Bullet Machismo 500 AVL a superb bike. Review on Royal Enfield 500

This is my first ever review on this site. I sincerely felt to share my experience on Bullet Machismo 500. It all started in year 1994 when I bought std.350 Bullet. I used it for 7 years and sold it in Year 2000. Then I never touched a two wheeler.

I fascinated with the looks of Electra 5S for its two tone colour and purchased it in Year 2007. The same Cast Iron engine as my older 1994 Bullet but lighter in weight. I rode it around 15000 kms and one day I had a chance to ride my friends Thunder Bird bike on my Goa trip. It impressed me a lot for its comfortness and great looks.

I sold my Electra I went for new Thunderbird (not Twin spark) in March 2008. I had a great experience with it. My first ride on it was a Mumbai- Shirdi- Mumbai trip with a bikers club and I got

amazing average of 52 kms a ltr. (but of course at a constant speed of 50-60 kms hr.) There were all gizmos on the bike such as fuel guage, trip meter, RPM meter, disc brake, self starter and great looks but only one thing disappointing was a tappet noise all the time. It irritated me for a year and I finally sold it of.

Then Bullet Machismo 500 AVL came in to my life and I owe to it. It has a amazing looks, great pick up and great manoeuvrability. I enjoy its riding specially on highways as I dont get tired even for riding 300kms a day. No oil leakage, No loss of Power, Less vibrations, easy manoeuvrability and great looks. It gets me about 32 kms a ltr in city driving which I think its ok considering its power.