- CHOOSING THE RIDE:
I was in a terrible state of Dilemma of choosing a bike. From among those on my list were the quick & powerful Pulsar 220F, extremely flickerable & muscular FZ & the CLASSIC Classic 350 with retro charm of the 50’s. But having a Pulsar for almost half a decade, Pulsar 220 didn’t seem evocative enough & FZ was quite underpowered. Since none of my close friends had a Bullet so I never had the opportunity to ride Bullets much; only short stretches on 4-speed Albion-designed gearbox C.I. Bullets & as far as the new UCE Bullets are concerned, I never got a chance to ride one.
I made up my mind for a Bullet as it’s so different from the current breeds of motorbikes available in the country & enquired from a score of RE showrooms in Gurgaon, Delhi & even my hometown Punjab but the 3-4 months waiting period on the Classic everywhere put me off & made me drop my decision to buy a Classic. But since it was to be a Bullet this time so I choose an another Bullet- a Bullet 350 twinspark ( aka Standard 350) for three reasons-one for the retro look, second for fact that it shared the crank with 500cc UCE mill which were a way heavier than other 350’s cranks ( my sincere thanks to IRON HEAD & ADRIAN for this revelation) . Third reason was rather an illusion as I thought that the Standard 350 had inverted forks which ADRIAN explained that it was just a cover!
I finally dropped in at the RE showroom at Delhi- Kaytee Autos on June 2012 which was the nearest RE showroom to Gurgaon where Bullet 350 Std was readily available. From here my ride on the Bullet began.
