Royal Enfield has launched its Thunderbird 500, which, it says, would enhance the pleasure of leisure motorcycling.
With an overall black theme, the Thunderbird 500 comes in three distinct shades - Stone, understated matte finish and rugged texture capturing the effortless strength of the legend; Flicker, blackest of blacks which stays pure forever and is a fitting tribute to the rider's spirit; and Twilight, an inspired blue-black finish that stands for the rider who stays steady under the changing skies.
"We hope that with Thunderbird 500, our customers will see affirmation of the fact that Royal Enfield is a company bent on listening, imagining and delivering," said Venki Padmanabhan, CEO, Royal Enfield.
The new Thunderbird is priced at Rs 1,82,571 (on road Mumbai)
The company is also working towards making the service experience much better. The new bikes would be serviced using newer technology. Trained mechanics will be appointed.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Royal Enfield, the Chennai-based
manufacturer of motorcycles that exude an old world charm, has just
launched the new Thunderbird 500 today at the Auto Expo here in Delhi as reported by our undercover reporter few days back.
Launching the Thunderbird 500 at the 2012 Auto Expo, Mr Siddhartha Lal, MD & CEO Eicher Motors Ltd. said, “When we launched Thunderbird in 2002, it was a one-of-its kind model on the Indian roads that redefined the cruiser segment. Today, with the launch of the Thunderbird 500, fitted with the UCE and a host of design enhancements, Royal Enfield has again upped the ante in leisure motorcycling which we have been pioneering for over half a century in India. With touring enthusiasts forming the core of our customer base, the Thunderbird 500 gives them more power, comfort and style for long-distance riding.”
The Thunderbird’s ‘black’ engine is the first of several new styling elements on the bike. It gets a redesigned seat, new lock mechanism accessible through the side panel and true to its touring-friendly nature, it gets a separately mounted pillion seat that can be removed to accommodate luggage. The handle bar has been changed to improve the bikes ergonomics, the pillion grab rail is also new and the bike also gets bungee points to tie luggage. All the new foot pegs, new design mirrors and the LED tail lamp now have the Royal Enfield logo embossed on them.
The headlights are really important on our roads and more so for the touring folk. Royal Enfield has endowed the Thunderbird 500 with a new headlight that incorporates a 55W projector lamp for the low beam and for the high beam, it works in conjunction with a 55W halogen.
The 500 also gets two digital trip meters to keep a track of total trip mileage and intermediate mileage. It comes with a 20-litre fuel tank and it also gets hazard lamps in the switch gear, which is a first for a motorcycle manufactured in India. Rear disk brakes mounted on the new oval section swing arm, supplied by Bybre, add to the stopping power of the bike.
Enfield also showcased the Cafe Racer which is almost in final production form and will go on sale next year. Apart from the bikes on display, the Enfield stall includes biker apparel and riding accessories as well.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Our sources have confirmed that the all new royal enfield 500cc thunderbird will be displayed at Auto Expo 2012
in Delhi, Largest Automotive show in India, the date should be 5th
January. The 500cc Thunderbird was about to launched here within this year end,
but due to overbooking of Classic 500 we will probably have to wait 6
more months, that is, we may have a chance to get delivered the
Twinspark Thunderbird 500cc at the end of 1st quarter, April.
Sunday, December 25, 2011
