India's First Electric Royal Enfield Bullet Review By Vedant Jouhari | A show around and ride review of India's First Royal Enfield Electric Bullet made by Bulleteer Customs. This electric motorcycle is a work of art and was the masterpiece of Mr. Ricardo. Also, we did a short Q&A session with Mr. Ricardo to learn more about the story behind his electric motorcycle.
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00:00 So when we talk about motorcycles from the 1980s, we think about raw power, no electronics
00:11 and just a raw feel to the engine.
00:14 But here we have India's first electric Royal Enfield Bullet made by Bulleteer Customs.
00:19 So come on, let's take a look at this vehicle up close.
00:22 My name is Vedant Johari and welcome to DriveSpark.
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00:35 While taking a look at this motorcycle up close, we see 18-inch front tyres on telescopic
00:41 suspensions with Brembo brake pads and we see a really retro design front round headlamp
00:48 and the retro look honestly spans across the whole motorcycle from the front right till
00:54 the end with the tank so-called and the engine casing.
01:00 So this is not really an engine casing, it covers the 72-volt battery which powers the
01:06 whole bike and linked to the battery is a rear 5 kilowatt hub motor.
01:12 So coming to the design aspect, a retro look which spans across the whole bike.
01:17 Ironically, we have the word gasoline written on an electric bike.
01:21 Really has a quite amusing touch to the whole feel of it.
01:24 Towards the rear of the bike, we can see an exposed skeletal chassis and a look that will
01:30 surely attract other people on the road.
01:32 Totally, we have a black, white and a red colour scheme on the bike.
01:36 Again bringing out a very classy and a very retro look to it.
01:40 And coming to the charging of the bike, this is where the charger sits.
01:45 It has to be plugged in from the rear, a very nice design element which again brings out
01:52 the look of this bike.
01:54 At the rear, we have a circular brake light with a very retro style, a very classic style
02:01 seen on the older models of bikes.
02:03 Looking at the seat, we have a single seat and the seating position, your feet are at
02:14 the front.
02:15 With an upright but a sort of leaned in front seating position, it's perfect for the cities.
02:21 However, on long rides, it can get a little uncomfortable as a lot of pressure is being
02:28 put on the back.
02:29 So now while sitting on the bike, the first thing we look at is a speedometer or an instrument
02:35 cluster or something like that.
02:36 But here, we don't have anything like that.
02:38 Instead, we have a small screen on the so-called tank of the bike.
02:43 So coming to the specifications, it has a 72-volt battery linked to a 5-kilowatt rear
02:49 hub motor which powers the bike.
02:52 In total, the bike can give an average of around 90 kilometers of range.
02:58 But again, it all depends on the riding style of the rider.
03:02 For an aggressive rider, probably around 60 to 70 kilometers and to charge the battery,
03:08 it takes around 6 or 7 hours.
03:11 If you're riding the motorcycle, if you're on a top speed run, the fastest you can probably
03:17 hit on this bike is around 90 kilometers per hour.
03:20 If you want a slight boost in the power, you have a button over here which acts like a
03:26 mouse for around a 5-second increase in torque and power.
03:30 So located on the throttle of the bike, we have a switch gear which has drive, neutral
03:37 and reverse.
03:38 So obviously no clutch.
03:40 To start the bike, there's a button located underneath the tank which when you press,
03:44 the motorcycle is automatically powered on.
03:46 So here we have the mind behind this motorcycle and we're going to ask him a few questions.
03:56 So if you could just introduce yourself please.
03:59 Yeah, so my name is Ricardo Pereira and I own a little custom motorcycle outfit in Bangalore
04:06 called Bulleteer Customs.
04:08 And yeah, I've been loving what I've been doing for the past 15 years now.
04:12 Wow.
04:13 How long have you been around motorcycles for?
04:16 Around motorcycles, I think I have my dad to thank for that.
04:19 I think since I was about 3, I've been sitting on an Enfield tank and dad's been telling
04:24 me about, you know, the great legendary Enfield and all that stuff.
04:28 So I love all motorcycles but Royal Enfield has a very, you know, very, very soft, I have
04:34 a very soft corner for Royal Enfield.
04:37 Somewhere very deep in my heart and yeah.
04:39 So I've been intrigued with the vehicle for what time, 42 now.
04:45 So I think about 40 years, ever since I've seen it for the first time.
04:50 But yeah, loved it ever since.
04:52 I didn't like the way that the company did not change the design for so many years until
04:58 Siddharth Lal of course came in.
05:00 But I always thought the bike could be a lot more better looking.
05:04 You've done that clearly also.
05:05 Yeah, I've been doing that a lot.
05:07 540 bikes now, Enfield that we've actually transformed and each one of them has a name,
05:13 each one of them has a unique story and I think I realized that that's what really I
05:19 do best in the world.
05:20 So I couldn't waste time doing anything else.
05:23 What really inspired you to build this bike?
05:26 This bike is it?
05:27 Yes.
05:28 Well, this is actually the 1984 Cast Iron Bullet 350 that my dad gifted me when I was
05:33 18 and that's the one that inspired, I mean, she's the one that inspired me to actually
05:38 build custom motorcycles.
05:40 Okay, fair enough.
05:41 And in fact, most of the bikes that you see in our garage have all started off with this
05:46 being the Lab Rat.
05:47 Oh, okay.
05:48 I mean, initially.
05:49 And then once the business took off, I forgot about this bike completely and it was lying
05:52 like a piece of junk.
05:54 I'm very ashamed to remember that also.
05:57 But at one point of time, you know, my son is about 11 now and he's also getting interested
06:02 in bikes and I realized that at one point of time when he's riding, I don't think there's
06:09 going to be, I mean, as much petrol as we would want to have.
06:13 For sure.
06:14 So I thought, okay, the next transformation for this bike is going to have a heart transplant
06:18 where I remove it and put an electric motor and I always used to have visions and share
06:23 them with my son too about, you know, riding without, you know, so innocently, you're not
06:28 polluting the environment, you're just charging it at home and, you know, there's no sound,
06:33 there's no smell, there's no noise pollution, there's nothing.
06:36 Much more eco-friendly lifestyle.
06:37 Much more eco-friendly and I think the simplicity of it is what really appealed to me.
06:42 Right.
06:43 And maybe if I want to, you know, gift my son this bike, it should be an electric.
06:47 So I just got up, did some research, found some guys called Gogo A1 in Mumbai and they
06:54 are one of the pioneers in electric technology and things like that.
06:59 So they supply all these motors and all that.
07:01 So I went there and I seen this, I asked them for the biggest motor that they could get
07:05 and so they said, normally, you know, the bikes like Yulu and all go on 1000 watt motors
07:13 and I wanted something at least three or four times, ten times maybe, but they said they
07:17 have a five kilowatt.
07:18 So that was more than enough.
07:20 We enjoyed quite a few things on this bike, but it also proved to me that if you really
07:26 think that something is possible and you have the right team and you have the right spirit
07:31 and motivation, you could do it.
07:35 You could do it in far less time than you actually would have, you know, imagined.
07:38 That's because we were working night and day, you know, we couldn't sleep.
07:42 Yeah, I mean, if you put in the effort, you're definitely going to get the results.
07:45 Yeah, yeah.
07:46 So, this is my proof for me.
07:48 Yes, for sure.
07:49 Yeah.
07:50 One question might be raised after talking about everything on this bike, how long did
07:58 it take to produce?
07:59 Well, very surprisingly, it took only one week to produce this bike, which is a very,
08:06 very short time for an absolute piece of art.
08:09 So this was all about India's first electric Royal Enfield Bullet.
08:13 Please like, share and comment down below what you think about this motorcycle.
08:19 This is Vedant Jari signing out.
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