Royal Enfield Thunderbird 350

Thunderbird 350 Model: 2007

Years Used: 2007 - 2015

Price paid: 1, 02, 000/-(on road) . Price sold: 51, 000/-

Kilometers done: 52, 000 km

Mileage: 32 km/liter

Money spent on Engine work: 30, 000/-

The bike offers good comfortable ride and you can cruise at 80-95 km/hr speed with comfort. This is the only good point in this bike.

It is the most un-reliable bike. All En-field bikes are worst and not reliable. In all my long road trip either I have battery problem, accelerator cable issues, Gear box problems etc.

Pros:

• Good seating position for both rider and pillion

  
  




• Comfortable ride. Very good shock absorbers

  
  




• Good quality MRF tyres

  
  




• Get Cruiser feeling

  
  

Cons

• Poor quality engine, spares, battery and wiring

  
  




• Maintenance cost is 1 rs/km apart from petrol.(Actually you can maintain diesel car with the same maintenance cost)

  
  




• Battery does not last more than a year. Exide batter cost 1600!

  
  




• Mileage drops from 40 to 30-32 after 10, 000 km are done

  
  




• Self starter stops working after a year or so. Even after lot of repairs, it keeps getting unusable

  
  




• Lot of battery and cable issues.

  
  




• Bike refuses to start when it is most required and you will be stranded and crying for help on trips. It is a holiday ruin-er bike

  
  

Advice:

1. Use it for a year and half and sell it before it starts giving trouble

   
   




2. Try buying old cast iron engine bullets.

   
   




3. Think about going for car(if you are a family guy) as the maintenance cost is same

   
   




4. For youngsters, please buy this and enjoy all the trouble this bike gives on long trips and post your actual user feedback like me later, after many many years:)