It is said that time travel is no longer considered a complete fiction. To jump to the future, you just need a vehicle that can run really, really fast. However, physicists have yet to discover how to travel back to the past. Fortunately, there is something we can ride to give us a glimpse of how it was like to be a motorcyclist in the old days.
The Royal Enfield Bullet 350 is one of the most authentic neo classic motorcycles in the market today. First introduced in 1931, the Bullet is also the longest-running motorcycle model in history. The 2015 Bullet 350 retained most, if not all, of the characteristics of its version more than half a century ago. For starters, it doesn’t come with an electric starter (excuse the pun). Yet, the kick-starter has a built-in engine decompressor so practically anyone can get it going. At the heart of the Bullet is the same air-cooled, single cylinder, 346-cc engine. Its only modern feature is an additional spark plug. Royal Enfield’s Twin Spark technology enabled the Bullet to achieve the fuel efficiency of a motorcycle half its displacement. That is without the aid of a fuel-injection system since the Bullet still uses a carburetor. Nevertheless, it is able to churn out 19.8 bhp at 5,250 revolutions per minute and 28 Nm of torque at 4,000 rpm.