Come along with me as I travel through time on a bike that's travelled through time - the Royal Enfield Bullet 500! I plan to make lots of visits to historic and geographic sites of significance across the Republic of Ireland, and learn a bit of history about them, and also just enjoy life on two wheels!
If that takes your fancy, please subscribe, and feel free to suggest anywhere in Ireland for me to have a wander to and make a video on!
Enquiries: brendanwalshtramore1994@gmail.com or Instagram: instagram.com/bullet_wanderer94
I love the look of the Royal Enfield. A friend of my told me it was his dream bike. My Super dream 400 is in bit. I would like some thing reliable. The only thing is I am 5' 2".
Great review dude. It brings back memory of mine 2017 500cc Bullet which I sold it or practically gifted to a friend (owning to some job issue😭). It wasn't my first bike and I hated using it. It was chunky, heavy, slow and retro, BUT looking back it is only bike I fondly remember. Even now the evening rides, joy rides and morning strolls are my found memories. "Bullet is a emotion" is truly true for this bike and RE all bike in their segments.
I really enjoyed this Video ! This is the England I wish to see one day . I am almost 62 so i need to do it if i am going to do it . I love the 500cc Enfield. I have been into Triumphs most of my life . Daisy is a Beautiful Girl ! Good Luck from Tennessee.
Cheers! Glad you enjoyed the video, but this is Ireland, not England 😁 . Daisy's only been to Wales in the UK, but some day would love to explore more over there!
I've had the same experience recently... a 10 centimetres nail in the rear tire while my girlfriend and I were riding back home. Unfortunately, I could not repair the flat tyre on the road and had to call the assistance; thank god the dealer had a spare tube to replace the punctured one. A few hours later we were back on the road. Another issue was that the nail ripped the cables for the rear light and rear indicators, which also caused all lights to stop working (except front indicators). The cables were repaired the next day with a friend, and rearrange thus this issue would not happen again (I hope, because riding without a brake light is rather stressful...). Now everything is working fine! What have I learnt from this? Buy some replacement tubes, just in case Ride safe!😄
I'm of the opinion that you should always fit new tyres yourself. Basically, the side of the road is NOT the place to learn how to do it. So why don't I? Coz it's too damned intimidating and yes, I have picked up a nail in my rear tyre. The hardest part of the job is actually getting the rear wheel out of the frame, RE have done us not favours there.
G’day mate, ridge didge video as always 👍. Recently I have been thinking of checking whether I was still subscribed to your channel, then this video appeared! It’s sooo good to hear all is tickety boo in the bullet wanderer world 😁. I must say while watching this video I became very tyred 🫣🤪🤣🤣. I don’t believe I just said that🙄🤪🤣. I have been riding for around 50 years, I cannot remember ever having a flat tyre. Just extremely lucky 🍀, & I’m not even Irish 🤣🤣. My first one is probably just around the corner 🤷🏻♂️🙄😳. I was extremely impressed with your improvised ending when the battery gave out. Very nice. Ride safe, take care. Hooroo for now 🏍👍😎…. P.S… do you remember I stupidly sold my beloved Betsy 500 tribute, I have paid for her again last week, so she is definitely coming home, hopefully next Saturday 🎉🥳🍻😁🤣🤣
Cheers! 😂😂 It's been a while since I've uploaded so glad to hear the notifications are still working 😆 Glad to hear Betsy is finally on her way back home, congratulations! 😁 Here's to many happy miles back together again! 🍻 🏍
This is the reason I always carry an aerosol of that puncture repair stuff to get me home, Tyre fitters hate it but it's ok in tubed tyres. Saves a lot of roadside hastle!!!
A bit if i'm honest, one less thing to go wrong 😅 A shame the ones sold on Hitchcocks wouldn't really match Daisy's style, but then again there's probably not many that really would!
@BulletWanderer agree..I'm searching...there are some alloy rims that have a spoke like look, I've been trying to find.. but hard..one such is model KS4B if you can find it..I'm looking at biting the bullet ;) and changing also
Oh the adventures you get yourself into, mate! A flat on the back tire of Oddball is a no-go for roadside fix. Too much going on with that rear caliper bracket for the disc brake. So, it'll be my pump (powered off the bike's trickle charger plug) and slime goo. Limp it home and fix it there. Roadside flat fixes on these bikes can be rather dodgy to accomplish. Good on the lad who helped you out! Good to see you back!
Slime goo! I should consider getting some of that 🤣🤣 Is it dependable to limp home with?? How much PSI can you get with it ? How big of a job is it? (Aware its a temp fix, but good to know so I could limp home next time!) Sorry for all the questions 😂
@@BulletWanderer You just need your 12V pump (battery powered like the one you have) or one powered from the bike's battery, a bottle of slime with the hose it comes with and a valve stem core removal tool. Find the offending nail/screw and remove it. Remove valve stem core. Squirt in the goo. Replace core. Attach pump and pump it up. Ride home. Perform final repair (replace tube) whilst there and after pints. My Slime brand 12V pump (I keep one on Oddball and Fritz) will pump to about 42 psi.
Glad you were able to get it fixed. Very nice of that guy to stop and help. I have had three flats on my 2013 Bullet since I bought it new, in approximately 23,000 miles. All three times it came home on a tow truck. I am now 65, but have been disabled to the point where I would be unable to fix a flat tube type tire beside the road for over 15 years. I won't ride more than 75-80 miles from home on a bike with tube type tires. I have a roadside assistance plan that includes 100 miles of towing. I replaced the tires on my Bullet by myself the first time. I did it at home, where I had all the tools and a thick sofa cushion to put my knees on. It still took me almost a week to complete the job, and it was quite painful. Since then I've just been removing the wheels (quite a job in itself) and taking them to a shop to have the tires replaced. I don't even carry parts and tools to fix a flat on bikes with tube type tires. Hitchcocks has some cast wheels that supposedly can be used with tubeless tires that will fit the Bullet 500 through 2016 (drum rear brake) I've been seriously considering them. They kind of ruin the looks of the bike, but they would make it rideable for longer distances. I'm not riding right now. I'm in Arizona, U.S., and it is 115 degrees F (46 degrees C) Too hot for me. On my Bullet, the rear wheel is over an inch off the floor in my garage when it is on the centerstand. But I have a smaller, lighter aftermarket exhaust, and no racks or panniers on it. I carry everything in a 14L magnetic tank bag.
Probably would be smart to get the cast wheels (for both of us!), had a look at them there, its a shame they do ruin the looks of the bike a bit. Even if they were just in a brighter tone it might blend in better with the Bullet 😅 For now, we can dream! That certainly does sound beyond riding weather to me, hottest I've ever ridden in was 40 Degrees C and that was really pushing me to the limit, plenty of water needed!
Fair play to Keith, a gentleman. Myself and the wife went to Luc Sur Mere for the hols, June 5th on the Himalayans and got the feared puncture pulling into an unmanned garage en route. Tyre off, tube fecked, new one fitted and we were back on the road. New tubes bought in Caen. Battle hardened now and not as fearful of the next one.
Wow, what a story to be told. I think you illustrating skill are next level, so good. The poem was excellent. Kind of like watching Tin Tin only better 👍
If I get marooned on a bike I want it to be with an Irishman because he'll raise the mood and laugh it all off. Great video Brendan and fair play to Keith. Top bloke 🙂
They’re the OEM Panniers for Royal Enfield Classic 500s! Required a bit of bracketing to get the frame to match to the Bullet 500 but not too much , they’re similar enough bikes 👍
On my East German MZ 150 I could unbolt and remove the back half of the rear wheel's mudguard to roll the wheel out. Only good thing about communism was the practical features on their cars and motorcycles
Great to hear from you, :) oh what fun :) back in the 20's and 30s they had hinged rear mudguards to make getting the wheel out easier, but now we have " progress" :) W B Yeates, Seamus Heaney and Joyce have left their mark on you :) You're a poet and you didn't know it :)
Warro the Aussie chap, worked out that it was possible to pivot the entire rear mudguard of the new 350s, upward. Makes getting the wheel out a realistic possibility. Dunno if the same would work on the 500.
Cheers ! I suppose back in 20s and 30s it might’ve been a much more regular issue requiring much more access 😅 at the same time, dunno why they’ve phased it out !
But seriusly if you Dont know how to change a innertube or tyre then you shouldnt be riding buddy. It was the first thing i taught my misses to do. when she got her own bike
i love the way he automatically started running is fingers inside the tire to make shure that there isnt a thorn or nail pokeing through to prevent the new innertube being punctured. Hes been there many times before like me lol
There's some wonderful people in Ireland, great to get so much help. A GSXR1100 in 1987 was my first bike with tubeless tyres. The best thing to ever be put on a motorcycle and one reason I chose a Speed Twin 1200 over a Bonneville T120 today.
