I can see the current appeal of these to the Hoxton uber-hip kiddies, but speaking as a lifelong member of the unter-hip set there’s a lot of better ways of spending £5k on a motorcycle.
If I had a little more money and a lot less sense; I would consider buying it.
I love the retro look of it, reminds me of why I got into bikes in the first place. At 80mpg it will do the job of commuting in London perfectly, and commuting to and from work, I never break 50mph anyway, so 65mph top speed is irrelevant, spend most of my time doing 20mph.
My only concern would be whether it is too small.
As to the price tag, I would think that such a bike would hold its value pretty well.
The article compared to a Chinese bike for £4,800; however, I would think that 2 minutes after buying that Chinese bike it would be worth less than £3k…put 5,000 miles on that Chinese bike, it will be worth less than £2k.
I think this bike might still be worth £3.5k after you have put 20k miles on it. That is just from the top of my head, but I think that reality will bear that out.
Was there not an Enfield diesel produced for a while? Think it was only ever sold in India but it got over 200mpg. Now that’s a bike I could live with for a daily commute, though not as a fun bike. **** top-speed, but think of the money you’d save. :Wow: