Headlights for my Bullet Electra

Somehow, I started enjoying this waiting period of Royal Enfield, its giving me more time to study it better. Meanwhile I'm not happy with the 35W / 35W headlamp that comes in stock with Electra, the 12V, 14 Ah battery can support a better headlamp like 60W / 55W halogen, since the Classic 350 has this definition in their stock bulbs. 

If RE would have given me an option of 60W / 55W or a higher capacity headlamp, I would have been more than happy to pick it up, since this upgrade is not as simple as it appears to be. Even though the battery has enough energy, the wiring should support and if the wiring supports then we should find a bulb to fits into the stock holder and it should get accommodate in the stock dome. A positive happening of all these also will just get you a better headlight but the output might not be the level u had accepted. So a good upgrade starts in selecting Output Bulbs first and getting everything including the dome, reflector, holder, Wiring changed or altered as necessary to get the desired output and as well not to forget the parts played by relays to save the burn-outs.

Anyways since RE doesn't give me an option of upgrade on Headlights, I will have to work something on it, will be talking to a Service Engineer on this and will post on the same.

Let me put on a page on upgrades and customisation where I will share my knowledge on some technical upgrades and some specific convinence based customisation but don't expect a cosmetic makeover, since I'm a die-hard fan of  Royal Enfield's stock shape and syle.

Some of the bikes that captured my eyes in Swiss

Couple of bikes in Swiss

The Vespa I saw in Swiss

After Booking Experience

While Booking, I was just sure that I would buy a Bullet Electra Twinspark and did so on 14th April with Classic Motorcycles, Chennai, the delivery period was 4 months and I said that I don't mind that and thought that I would forget about it till I receive a call from the dealership, but the happening was just the opposite, I wake up thinking about My Bull and continue the day with a thought on the same, its more like a pregnant women waiting for the delivery date to see the baby. Any spare time I find, I start to improvise my knowledge on the Bull, plan for some accessories and decals or plan a Goa trip on my Bull. I have always been around a Bullet either my friends or some old ones but never really owned one so you know how's the waiting. Along with me my Mom is also excited since its been a her dream too to have a Bullet in the Family.

Now that the Decision part and action part is over, all I can do is waiting, I have heard that I can call the Dealership regularly to get an early delivery, but that doesn't match my attitude so will keep waiting until I receive a call from the showroom. Now I'm Learning on tyre upgrades and tyre brands and its impact on the bull, note that there are not too many choices for 19" tyres, a few brands I had come across were MRF, Dunlop & Avon. Let me see if I can source out a Avon Tyre of size 3.5 x 19 here in Chennai or Bangalore or else from its homeland. Will update the tyre models and some headlight upgrades in my next blog.

Electra Twinsprark & Thunderbird Twinspark