{"id":3301,"date":"2019-03-13T17:39:01","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T00:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=3301"},"modified":"2019-03-14T06:49:05","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T13:49:05","slug":"the-bullet-hits-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/03\/13\/the-bullet-hits-home\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bullet hits home!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yours truly in my R Heroes<\/a> workshirt with the Baja Bullet!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Things are coming together.\u00a0 My good buddy Victor delivered the 500cc Royal Enfield Bullet this afternoon (hereafter to be referred to as the Baja Bullet), and it’s yet another wow-this-is-an-incredible motorcycle. \u00a0 Jet black, pinstriped, aluminum engine, electric start, fuel injection, and a looooong-stroke 500 single. \u00a0 That combination offers a riding experience that is uniquely satisfying, and it does so in an age when most motorcycles feel and run like a Cuisinart (not that there’s anything wrong with Cuisinarts, but you get the idea).\u00a0 Nope, this is a motorcycle.\u00a0 You know it as soon as you see it, but just in case you don’t pick up on the magic, you’ll know it for sure when the hammer drops and the Bullet comes alive .\u00a0 You can literally feel every piston stroke going down the road, and that’s a good thing.\u00a0 It’s a machine, a real motorcycle, and it feels like one.<\/p>\n

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Topping off at the local gasolina store…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Imagine that…a motorcycle with a motor you can see!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This is really, really cool…a beautiful motorcycle bound for Baja.\u00a0 Jet black paint, silver pinstripes, polished aluminum.\u00a0 What a life!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Like I said, things are coming together. \u00a0 I’ve got my BajaBound<\/a> insurance (wow, those guys make it easy).\u00a0 Gresh texted me a couple of hours ago as he blew past Quartzite, which means he’ll probably be here in another 2 or 3 hours.\u00a0 I was worried about who would ride which bike, but truth be told, I’m going to be a happy camper on either of these magnificent motorcycles.\u00a0 Joe and I will be trading off bikes regularly, and you’ll get both our impressions. \u00a0 Mine are overwhelmingly positive so far.<\/p>\n

I’m 18 again.\u00a0 I’m a little heavier and I have a lot less hair than I did when I was 18, but trust me on this…I’m 18 today.\u00a0 I feel very British, which is odd, considering that the bikes are made in India, we’re in America, and we’re going to be riding in Mexico. \u00a0 Globalization, I guess.\u00a0 I sure am glad the Royal Enfield folks in India kept the Royal Enfield marque alive, not only in name and logo, but with that awesome Britbike feel.<\/p>\n

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More to come, folks. \u00a0 Much more.\u00a0 And hey, sign up for our email updates.\u00a0 You just might win one of our moto adventure books. In the meantime, if you want to get a jump start on what it’s like riding in Baja, check out our Baja page<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Things are coming together.\u00a0 My good buddy Victor delivered the 500cc Royal Enfield Bullet this afternoon (hereafter to be referred to as the Baja Bullet), and it’s yet another wow-this-is-an-incredible motorcycle. \u00a0 Jet black, pinstriped, aluminum engine, electric start, fuel injection, and a looooong-stroke 500 single. \u00a0 That combination offers a riding experience that is … Continue reading “The Bullet hits home!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[235,63,610],"tags":[614,615],"class_list":["post-3301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amazon","category-baja","category-royal-enfield","tag-royal-enfield-500","tag-royal-enfield-bullet"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3301"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3308,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3301\/revisions\/3308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}