Being American I have no cultural tie to Royal Enfield and in fact only learned of their existence 2 years ago, but I am completely infatuated with these machines. My son bought a Classic and I bought a Meteor which I traded for an Interceptor after one year. I realize now that he has the better bike and I plan to trade for a Classic, or maybe even the new Bullet, within a month or two. I do the maintenance on his and ride it fairly often and it is just an absolute gem. It may have British heritage but all credit goes to India for keeping it alive and refining it for all these years.
Totally agree, quite a fortunate set of circumstances to bring the old bikes back👍 and of course the British link is still alive and well in them as Harris frames designed the frames and the R&D teams are based over here in Blighty 👍👍
Who would have thought so many people could eulogise a 2-valve single pot bike of modest performance and arcane appearance? It has a rare magic, beyond cylinder displacement and spec sheets that few motorcycles achieve. More than the sum of the parts, a lost gem, a living ghost from biking history.
In a world where we are constantly bombarded with reminders of by just how much the plot has been well and truly lost, your videos help. A breath of fresh air and a reminder that a measure of normality can still be found, if you know where to look. Thanks for giving us directions.
My 350 Halcyon Grey putts around the beach roads of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. I will be 69 in a few days and, it is just right for me for back-road country riding.
I have one of these myself in Sydney, Australia. It's my first Royal Enfield and won't be the last. There's something soothing about that thumping sound when riding through the countryside.
Thank you! It is indeed a very special bike. It's hard to objectively analyse why. All I know is that I'm always smiling when I'm on mine (in India) and I can ride it comfortably for huge distances. Wonderful!
Hear hear Dave. I was riding through the lanes of Somerset and Dorset this week, avoiding all the main roads, on my Classic 350. Some of the lanes were the same ones that my father rode along, back in the late1920s, yes, almost one hundred years ago and I was thinking that some of the old oak trees, by the side of the road, would have heard my dad`s bike trundle by, when they were just young trees. I don`t think that, if I had been on any other modern bike, those thoughts would have entered my head. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
I've just done a 740 mile tour up Scotland on my Classic dark, a memorable experience, and just so relaxing riding around listening to the soulful thump of that engine, it's spiritual! And I got plenty of people stopping to admire the bike, and again asking what's it like because they're past enjoying their big bikes due to the weight of them and they're tired of the effort of moving them about and have been drawn to the 350 classic and the usual comment "I've been weighing one of these up for a while they appear to be quite popular " I always reply, go and take one out for a test ride, you won't want to take it back! 😆 Great video Dave, cheers Mel 🍻
This bike is medicine to me. There is no single time when I take her out and I'm not getting a wide smile while driving it. SHe's a eye catcher to, a lot of persons hear her from the distance, focus on it when I arrive and ask " what the hell....", some of the smile, some will give thumbs up, it's a pleasure to ride this bike. Take it for what it is and you will get a looooot of fun and peace in return ;)
I love your videos, Dave, but this one is your best. The tone, the pace, the scenery, and the narrative coalesced in a very rare, wonderful manner. Thank you.
Scenery, bike, weather in perfect harmony 🤗. Nice one Dave 👌 Just over 3000 miles on Ernie now and he gets better and better. I set off early yesterday in search of a lane I've not travelled along since I was a teenager on my "nifty fifty". I wasn't even sure I'd find it as it's been over 40 years and I couldn't quite remember the way. But find it I did. Same semi-unmade surface with grass running down the middle in places. Gently falling gradient and tight curve revealed the perfect little babbling ford under a canopy of trees. Not really accessible on a bigger bike for many reasons. I stopped to take a photo and soaked in a scene of serenity that words cannot describe. The years melted away and for a fleeting moment I was a teenager again, with hopes and excitement for a future unknown. That my bike is named after my father could have instilled a twinge of melancholy - but no it was a totally uplifting experience. On the Classic 350 you just point it roughly where you want to go and let the scenery come to you 😁
I’m in the States, and reading this is soul food. I have some favorite country roads and remote stops that ring completely true to your reflection above. Thank you for sharing!
There’s always something special about water. Be it sea, river, stream etc the natural pull of natures life supply is always good to look at and enjoy in all its forms. Lovely video Dave
Thanks Dave. Excellent audio, video & narrative- from another bloke overexposed to the hustle and bustle of modern life! I am ever grateful to be able to get out and ride away to the idyllic beauty spots near me on my ever faithful Meteor. Thanks again, take good care 👍
An excellent post. I am 62 years old, with 35 years riding behind me. I have ridden mostly cruisers and older Japanese bikes like the original Kawasski Zeds and, my personal favourite, the Yamaha XS650. The XS, of which I have owned 4, wasn't the fastest but just had that something special. I have lots of memories of just bimbling around country lanes on one and being at peace. I will be in a position to buy a second bike very soon and I had considered getting another XS, for occasional rides ( a Scram 411 is my daily ride). However, for less money, I can buy a brand new Classic 350, which will probably give me the same joy?
"Norman", lol love it, reckon I should get me one of these, was thinking of a Himalayan so I can get to places I want to photograph, in the car one can rarely stop where one wants to, on a bike you can virtually stop anywhere and get the camera out! Was up at Scar House reservoir yesterday having my lunch and doing a touch of bird watching and taking a few photos. It was bliss!
I hear you sir, I've got the Halcyon green I only take it round the lanes of Kent riding through the quintessentially English villages takes me to what bike riding must have been like in the 50-60's, I've got a Harley Softail slim for the dual carriageways and motorways but the enjoyment from my wee thumper is sublime..
What can i say to this wise words and beautifull land. Totally agree about the zen feeling you get from riding the wonderful little enfield. Thanks Dave.
Przepiękne okolice, super przemyślenia, jesteś wielki , mój przyjacielu. Żeby wszyscy ludzie byli tacy jak Ty. Motocykl cudo i ten kolor ! Szkoda tylko, że mnie po prostu nie stać na jego kupno. pozdrawiam z Polski
That was great Dave. I have the same colour, same scenery, same satisfaction, but on the other side of the world in South Gippsland. What I think 'does it', for this bike, is the heavy little flywheel. Oh yeah, and it does help to be old.
If the object is 'a smile on the dial' and not MPH, the Classic 350 is the best choice for many. Tooling around backroads at 40-50 MPH on a Kawasaki 4 would be boring. On a work-of-art classic thumper like that I'd say it would be pure joy.
I think part of the magic of the Classic is the lazy nature of the long throw engine, that puts you in a zen like state. You just relax into the ride and don’t worry about speed restrictions, unlike all these super bikes that leave you frustrated that you are only using a fraction of their performance. I am also amazed for the money the quality of build the Classic has, in over two years not a single bolt or fitting has had to be tightened on my bike. In 54 years of riding this is the first bike that I not wondering what bike shall I get next, for me the perfect bike. 😊 How lucky are you to live so close to such perfect countryside.
England is at its most beauty when it’s countryside You just imagine it’s been there for so long and you’re ParT of it , I find Royal Enfield is the only manufacture that tries to make raw no bs bike so love it
Your discussion and reasoning on RE ownership really struck a chord with me (again) Dave. I am just in the final throws of completing my licence at the tender age of 57 and the reason that finally pushed me to do it was owning a C350. However, the temptation to look at other styles, and predominantly an adventure style bike, has crept into my reasoning. But your discussion has reminded me why I am doing this and why I want a 350. The price, running costs and 'smiles per miles' are wisw and well reasoned words indeed. RE should work with you as an ambassador for them!
Thank you for the nice ride 😀 The Classic 350 is simply beautiful! She certainly have the nicest front wheel of all bikes ! I totally agree with your philosophy. Believe it or not, I wrote ... more than 40 years ago an article in my motoclub journal to try to explain my friends why they should STOP to run after the last models, the more power etc and putting sooo much money in it, very often too much for them...I was not undertood at all as we all know 😂 But now we are to the point where they need electronics prodigies to allow "everybody" to (not) use the tremendous power they now have. NONSENS, isnt'it ? But as you say very well, the most important is to be as far as possible from the crowd and enjoying the simplicity of the real things.
Many of my bikes have had a performance way in excess of my skill level. The untapped potential is frustrating to me and the gap gets wider as I get older. I can wring every ounce of performance out of the Classic 350 and it's enjoyable and engaging doing it too. Nothing better than a two-up trundle (at a less fraught pace) to a country pub or cafe 👍
As I have got older its the riding experience and being on a motorbike with the smells and sights in an opened faced helmet, the classic 350 is relaxing to ride with loads of character , man and machine. 😊😊
Hmm, somehow my comment got posted to this video when it was meant for the inner peace video which was outstanding. This was good to of course and at 67 I fully get your rationale and attraction to this bike
Just got back from a wee ride out, probably 90 minutes... had a lovely time around the lanes of Uttoxeter.. I doubt if I went above 50mph. Just enough power and a sweet handling bike.... I have a Tiger 800 at home, I haven't even started it up this year 🤷♂️
Mine looks pretty much the same as yours and I can whole heartedly agree with what you say here in your video. There is something about this bike that just makes me happy. It never seizes to amaze me what it’s capable of too. You’d never think it would be good at carrying a pillion but it’s fantastic, my girl has never been interested in the slightest in motorbikes but loves this bike and now understands the freedom it offers. Ps I think I need that pannier set up. Inspired. From long time sports bike rider.
What a contrast from your wonderful dales scenery TBW to my Saturday ride out on my 350 classic reborn, in the Western Lake District, choked with cars driven by city dwellers who don’t realise it’s the Lakes not the M1.
Thanks for uploading your wonderful video, you speak and express yourself very eloquently, I am seriously considering buying a new Royal Enfield 350 and I believe that you have swayed me even more to get one. 😉
And this is why I look forward to your videos. Thank you Dave. What an elegant little gem, full of the virtues of a life lived with a likeness of my own-only an ocean apart. God bless and keep you in all your days.
I'm coming at this from a different angle? I'm fortunate to be the keeper of eight motorcycles all bigger and more powerful BUT! I recently had the opportunity to ride a Royal Enfield Classic 350 and what a life changer, I get it 100% what a bike.
I love my little grey. But let's be absolutely honest. It helps if you grey hair. A backup bike is handy for serious roads and distances, and it is nice to dust off the old RT1150 occasionally. Wonderful presentation Dave. You do such a great job I don't need to strap on a camera. 😄
Your videos are always so good. Wonderful countryside scenery and insightful commentary. These have been a pleasure to watch. Thanks. (Chrome Red Classic 350 rider from the Bay Area of California)
Lovely video and a lovely bike! As I was saying on another channel recently, I have a bee in my bonnet that a solo motorcycle doesn't need to be bigger than 500cc (mine is an AJS Model 8, 350cc and it's powerful enough to do almost everything I want it to do). I think you've gone some way to proving my point. Unless you want to charge around motorways, I think your RE would be enough to provide enjoyment to almost all of the people for almost all of the time (I still think they should have a kickstarter).
I've just watched a video of Freddie D riding in the centre of London calling at Belstaff and looking at a jacket costing £575. Then I've turned to your video Dave and like you I'm certain we're I would rather be, the concrete jungle or the Yorkshire Dales. No contest, fabulous video as usual, although i could just see you in a high end jacket in sage green.
Great trip out, and I share your enthusiasm for the area, but it's been a long time since I went there forty years, I think thanks for the visit. Keep up the good work 👍🏻
Well hi there. You don't have to explain it to me because.... I also had the big bikes and now ride the same bike as you AND enjoy the same feelings. Cheers and thanks for keeping it real.
Morning Dave, a very philosophical video with lovely vistas and ‘Norman’ as well 👍🏻 enjoy it before our freedoms get taken away from us 🤨 carry on that man Caio for now tat ta 👍🏻
Scar house reservoir, great place, walked round it a few times but not been up there on my Enfield. I’ve a red Interceptor and get the same misty eyed feelings from it your getting from your classic 350…l’ve changed the air filter and exhausts, put a long ride brown duck cotton and leather pannier on and a tripmachine side bag along with leather handlebar grips and a brown leather seat cover and it just looks, sounds and feels fantastic ! I’ve a Tenere 700 as well but the Enfield is in a different league. I almost bought a classic 350 in red and chrome and can honestly say either one of those or an Interceptor will return the biggest pleasure pound for pound of any bike around at the moment….couldn’t agree with you more…great videos - keep em up 😀👍 Richard
Nice one Dave, what a way to start a Sunday morning, a cup of tea, a bacon roll and a Yorkshireman's thoughts about a wonderful motorcycle in a spectacular setting. A £15 - £20K bike would really look out of place, would it not? Nothing wrong with the high end bikes at all, but Norman looks fantastic. Many thanks for bringing us a great video, all the best from Norfolk, Roy.
Yes, as an owner of a desert signals version, I like yourself, love to pootle through the lanes and villages around hampshire and Wiltshire. It takes almost no effort to image you are in the 50s, meandering along, people sat outside pubs give me a wave or a smile, as i pootle through, makes me smile in return. I do, though not strictly dress in khaki attire, well, I,d look daft in racing leathers! I did uprate the air filter, it's made a noticeable improvement, I won't bother with anything else, as it would take away the whole point of it all. I have a trident 660, which is of course polar opposite in character and performance, but at 61 in October, I find I,m reaching out for the enfield keys, over the trident. Keep pootling, thanks for the video.
Another great video in the Yorkshire County love it and what a place scarhouse reservoir beautiful place also them high powered bikes on that road 40yrs ago would have been me stupidly riding 70/80mph thinking I was good but really its being bldy stupid now 40yrs later that little 350 Enfield would be the bike of choice god how the mind is easily satisfied as you gather older or is it wiser you miss so much of the scenery going like hell but nowadays 40 mph is a nice and enjoyable ride bumbling around bye for now take care ride safe
Love my Classic 350 and I agree it’s just so easy to ride and because it doesn’t have much power, you don’t feel the need to try and do a silly overtake.
Top video thanks Dave, lovely footage ...you're dead right about the bike and engine synergy with those sorts of roads, it just hums along in top gear and almost seams to grow in statue as it gets up a head of steam ....By the way have you thought about the touring foot rests? I've just them on and they are pretty comfortable, especially the brake side...they make the bike even more relaxed if that's possible
My journey is the same when it comes to motorcycles. Started on a harley iron 883 but 'it wasnt enough' quickly bought a harley sport glide, traded it for a 1250GS, but still found it too heavy, downsized to a tracer 900 but the sporty nature wasnt for me, im now on a transalp 750 and my next bike will most likely be a royal enfield super meteor. Since i want to tour on it and only have one bike im afraid the classic 350 wont be enough to also tour on.
Are you going abroad to tour? because the Classic 350 could very easily tour the whole of the UK. Or abroad if you just want to enjoy the ride and scenery 😊
Lovely to see your experience here, with the 350 Royal Enfield classic. Can you please give me some encouragement to acquire one and begin riding again after 30 years away from it. I'm 71 and tried to test ride a RE 350, but felt unbalanced and somewhat unsteady. Can i regain my balance again and start riding. Cheers, Bill-- Australia
So right, you don't need a 20k rocket ship or bemouth tourer to enjoy motorcycling. In fact on the contrary I've had all sorts of bike over the past 50+ years but currently the one always turn to is my little RE Hunter 350 for pure enjoyment on two wheels.
That's beautiful countryside and somewhere I will visit, there seems to be a lack of traffic, is that because it is low season? Over the years I have had quite a few small bikes (MZs) that I've enjoyed riding and the augument was the same back then with why spend up to a couple of thousand pounds on a new Japanese bike when the MZ cost £500 ish. To me it's being in the environment that counts not really what machine I'm riding although this can assist the feeling!. Are you falling out of love with the Guzzi as I thought that would also excel in that environment?
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Being American I have no cultural tie to Royal Enfield and in fact only learned of their existence 2 years ago, but I am completely infatuated with these machines. My son bought a Classic and I bought a Meteor which I traded for an Interceptor after one year. I realize now that he has the better bike and I plan to trade for a Classic, or maybe even the new Bullet, within a month or two. I do the maintenance on his and ride it fairly often and it is just an absolute gem. It may have British heritage but all credit goes to India for keeping it alive and refining it for all these years.
Absolutely spot on sir 👍🏻
Totally agree, quite a fortunate set of circumstances to bring the old bikes back👍 and of course the British link is still alive and well in them as Harris frames designed the frames and the R&D teams are based over here in Blighty 👍👍
Who would have thought so many people could eulogise a 2-valve single pot bike of modest performance and arcane appearance? It has a rare magic, beyond cylinder displacement and spec sheets that few motorcycles achieve. More than the sum of the parts, a lost gem, a living ghost from biking history.
In a world where we are constantly bombarded with reminders of by just how much the plot has been well and truly lost, your videos help. A breath of fresh air and a reminder that a measure of normality can still be found, if you know where to look. Thanks for giving us directions.
Thank you sir and you are most welcome 🙏
A man at peace with himself and his beloved Yorkshire.Well done another cracking video.
Classic 350, don't hurry, be happy.
Man, Machine, Gorgeous scenery and Cracking weather. Nothing more to be said mate 👍 ( The classics make it more special )
Cheers Gaz much appreciated
My 350 Halcyon Grey putts around the beach roads of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. I will be 69 in a few days and, it is just right for me for back-road country riding.
I have one of these myself in Sydney, Australia. It's my first Royal Enfield and won't be the last. There's something soothing about that thumping sound when riding through the countryside.
Absolutely mate 😎👍🏻
Thank you!
It is indeed a very special bike. It's hard to objectively analyse why.
All I know is that I'm always smiling when I'm on mine (in India) and I can ride it comfortably for huge distances. Wonderful!
first time I watched your video, sir. You mentioned rightly “ soaking in this scenarios on this bike “
Hear hear Dave. I was riding through the lanes of Somerset and Dorset this week, avoiding all the main roads, on my Classic 350. Some of the lanes were the same ones that my father rode along, back in the late1920s, yes, almost one hundred years ago and I was thinking that some of the old oak trees, by the side of the road, would have heard my dad`s bike trundle by, when they were just young trees. I don`t think that, if I had been on any other modern bike, those thoughts would have entered my head. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
What a beautiful place, a wise man & a fantastic motorcycle. Everything is classical.
I've just done a 740 mile tour up Scotland on my Classic dark, a memorable experience, and just so relaxing riding around listening to the soulful thump of that engine, it's spiritual!
And I got plenty of people stopping to admire the bike, and again asking what's it like because they're past enjoying their big bikes due to the weight of them and they're tired of the effort of moving them about and have been drawn to the 350 classic and the usual comment "I've been weighing one of these up for a while they appear to be quite popular " I always reply, go and take one out for a test ride, you won't want to take it back! 😆
Great video Dave, cheers Mel 🍻
They’re certainly a crowd pleaser Mel 😎👍🏻
Just ordered my own Halcyon Grey Classic 350 and, having watched this, can’t wait for it to arrive! Thanks for an inspiring video.
You’ll love it Michael 😊
I thought they had discontinued the colour?
This bike is medicine to me. There is no single time when I take her out and I'm not getting a wide smile while driving it. SHe's a eye catcher to, a lot of persons hear her from the distance, focus on it when I arrive and ask " what the hell....", some of the smile, some will give thumbs up, it's a pleasure to ride this bike. Take it for what it is and you will get a looooot of fun and peace in return ;)
I love your videos, Dave, but this one is your best. The tone, the pace, the scenery, and the narrative coalesced in a very rare, wonderful manner. Thank you.
Thank you George very much appreciated
Scenery, bike, weather in perfect harmony 🤗. Nice one Dave 👌
Just over 3000 miles on Ernie now and he gets better and better. I set off early yesterday in search of a lane I've not travelled along since I was a teenager on my "nifty fifty". I wasn't even sure I'd find it as it's been over 40 years and I couldn't quite remember the way. But find it I did. Same semi-unmade surface with grass running down the middle in places. Gently falling gradient and tight curve revealed the perfect little babbling ford under a canopy of trees. Not really accessible on a bigger bike for many reasons. I stopped to take a photo and soaked in a scene of serenity that words cannot describe. The years melted away and for a fleeting moment I was a teenager again, with hopes and excitement for a future unknown. That my bike is named after my father could have instilled a twinge of melancholy - but no it was a totally uplifting experience. On the Classic 350 you just point it roughly where you want to go and let the scenery come to you 😁
Beautifully expressed, thank you.
@@goldilocks913 thanks, much appreciated 👍
I’m in the States, and reading this is soul food. I have some favorite country roads and remote stops that ring completely true to your reflection above. Thank you for sharing!
Please tell me you filmed it, Garry.
@@GeorgeConaway-w2b No, I don't have the means currently - but I did take a couple of nice pics 👍
There’s always something special about water. Be it sea, river, stream etc the natural pull of natures life supply is always good to look at and enjoy in all its forms. Lovely video Dave
Thank you my friend yes it’s a stunning area and the water is a definite draw 👍🏻
Thank you again. I share this bike w you…and the sentiment…here from the Driftless Area west of Madison Wisconsin.
Thank you Paul that’s very kind of you and much appreciated 😊👍🏻
Thanks Dave. Excellent audio, video & narrative- from another bloke overexposed to the hustle and bustle of modern life! I am ever grateful to be able to get out and ride away to the idyllic beauty spots near me on my ever faithful Meteor. Thanks again, take good care 👍
Cheers John all the best
As Keith from Shottostravels (excellent channel) described it recently, "You buy the Classic 350 because of it's 20bhp - not in spite of it". 👌
An excellent post. I am 62 years old, with 35 years riding behind me. I have ridden mostly cruisers and older Japanese bikes like the original Kawasski Zeds and, my personal favourite, the Yamaha XS650. The XS, of which I have owned 4, wasn't the fastest but just had that something special. I have lots of memories of just bimbling around country lanes on one and being at peace. I will be in a position to buy a second bike very soon and I had considered getting another XS, for occasional rides ( a Scram 411 is my daily ride). However, for less money, I can buy a brand new Classic 350, which will probably give me the same joy?
"Norman", lol love it, reckon I should get me one of these, was thinking of a Himalayan so I can get to places I want to photograph, in the car one can rarely stop where one wants to, on a bike you can virtually stop anywhere and get the camera out! Was up at Scar House reservoir yesterday having my lunch and doing a touch of bird watching and taking a few photos. It was bliss!
Hope you fed the lovely chaffinches up there 😎
I hear you sir, I've got the Halcyon green I only take it round the lanes of Kent riding through the quintessentially English villages takes me to what bike riding must have been like in the 50-60's, I've got a Harley Softail slim for the dual carriageways and motorways but the enjoyment from my wee thumper is sublime..
Royal Enfield has something poetic that other motorcycles don't have.. Thank you for this much appreciated video 👍✌
I would absolutely love to ride those roads.
Beautiful motorcycle love the colour
I am definitely getting the impression you love that 350 classic . 👍
Sure do!
So nice to listen to, Royal Enfield the most endearing of all the motorcycles
Beautiful bike and the the scenery we have on our doorstep. Great video, truly love them.
nature love it can't beat it and Norman sets the perfect backdrop
What can i say to this wise words and beautifull land. Totally agree about the zen feeling you get from riding the wonderful little enfield. Thanks Dave.
Wonderful… joyful… nourishment for the soul, heart and mind… I couldn’t agree more.. thank you for sharing..
I've had mine 13 months and 5,000 miles, almost none over 55mph. Highly enjoyable
Love my classic 350 classic in halcyon grey, like yours, l bought recently 😉
God, the classic colour is awesome
Przepiękne okolice, super przemyślenia, jesteś wielki , mój przyjacielu. Żeby wszyscy ludzie byli tacy jak Ty.
Motocykl cudo i ten kolor ! Szkoda tylko, że mnie po prostu nie stać na jego kupno.
pozdrawiam z Polski
Nice video. I rode my first Royal Enfield Classic 350 chrome red. Touring the Island of Java in Indonesia. Truly a pleasant riding experience.
@andryadams where did you rent one from and are foreigners allowed to rent? I live in Singapore and am keen to rent one as well, thanks
That was great Dave. I have the same colour, same scenery, same satisfaction, but on the other side of the world in South Gippsland. What I think 'does it', for this bike, is the heavy little flywheel. Oh yeah, and it does help to be old.
If the object is 'a smile on the dial' and not MPH, the Classic 350 is the best choice for many. Tooling around backroads at 40-50 MPH on a Kawasaki 4 would be boring. On a work-of-art classic thumper like that I'd say it would be pure joy.
Love the emotion that this machine imbues you with, during this video. Long may it be!
I think part of the magic of the Classic is the lazy nature of the long throw engine, that puts you in a zen like state. You just relax into the ride and don’t worry about speed restrictions, unlike all these super bikes that leave you frustrated that you are only using a fraction of their performance.
I am also amazed for the money the quality of build the Classic has, in over two years not a single bolt or fitting has had to be tightened on my bike. In 54 years of riding this is the first bike that I not wondering what bike shall I get next, for me the perfect bike. 😊
How lucky are you to live so close to such perfect countryside.
It's the flywheel. 😍
England is at its most beauty when it’s countryside
You just imagine it’s been there for so long and you’re ParT of it ,
I find Royal Enfield is the only manufacture that tries to make raw no bs bike so love it
Well said, Dave, poetic words for a poetic view, in a poetic bike!!
Your discussion and reasoning on RE ownership really struck a chord with me (again) Dave. I am just in the final throws of completing my licence at the tender age of 57 and the reason that finally pushed me to do it was owning a C350. However, the temptation to look at other styles, and predominantly an adventure style bike, has crept into my reasoning. But your discussion has reminded me why I am doing this and why I want a 350. The price, running costs and 'smiles per miles' are wisw and well reasoned words indeed. RE should work with you as an ambassador for them!
Cheers Wayne and good luck with your motorcycle license
I love the Halcyon Grey. it is such a peaceful, calming color. I am going to a dealer in a few days to order one.
Absolutely beautiful, I’ll be right over. If I do come, I’ll only tour on a RE350. Anything else and I’ll have a pocket full of speeding tickets.
Thank you for the nice ride 😀 The Classic 350 is simply beautiful! She certainly have the nicest front wheel of all bikes ! I totally agree with your philosophy. Believe it or not, I wrote ... more than 40 years ago an article in my motoclub journal to try to explain my friends why they should STOP to run after the last models, the more power etc and putting sooo much money in it, very often too much for them...I was not undertood at all as we all know 😂 But now we are to the point where they need electronics prodigies to allow "everybody" to (not) use the tremendous power they now have. NONSENS, isnt'it ? But as you say very well, the most important is to be as far as possible from the crowd and enjoying the simplicity of the real things.
Many of my bikes have had a performance way in excess of my skill level. The untapped potential is frustrating to me and the gap gets wider as I get older. I can wring every ounce of performance out of the Classic 350 and it's enjoyable and engaging doing it too. Nothing better than a two-up trundle (at a less fraught pace) to a country pub or cafe 👍
As I have got older its the riding experience and being on a motorbike with the smells and sights in an opened faced helmet, the classic 350 is relaxing to ride with loads of character , man and machine. 😊😊
Beautiful bike & scenery😎
Enjoyed this. Wise words. Respect
Simply beautiful. Stunning. One of the best videos I’ve ever watched. Thank you for the poem too.
Thank you and you’re most welcome 😎👍🏻
Hmm, somehow my comment got posted to this video when it was meant for the inner peace video which was outstanding. This was good to of course and at 67 I fully get your rationale and attraction to this bike
Thank you for that BW, a lovely watch on a Sunday evening after a lovely sunny weekend
Just got back from a wee ride out, probably 90 minutes... had a lovely time around the lanes of Uttoxeter.. I doubt if I went above 50mph. Just enough power and a sweet handling bike....
I have a Tiger 800 at home, I haven't even started it up this year 🤷♂️
Mine looks pretty much the same as yours and I can whole heartedly agree with what you say here in your video. There is something about this bike that just makes me happy. It never seizes to amaze me what it’s capable of too. You’d never think it would be good at carrying a pillion but it’s fantastic, my girl has never been interested in the slightest in motorbikes but loves this bike and now understands the freedom it offers.
Ps I think I need that pannier set up. Inspired.
From long time sports bike rider.
What a contrast from your wonderful dales scenery TBW to my Saturday ride out on my 350 classic reborn, in the Western Lake District, choked with cars driven by city dwellers who don’t realise it’s the Lakes not the M1.
Thanks for uploading your wonderful video, you speak and express yourself very eloquently, I am seriously considering buying a new Royal Enfield 350 and I believe that you have swayed me even more to get one. 😉
They’re super bikes
And this is why I look forward to your videos. Thank you Dave. What an elegant little gem, full of the virtues of a life lived with a likeness of my own-only an ocean apart. God bless and keep you in all your days.
Thank you my friend and best wishes to you 👍🏻
I'm coming at this from a different angle? I'm fortunate to be the keeper of eight motorcycles all bigger and more powerful BUT! I recently had the opportunity to ride a Royal Enfield Classic 350 and what a life changer, I get it 100% what a bike.
It gets under your skin 😎
@@thebingleywheeler don't it just, I understand now why I see so many happy owners.
I love my little grey. But let's be absolutely honest. It helps if you grey hair. A backup bike is handy for serious roads and distances, and it is nice to dust off the old RT1150 occasionally. Wonderful presentation Dave. You do such a great job I don't need to strap on a camera. 😄
@gaza1952 cheers buddy very much appreciated 😎👍🏻
This type of motorcycle video is the best
Thanks
Yep I've definitely got to try one out
This here video Dave is why I enjoy your channel so much.
Thanks bud.
Ride safe
Your videos are always so good. Wonderful countryside scenery and insightful commentary. These have been a pleasure to watch. Thanks.
(Chrome Red Classic 350 rider from the Bay Area of California)
Cheers Michael hope all is well state side 😎👍🏻
Lovely video and a lovely bike! As I was saying on another channel recently, I have a bee in my bonnet that a solo motorcycle doesn't need to be bigger than 500cc (mine is an AJS Model 8, 350cc and it's powerful enough to do almost everything I want it to do). I think you've gone some way to proving my point. Unless you want to charge around motorways, I think your RE would be enough to provide enjoyment to almost all of the people for almost all of the time (I still think they should have a kickstarter).
Very enjoyable indeed. Your content in this format is my favourite 😊👍
I've just watched a video of Freddie D riding in the centre of London calling at Belstaff and looking at a jacket costing £575. Then I've turned to your video Dave and like you I'm certain we're I would rather be, the concrete jungle or the Yorkshire Dales. No contest, fabulous video as usual, although i could just see you in a high end jacket in sage green.
Cheers Ian and much appreciated…..I don’t think my entire biking wardrobe gets anywhere near £575 😎
Great trip out, and I share your enthusiasm for the area, but it's been a long time since I went there forty years, I think thanks for the visit. Keep up the good work 👍🏻
Best video you've made for ages mate, loved every minute 😃
Thank you Felix
Rewarding video Mate!
Wonderful 👏👏
Wonderful video. Just love it!
I need to take a few days off and get myself up to the Dales. Some ‘me’ time to just contemplate life. Love your videos.
Cheers my friend hope to see you on the dales roads
Well hi there.
You don't have to explain it to me because....
I also had the big bikes and now ride the same bike as you AND enjoy the same feelings.
Cheers and thanks for keeping it real.
Morning Dave, a very philosophical video with lovely vistas and ‘Norman’ as well 👍🏻 enjoy it before our freedoms get taken away from us 🤨 carry on that man Caio for now tat ta 👍🏻
Great video Dave, so honest review, you can tell from the way you speak of the area and Norman 😊, you absolutely love it 😎
Scar house reservoir, great place, walked round it a few times but not been up there on my Enfield. I’ve a red Interceptor and get the same misty eyed feelings from it your getting from your classic 350…l’ve changed the air filter and exhausts, put a long ride brown duck cotton and leather pannier on and a tripmachine side bag along with leather handlebar grips and a brown leather seat cover and it just looks, sounds and feels fantastic ! I’ve a Tenere 700 as well but the Enfield is in a different league. I almost bought a classic 350 in red and chrome and can honestly say either one of those or an Interceptor will return the biggest pleasure pound for pound of any bike around at the moment….couldn’t agree with you more…great videos - keep em up 😀👍 Richard
Nice one Dave, what a way to start a Sunday morning, a cup of tea, a bacon roll and a Yorkshireman's thoughts about a wonderful motorcycle in a spectacular setting. A £15 - £20K bike would really look out of place, would it not? Nothing wrong with the high end bikes at all, but Norman looks fantastic. Many thanks for bringing us a great video, all the best from Norfolk, Roy.
Was going to write something similar, but you've said it better 😁
@@paulstokes393Ditto! 😄
Great video. I love my 350 and only thing would change is having the kick starter back instead of a button 👍👍
Just absolutely perfect.
Driving the classic 350 feels like have arrived.
Yes, as an owner of a desert signals version, I like yourself, love to pootle through the lanes and villages around hampshire and Wiltshire. It takes almost no effort to image you are in the 50s, meandering along, people sat outside pubs give me a wave or a smile, as i pootle through, makes me smile in return. I do, though not strictly dress in khaki attire, well, I,d look daft in racing leathers! I did uprate the air filter, it's made a noticeable improvement, I won't bother with anything else, as it would take away the whole point of it all. I have a trident 660, which is of course polar opposite in character and performance, but at 61 in October, I find I,m reaching out for the enfield keys, over the trident. Keep pootling, thanks for the video.
Thank you…you’re the same age as me and you sum up the Classic 350 experience perfectly
What an amazing testimony.
Nice one. Lovely little video
Thank you for the honest review Sir!
With your years experience, I am sure it's a valid claim!
Thanks Dave, that were reet nice 😎
Another great video in the Yorkshire County love it and what a place scarhouse reservoir beautiful place also them high powered bikes on that road 40yrs ago would have been me stupidly riding 70/80mph thinking I was good but really its being bldy stupid now 40yrs later that little 350 Enfield would be the bike of choice god how the mind is easily satisfied as you gather older or is it wiser you miss so much of the scenery going like hell but nowadays 40 mph is a nice and enjoyable ride bumbling around bye for now take care ride safe
Love my Classic 350 and I agree it’s just so easy to ride and because it doesn’t have much power, you don’t feel the need to try and do a silly overtake.
Nice to see you enjoying the classic dave, I was beginning to wonder if you were ever getting off the guzzi 😂
😂😎
Thank you for this 👍
The perfect bike for an empty road. You lucky man.
Top video thanks Dave, lovely footage ...you're dead right about the bike and engine synergy with those sorts of roads, it just hums along in top gear and almost seams to grow in statue as it gets up a head of steam ....By the way have you thought about the touring foot rests? I've just them on and they are pretty comfortable, especially the brake side...they make the bike even more relaxed if that's possible
Cheers Tom I’ll think about the foot rests
15:14 gotta make sure no one is sneaking between you and the table in that pasture :)
Need to get my 600 miles in for the first service, now I have somewhere to go on Saturday ;-] cheers
Thanks
God bless you sir 🙏
Thanks for that Dave just what the doctor ordered, 👍
I thought for a Yorkshire lad, the only bike worthy of the name Norman would be the 350 Hunter.
My journey is the same when it comes to motorcycles. Started on a harley iron 883 but 'it wasnt enough' quickly bought a harley sport glide, traded it for a 1250GS, but still found it too heavy, downsized to a tracer 900 but the sporty nature wasnt for me, im now on a transalp 750 and my next bike will most likely be a royal enfield super meteor. Since i want to tour on it and only have one bike im afraid the classic 350 wont be enough to also tour on.
Are you going abroad to tour? because the Classic 350 could very easily tour the whole of the UK. Or abroad if you just want to enjoy the ride and scenery 😊
Lovely to see your experience here, with the 350 Royal Enfield classic. Can you please give me some encouragement to acquire one and begin riding again after 30 years away from it. I'm 71 and tried to test ride a RE 350, but felt unbalanced and somewhat unsteady. Can i regain my balance again and start riding.
Cheers, Bill-- Australia
Can’t think of a better bike to return to motorcycling though it is relatively heavy for a 350 but soon got used to
So right, you don't need a 20k rocket ship or bemouth tourer to enjoy motorcycling. In fact on the contrary I've had all sorts of bike over the past 50+ years but currently the one always turn to is my little RE Hunter 350 for pure enjoyment on two wheels.
That's beautiful countryside and somewhere I will visit, there seems to be a lack of traffic, is that because it is low season? Over the years I have had quite a few small bikes (MZs) that I've enjoyed riding and the augument was the same back then with why spend up to a couple of thousand pounds on a new Japanese bike when the MZ cost £500 ish. To me it's being in the environment that counts not really what machine I'm riding although this can assist the feeling!.
Are you falling out of love with the Guzzi as I thought that would also excel in that environment?