Buying a used Royal Enfield motorcycle on line means staring at a picture or two looking for visual clues.
Does it have the accessories you want? Is it left shift or right shift? Is this the picture the owner took when he got the bike new, or does it appear to show the motorcycle the way it looks today?
Here's something I always like to check: what's in the background? Is the owner accidentally telling you how he has treated the motorcycle?
It's just a theory, but I think that if the seller has posed the Royal Enfield as though it is out with the trash, he's anxious to get rid of it!
Imagine putting your beloved Royal Enfield in a photo with garbage cans. But many sellers do it.
In fact, if you look through the photos below you will see that at least one owner posed his Royal Enfield twice with the garage can. He had to move the garbage can to do it!
What were they thinking?
MN 2009 C5
How motorcycles got that way
CA 2014 C5
New models coming from Royal Enfield
OH 1956 Tomahawk
CA 2015 B5
A critical look at the Himalayan 450
Found: 1924 Royal Enfield foot shift
VA 500cc with sidecar
AL 2003
Shotgun 650 on second thought
CO 1960 Apache
IA 1959 Patrol Car
CA 2005
Bullet 350 in U.S. MSRP: $4,499
Distinguished gentlefolk ride
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HEY!!!That Peacock Blue '99 Deluxe is MINE...that must be what it looked like with the stock carb & airbox,and unpainted jug...I can tell that it's the one that I bought in New Orleans this Spring...thanks,David!Matt Law/Bullethead63~
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