Hi All, bought this beast in Sept 2016 and have completed around 1500 kms. My recent trip to Ooty ( Nilgiri Hills) from Bangalore gave a me mileage of 29 kms/ lt ( I rode at a speed of 110 kms/ hr on plain stretch roads and keeping in mind the ghat section in Ooty this mileage seemed pretty good for a 500cc bike) . I have also got a mileage of 42 kms/ lt on plain stretch roads when rode at a speed on 70 kms/ hr. Performance and pickup is awesome and when it comes to braking I had read negative reviews before on almost all the websites I researched on, but I was able to control the bike in sudden instances pretty well at speed of 100 kms/ hr ( considering the fact that the bike has a rear drum brake) . This is a 200 kg metal machine friends, sudden braking at high speeds ( 130-140 kms/ hr) might be very difficult but we don't drive RE bikes for speed now, do we? Coming to the headlight, the 60/55W headlight is pretty powerful but on highways, lights from vehicles coming from opposite direction can cause the brightness of high beam light seem inefficient as it leaves blind spots on the road and for this one can install off road led lights on the bike. Planning on many more trips in the future on this beast.
