The bike looks fun. Definitely one I'd consider if I was in the market for a bike just to move me. With the Bonneville and V7 now 20HP up on power/price these will be the serious competition for the 650 Enfields.
I have no idea why they keep resurrecting these ancient brands. A company that went bust before I was born because they made rubbish bikes that leaked oil when Honda didn't just seems like bull**** and borderline dishonest. Mahindra have no need to hide their name. A local scooter place sells AJS. Relatively inoffensive semi-disposable 125 commuter bikes, but even the Old Boy (77) can't see why anyone would want an AJS instead of a Keeway or one of the dozens of other plainly Chinese brands. What next, Flying Merkel and Zundapp to impress pizza delivery riders? I suppose if they hadn't resurrected BSA they'd have got less response from various old hacks in MSM, but do bits of tree bark 90% covered in advertising really still have any influence? MASH seems to have got going without buying an old name.
I'm still surprised Harley Davidson stay out of this. Their engine in a European style frame gives you a Vincent style bike that would get a lot more people through their show rooms than yet more variants of leather tassels and tiny petrol tanks.
Andy
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