Royal Enfield is the oldest manufactures in the market of two-wheels. The first Royal Enfield is manufactured in 1901, England. Royal Enfield makes debut in India in 1949, after madras motors won an agreement to supply Royal Enfield to Indian army and by the beginning of 1950 India has launched different models. But, at that time it is used as a war machine.
Now, in 2012 Royal Enfield is launching their first automated 500cc bike Thunderbird after the immense sale of 350cc Thunderbird. Thunderbird 500cc is revealed at Auto-expo in Delhi 2012 and has to be launched it market for sale by April end 2012. The prices to be expected from 1.6-1.9 lakh, Thunderbird 500cc has to be launched in two different models they are –
- Old Style with Self Start [Thunderbird 500cc] – Here, old means right side gear box with single seat or double seated.
- New Style with Self Start [“Thunderbird 500cc”] – In this style gear box and brakes are at left and right side simultaneously.
Some of the features of Thunderbird 500cc are as follows –
- Powerful “& Thunderbird” – Regarding to thunderbird 350cc it is more powerful due to increase of horse-power and gives an idea how the war troops feels while riding these powerful “& Thunderbird 500cc” bikes.
- Capability [& Thunderbird 500cc] – It is [& Thunderbird 500cc] now with a 20ltr. Petrol tank and can be able to perform much longer than 350cc.
- Engine [“& Thunderbird 500cc”] – Manufacturers has declared that the bike’s [“& Thunderbird 500cc”] engine is of Classic model UCE engine with EFI and self.
- Style “Thunderbird 500cc” – As style concerns “thunderbird 500cc” is more masculine and gives a little hint if Harley Davidson in it.
