FAMILY WARFARE

All hell breaks loose when three Royal Enfield Bullets fire away. But of this triumvirate, which is the golden Bullet?

BULLET ELECTRA
List price (ex-showroom,
Pune) Rs 65,642/70,142
Top speed 98kph
0-60kph 8.48sec
Kpl 31.45 (overall)
For Good engine note, complete retro experience
Against Poor build quality

BULLET THUNDERBIRD
List price (ex-showroom,
Pune) Rs 71,651/76,151
Top speed 113kph
0-60kph 6.08sec
Kpl 36.1 (overall)
For Decent styling
Against Poor seat, absence of gas-charged rear suspension

BULLET MACHISMO
List price (ex-showroom,
Pune) Rs 69,324/73,824
Top speed 108kph
0-60kph 6.89sec
Kpl 35.3 (overall)
For Loads of chrome
Against Harsh engine vibration

The Indian motorbike market, bombarded with new bikes and newer technology, is on one hell of a roll. The Indian experts are churning out technology like DTS-i and VT-i , wrapped in high levels of quality, and the big brutes, Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki, are now attempting to cash in as well.
With all the novelty and excitement, one firm stands apart. The Royal Enfield factory has been around from the middle of the previous century. Pulling off the impossible, it sells primarily the same motorcycle model from then to now.
Enfield's famous marketing line goes, ‘Built like a gun, goes like a bullet’ — but can these old thumpers really keep up today? We put the current crop head to head in a triple test with a difference — Bullet v Bullet v Bullet.