Identify this Royal Enfield

[Ledyard]

Hi All,

I posted this under the thread "Newbie needing encouragement," but thought I'd do it separately as well. I bought this bike, advertised as a "2009 Royal Enfield Bullet Electra X" with "the new Lean-Burn AVL engine." My question is whether this is an AVL, a UCE, or what. Thanks for your thoughts.

[boggy]

That is an AVL.

[TWinOKC]

Defiantly an AVL.  UCE transmission and engine are as one - Unit Construction Engine.  UCE chain is on the right hand side, all others (AVL & iron barrel) are on the left.

Thanks for posting the picture it clears up the confusion.

[1 Thump]

Yup thats an AVL. Its easy to figure this out. Look at the rocker covers; Flat and shiny: UCE, Tall and domed: Iron Barrel, Sloping: AVL. 

[tooseevee]

Hi All,

I posted this under the thread "Newbie needing encouragement," but thought I'd do it separately as well. I bought this bike, advertised as a "2009 Royal Enfield Bullet Electra X" with "the new Lean-Burn AVL engine." My question is whether this is an AVL, a UCE, or what. Thanks for your thoughts.

          The ad stated it correctly as an AVL, but it's a Classic not an Electra X (painted tank & fenders in same color, front drum brake). Same bike as the Electra X, but I believe the Electra X would have a front disc brake. The VIN plate under that blue pipe on the frame down tube covers both models.

           The front drum brake is just fine & you don't have to worry about brake fluid, a master cylinder or bleeding. 

            How many miles on it?

[Ledyard]

1,290 miles on it. The dealer's ad does say it has a front disc brake, but this does look like a drum.

Any thoughts on which service manuals to buy? All the ones that reference AVL engines are designated as applying to "AVL Electra."

[ridgerunner]

Repozer and I both have the 08 AVL and they look just like it.

[boggy]

I'm fairly certain this Snidal manual will have you covered. "Electra + AVL."  All the engine + transmission bits are the same for the AVL's, despite the model difference.  Between that and these forums, you should be good.  Also, when you search here for info, try narrowing the fields down to the AVL + Tech Tips sections and that should filter the results well.

Snidal:
http://nfieldgear.com/enfield-store/snidal-repair-guide-spiral-bound.html

And yah, if that' s disc brake, then bravo to the mechanic who hid it in a drum housing. 

[barenekd]

I thought the Electra frame was different, as in G5.
Bare

[boggy]

I think it is, but *I think* the one manual still covers it.  Actually, the "AVL" manual, from what I can tell, is the old Iron Barrel manual... just with some additional pages with some AVL information.

[mtrue77]

This is my 2009 Bullet Classic AVL as it looked when I brought it home in October 2008.   Looks a lot like what you have.

[Ice]

I thought the Electra frame was different, as in G5.
Bare

 In a side by side comparison between my Iron Barrel Bullet and Bill Harris's ElectraX based Scrambler we are in agreement that the base frames are the same.
The only differences we can find are in the various welded on clips, brackets and tabs.

[anadikaal]

Hi,

This is Not the Electra.  It is AVL with std bullet frame.  Electra was exported with different tool boxes and definitely with disk break.  So this bike was modified.  In India there was similar bike, same classic tool boxes but with disk break, AVL 500 called Machismo.  It was made from 2007 to 2010 when the horrible UCE was introduced.

anadi

[dampking]

Hi,

This is Not the Electra.  It is AVL with std bullet frame.  Electra was exported with different tool boxes and definitely with disk break.  So this bike was modified.  In India there was similar bike, same classic tool boxes but with disk break, AVL 500 called Machismo.  It was made from 2007 to 2010 when the horrible UCE was introduced.

anadi

I don't think there were only AVL Electra Xs as there were other classic variants too? And the first launch of these in India was back in 2001/2002 - Machismo AVL A350. It was pretty similar to Cast Iron bulls and had a 4speed gearbox(right side). It was also my first bullet and also figured that the bike was way better and more sturdy than the Machismos we have now. On speed gun I hit 132kmph on that bike, don't remember the speedo read tho (got busted by a cop, that's the speed which got recorded). My Machismo 500 can barely do 145 on speedo

Oh! The internals were awesome too! I still see a lot of racer friends using A350s crank and con rod on their Mac500s. Also, the A350 came with a Dellorto PHBH 26.

Regards,
Sanket

[Bullet.wagon]

So they robbed his disc brake and the UCE is horrible?