{"id":545347,"date":"2010-04-27T12:57:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/27\/2010-royal-enfield-g5-classic-review\/"},"modified":"2010-04-27T12:57:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-27T16:57:00","slug":"review-2010-royal-enfield-g5-classic-is-a-real-world-time-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/545347","title":{"rendered":"Review: 2010 Royal Enfield G5 Classic is a real-world time machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/motorcycles\/\" rel=\"tag\">Motorcycle<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/reviews\/\" rel=\"tag\">Reviews<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/royal-enfield-bullet-g5-classic-review\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"1\" vspace=\"4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/leadroyalenfieldbg5classicreview.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><small>2010 Royal Enfield G5 Classic &#8211; Click above for high-res image gallery <\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>\n*<em>Ahem<\/em>.* Said in our very best Monty Python Cockney accent: &#8220;And now for something completely different.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The last couple of motorcycles we&#8217;ve reviewed &#8211; namely the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/03\/11\/ducati-hypermotard-1100-evo-sp-review\/\">Ducati Hypermotard 1100 EVO SP<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/10\/29\/review-aprilia-dorsoduro-750-is-a-bike-with-multiple-personalit\/\">Aprilia Dorsoduro<\/a> &#8211; have been V-twin powered machines with horsepower figures that flirt with three digits and top speeds well over The Ton. Either of these bikes can quite easily loft the front wheel (or the rear, if that sort of thing is your bag, baby), burn up the drive rubber with reckless abandon or grind their hard bits into oblivion with the kinds of ludicrous lean angles that are normally seen only at weekend MotoGP races.<\/p>\n<p>However, today&#8217;s review is most definitely not that kind of bike. In fact, you might say it&#8217;s diametrically opposed to either of the aforementioned pavement pounders. The subject of this test is the brand-new-for-2010 Royal Enfield G5 Classic, and the question that was on our minds when we first laid our eyes and sweaty palms on the machine was this: Is it possible that a classically styled, low-horsepower, single-cylinder motorcycle that traces its heritage way back to the 1950s can be as fun to ride as a much more powerful, fully modern and well-equipped model? Read on, friends.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"postgallery\">\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/27\/2010-royal-enfield-g5-classic-review\/%GalleryURL%\">Review: Royal Enfield Bullet G5 Classic<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/gallery\/royal-enfield-bullet-g5-classic-review\/2906954\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/01royalenfieldbg5classicreview_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/gallery\/royal-enfield-bullet-g5-classic-review\/2906956\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/02royalenfieldbg5classicreview_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/gallery\/royal-enfield-bullet-g5-classic-review\/2906958\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/03royalenfieldbg5classicreview_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/gallery\/royal-enfield-bullet-g5-classic-review\/2906961\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/04royalenfieldbg5classicreview_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/gallery\/royal-enfield-bullet-g5-classic-review\/2906964\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/05royalenfieldbg5classicreview_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n<em><strong><small>Photos by Jeremy Korzeniewski \/ <\/small><\/strong><\/em><em><strong><small>Copyright (C)2010<\/small><\/strong><\/em><em><strong><small> Weblogs, Inc.<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/27\/2010-royal-enfield-g5-classic-review\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>Review: 2010 Royal Enfield G5 Classic is a real-world time machine<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/27\/2010-royal-enfield-g5-classic-review\/\">Review: 2010 Royal Enfield G5 Classic is a real-world time machine<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:57:00 EST.  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