etc. Thinking of giving it a go next month.

Sir Galahad

Can you give a link please or details ? My son is 32 and thinking about an Enfield.

Quillo

No problem

https://www.retroventuresireland.com/royal-enfield

Sir Galahad

Hmm, don’t think I’ll be paying for a test ride 🤔. I’ve thirty eight years experience on bikes and just want to test a bike for my son (a learner). So maybe this event is not for me.

Trigger Happy

€250 for test riding 4 bikes over a day? They are taking the p1ss. And then to offer you a voucher for 50% of this cost back if you decide to buy one from them. Nah- not for me.

To be honest it would put me off ever going there again - does this mean that if I turn up on a regular day and want to test drive a bike they would be charging me?

Bluefoam

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121197106#Comment_121197106

I see Royal Enfields as a false economy anyway... Go for a Moto Guzzi V7, they're much better put together, are rock solid, V'Twin engines, hand made in Italy and have a shaft drive. Any they aren't a huge amount more than an interceptor in the Irish market. Plus they need far less servicing. Megabikes generally have test bikes available, and I don't believe they charge a test fee for you to buy a bike.

Henry Ford III

I wonder if you called them in advance and told them you were serious about possibly buying one would you get as many test rides as you needed?

This idea of a group test day for €250 a head is nonsense.

Trigger Happy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121197142#Comment_121197142

I actually have a Royal Enfield Meteor. For my uses it is a great bike- I really cant fault it apart from the 120km/hr limiter that is on the bike. But its rare that I get out of urban areas so not much of an issue for me.

Working class heroes

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121197238#Comment_121197238

Snap!

Quillo

I've never bought a new bike and so I'm not familiar with what testing is avaialble from shops.

Can you just show up and ask to test a showroom bike ?

Have to say the charges involved in the Limerick test seem high but the thing that really shocked me is the €750 "security deposit" to cover the first €750 of and damage or theft. Now if I'm on an unfamiliar bike on unfamiliar roads riding at a pace set by someone else seems to me there's a chance of at least minor damage ! I can see how it makes sense from their perspective but not from mine.

Breezin

I'm biased, because I have an Interceptor 650, but Bennett's did a head-to-head on YouTube a few years ago and the Enfield came out on top over the Guzzi. You need to ride one to appreciate it, I think. (That said, I do like a shaft, and that's why I got an R Ninet -- but couldn't bring myself to sell the RE.)

BTW, I had to pay a fee for a test ride in Bikeworld a few years back... they said it was to cover insurance.

Quillo

I think this test by FortNine tells a lot about how far RE have come in terms of build quality.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GAUo8eUXeU&t=307s

MG not in the test but the two Italians that are there do not do well.