They are unreliable:
Bullet fanatics call it heroic, but the case is otherwise. We all have met at least one of those Royal Enfield riders who brag about how their 200 kg piece of metal got stuck somewhere away from civilization and how they got their hands dirty and used jugaad to take the bullet to the mechanic. Royal Enfields are vintage and belong in a museum. They are nice to drive if the highways are well built and luck is on your side, but on a rainy day that 200-kg devil can drive you insane. Using old technology and hand-crafted parts on a machine that is expected to take you safely to the end of the world, just in the name of tradition and charm, doesn’t work well in reality.
Bullets have bad brakes:
Though, things have become easier since RE decided to put disk brakes, but now the auto world has moved to ABS. The disc brake improvement has come way too late also, at a time when ABS is starting to become standard. The older version- the one that sports drum brakes won’t stop because of the momentum created by the 200 kgs and with their huge bulk and sad excuse for tires, the bad brakes are the last nail in the rolling coffin.
Bullets are noisy, ugly side of noisy
Bullet lovers take pride in the typical sound that the Bullet makes, but it is irritating. When the world is moving towards soundless vehicles, RE is still stuck with such noises. That noise production further leads to the vibration in the handle bars and makes the super heavy beast, which was already difficult to ride, even more difficult.
Bullets have bad mileage:
The bike doesn’t have the pickup of a 350cc bike, lacks the comfort of 350 cc bike, doesn’t stop like a 350 cc bike, but has a mileage that is far more worse that a 350cc bike. If you buy a Bullet, get ready to keep refilling the tank.
