RE CLASSIC 500, AN INTERESTING RIDE TO BORLEY!

[@dozerblade]

I read the book about the Rectory, when I was ten years old, so sixty years ago, I used to wait for my father to finish work in the local library, so I used to scare the shits out of myself reading about ghosts, and the book that was my favourite was Harry Price, Ghost Hunter, and Borley Rectory.

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@dozerblade There is an interview with Harry Price on KZbin.

[@dozerblade]

@@Volcanicbrown1878 cheers for that , I'll check it out.

[@cousinjack2841]

Lovely ride out Mr. Brown. I use these videos of yours to have a break from my blood pressure medication so thank you. The only downside is that you make me homesick every time. I have been deliberating for a long time which bike I am going to get when I return to the UK in the near future and I think I have finally made my mind up; its got to be the 500 Bullet, if I can find one; it ticks all the boxes. Great video and stories; thanks so much and greetings from a freezing South Africa.

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@cousinjack2841 Thankyou very much! Good choice of bike! Freezing South Africa? And there's me thinking South Africa was a hot place! Just show's how much I know!!

[@stewy62]

Sound quality very good with your new microphone. Regarding the unforecast rain, I have to laugh. I don’t feel that weather forecasts have improved that much on our island during my lifetime, yet we are expected to believe that average temperatures can be projected in 30 years time 🤪🇬🇧

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@stewy62 you are right about the weather forecasting!

[@ohshitnotanotherknob]

Weather vs Climate, very different.

[@ianh.6825]

I was half expecting you to give us all a fright at Borley, like you did at the old Gibbet Post. I'm glad you didn't!

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@ianh.6825 That cost me a lot of subscribers doing that!

[@RD-650]

Love the story 👍

[@andyb.5268]

This story alone was worth every shilling of your £5 fine, copper Cuthbert I hope you saw this. You know what you are.

[@roald-o6i]

You have such beautiful machines in the U.K., been thinking about importing one. But the fact, that they're used to keep to the left, just won't do in Denmark... 🤣 Beware of those McDonalds, it might not just be raining cats and dogs, according to Donald himself... Always lookin' forward to your videos... 👍

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@roald-o6i Thanks!

[@richardyardley5127]

Great video and great tour. Thank you 🙂 I love my Classic 500. I have one of the final battle green ones. I took the tank off to fit a Fuel X Lite kit and the sticker under the tank was dated November 2020. Funny, I was having lunch at a pub, here on the Isle of Wight and a guy about my age (50's) pulled up on one of those new Classic 350's with a couple of friends on Triumphs. I went over for a quick chat and said that I had a Classic 500. He didn't believe me and said that mine must be an old Bullet. That was until I showed it to him. He wasn't happy. Especially when I pointed out the differences and all the plastic on the new 350. One of his friends just laughed and said, you've been had, that 500 is way nicer looking 🙂

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@richardyardley5127 I am guessing that you are now not his new best friend!

[@ruahinesrider]

Hahaha 😂.In NZ 🇳🇿 odd Dealership were selling Classic 500's upto Christmas time 2022 in some Dealerships especially in South Island. In 2021 the local RE Dealership had a All Black 10yr Anniversary model in they only made 500 Worldwide.10yr Anniversary of making the Classic 500.I was in there to pick up my new Interceptor & saw it.Some lucky bugger got it.

[@RockerMark]

Another interesting ride out. Microphone was spot on, so £9.99 well spent.

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@RockerMark Thanks for that!

[@stephenthompson6049]

Sound is perfect, nice balance between your voice and the bike in the background. Great video as always

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@stephenthompson6049 Thankyou kindly!

[@Thruxtonrider21]

Absolutelybeautiful machine! Thanks for taking us along on your ride!!

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@Thruxtonrider21 Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ianlawrie919]

£9.99 mic👏👍 I was wondering why a health food shop had a cafe😂😂😂😂fine video and fabulous revelation of intriguing corners 👏👍👌

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@ianlawrie919 The coffee is good but the food is junk!

[@allenwilson1479]

Sounds are very good

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@allenwilson1479 Thanks for that!

[@kevbaldwin9552]

Tenner well spent there that mic sounds pretty good .love the classic 500 perfect bike for thudding about on ,thanks for the entertaining story love local history and strange ledgends of ghosts ect .keep it shiny side up VB 👍

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@kevbaldwin9552 Any time!

[@simonchilli2088]

That was a good sign out! The health food shop😊. Another interesting video about our strange country.

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@simonchilli2088 Strange indeed!

[@robgerety]

I have a Classic 350. The stock mirrors are useless. Can't see anything but my arms. I ordered some Halcyon bar end mirrors. We shall see.

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

I have two! I don't have any problem with the standard 350 mirrors on either of them!

[@Triumph_2000]

Ooh, long melford

[@ruahinesrider]

Round mirrors suit the bike better I reckon.Great sound quality 👌 V.B. The 500Classic Dug Dug Dug Dug is very soothing sounding

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@ruahinesriderTotally agree on the mirrors!

[@williamnethercott4364]

I guess your new microphone was quite well, the RE sounds fine. By the way, I told my nephew about your Kersey time-slip incident and he was very interested, since he thinks he has experienced something similar to a much lesser degree. Enjoying your videos, please keep up the good work.

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@williamnethercott4364 Thanks William! The timeslip at Kersey was on the "Suffolk secrets" video. Glad the sound is coming out alright!

[@dezmondwhitney1208]

An energetic vicar then. Interesting video. That 500 Bullet is a nice looking machine. Ta.

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@dezmondwhitney1208 I found out that he is buried in the church graveyard (Probably with a big smile on his face!)

[@dezmondwhitney1208]

You have some nice roads and interesting places to visit in Suffolk. Thanks for these videos.​@@Volcanicbrown1878

[@johnfountain8588]

Mike sounds Ausum Bike sounds Ausum Story was Ausum Enjoyed you video vlog Thanks for the ride along and Regards from Florida 🦩🦩

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

Awesome, I mean, Ausum ,thank you John!

[@johnfountain8588]

@@Volcanicbrown1878 LOL 😂😂😂😂

[@MarkSteedman-o2y]

‘Like nearly coming off on this corner cos I’m going too quick’ 😆😆 you do keep me smiling

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@MarkSteedman-o2y I try!

[@spamhead]

Watching your videos, I’m seriously tempted to look out for a Classic 500. But having a 1950 G80 and a 59 G12, I’m running out of room. Electric foot could swing it though!(literally)

[@anthonydexter262]

Great video, thanks 🎉

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@anthonydexter262 My pleasure!

[@Peter234100]

£10 well spent on the Curry’s mike ! Great ride on the 500 and love the lazy beat of the slightly higher geared engine. I can say the Royal Enfield bar end mirrors that are round are superb and give crystal clear images, well they do on my 350 Classic 😂

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@Peter234100 I think I am going to get a pair.

[@Triumph_2000]

Ah your in my neck of the woods Mr Brown! I live Suffolk. Keep it up 🎉

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@Triumph_2000 I'm always in some ones neck of the woods!

[@jobucklandbuckland8031]

Read about Borley Rectory nor somewhere i would want to stay , also read some of Harry Prices short stories quite good they are , Bike looks terrific has a lovely sound as well , thank you for another great video

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@jobucklandbuckland8031 Thanks Jo! There is a very rare Interview from 1936 with Harry Price, here kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2esYX2qhLaAd6M

[@blrmotorcyclesinc.]

Lovely videos Mr Brown , just wanted a suggestion, as to how can I fit the Classic 500 handlebars on the Classic 350 reborn would they fit and be comfortable and compatible, as classic 500 handlebars look much better,Thanks n Cheers

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@blrmotorcyclesinc. They are just standard Bullet bars and yes, they will fit the classic reborn 350's!

[@blrmotorcyclesinc.]

@Volcanicbrown1878 Thankyou for sharing your valuable opinion and response , looking forward for more videos.Cheers

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

Dam good looking Bike 🤠

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@DANTHETUBEMAN You can thank Royal Enfield for that!

[@Triumph_2000]

Go to Clare and surrounding villages its wonderful riding through the corn fields

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@Triumph_2000 The farmers take a dim view of riding through their corn fields though!

[@GapBahnDirk]

That makes me wish that I had a Classic 500. Great for thumping along at legal speeds 👍👍. I am also not superstitous, but family members are convinced that I was once talking with an old lady who was in fact a ghost......

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@GapBahnDirk Many many stories of that happening.

[@stephenc6503]

Nice one VB, what's the microphone. 👍

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@stephenc6503 LOGIK LDMIC23 Desktop Microphone

[@stephenc6503]

@@Volcanicbrown1878 Yes I thought it would be. Do you think that a decent second hand Bullet 500 is better than the Bullet 350 J series? I know you have a few and TAYM has one also.

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@stephenc6503 Which 500 Bullet are you talking about? UCE, Cast iron, AVL?

[@stephenc6503]

@@Volcanicbrown1878 UCE up to 2020, compared to the 2024, 350 J series Bullet?

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@@stephenc6503 I can't make your mind up for you, only you can decide! However, The j series bikes are not as powerful as the UCE 500's and they haven't got anywhere near the amount of torque as the 500's generate. The j engined bikes as 350's can't compete with the 500's. They are a lot more revvy at similar speeds, which doesn't make them a bad bike at all but, I think the 500's are a nicer bike to ride as they are not rev limited or speed limited and you don't need to rev the nads off them to get up to speed. At the moment, there are some real bargains out there on the secondhand market, low mileage UCE 500 examples are not that hard to find. So only you can decide what's best for you!

[@anthonydexter262]

Borley rectory, wasn't that where faces appeared in the tiles????

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@anthonydexter262 Thre was so much that happened at Borley. A quick search on KZbin will bring a ton of info up!

[@spamhead]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@Volcanicbrown1878Many years ago I was planning to go up and do some photography around there with high speed black and white film(because the ghosts were all B/W in those days) Never got around to it, but took some artful pictures of my Beezer RGS! Rectory was owned by a right charlatan at one stage and he hyped up supposed sightings. Demolished due to fire damage. Good job I don’t live there. I’d rig up all sorts of artificial “ghosts” !

[@Classics-in-the-sun]

That could of been me ! Was it a red and chrome bullet or a 350 with woodsman exhaust?

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@Classics-in-the-sun No, it was a black scruffy cast iron 500. Rider was wearing a DR coat and open face helmet and it was a Sunday.

[@Classics-in-the-sun]

@@Volcanicbrown1878 I think I know the rider Looks like your Enfield went well up Tesco's hill. That's my test for my Enfields

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@@Classics-in-the-sun You must be local to Sudbury then? That UCE motor does pull well even with a 19T gearbox sprocket!

[@Classics-in-the-sun]

@@Volcanicbrown1878 not that far away. You rode by my place of work on this video btw. .I went for a 20t / 46t on mine 500 but I'm lacking a bit of mid torque as ive rephrased the inlet cam from price parts

[@Classics-in-the-sun]

@@Volcanicbrown1878 just up the road.

[@patrickgreenman8248]

That 500 is a nice bike,shame they're not making them now,very interesting tour like the story of the energetic vicar,mind you there was no telly back then!great video thanks for sharing VB!

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@patrickgreenman8248 Very different times back then, Borley rectory had no water, electricity or gas, So early to bed most days I guess! Yes, the 500 is no more, But sales plummeted after the 650 was launched.

[@patrickgreenman8248]

I'm surprised that the sales dropped off as the 500 and 650s are quite different animals!

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@@patrickgreenman8248 They are indeed, but a lot of folk traded their 500's in for the new Interceptor. I wonder how many now regret it.

[@patrickgreenman8248]

@@Volcanicbrown1878As the 350 classic is now extremely popular,I wonder if owners who like the character of the bike would naturally want to progress on to a slightly bigger capacity, maybe a 500,so RE could deliver once again!

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@@patrickgreenman8248 I think that too but RE seem to have little interest in the 500 market now.

[@anthonydexter262]

Did you know there's some dealers selling the 500 bullet in trials trim...

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@anthonydexter262 Yes, I have one! (Shortly to be sold!) That's what put RE on the map as they won a whole lot of trials with Bullet's

[@daviddavies5347]

Do Long Melford antique shops have a ‘cheap’ bin then? 🤣 If you were worth anything the cats would have already offered you! 🤣🤣

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@daviddavies5347 It's the junk shops where I feel really unsafe!

[@daviddavies5347]

@@Volcanicbrown1878 🤣🤣

[@aladinfox4098]

Great ride and great sound ,would you say your 500s' performance is comparable to the new 350s' in terms of pick up and top speed?

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@aladinfox4098 A good bit more but at lower revs!

[@dungspreader]

Didn't Sir Cardigan Fitz-Badly marry Lady Constant Loose-Drawers ? I think the sobbing lady ghost may be the late vicar's wife . " not tonight Henry ! "

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@dungspreader No, I think she got married to another chap, what was his name....Ah yes, Captain James Hardly-Worthit!

[@simonchilli2088]

IST🙂

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@simonchilli2088 India Standard Time??

[@simonchilli2088]

@@Volcanicbrown1878 😂🤣😂🤣

[@borderlands6606]

Borley is the kind of place retired Londoners go to spend more time with their money. So it's natural they wouldn't want townies going woo and blocking the lanes. From what I've heard there is a crypt under Borley church whose entrance is not at all obvious, which may account for the more unusual noises inside. Doubt it accounts for your old lady though. According to the World Meteorological Organisation, nearly 80% of the 383 Met Office temperature stations are classed as junk class 4 or super junk Class 5 due to their position.

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@borderlands6606 Most of the folk who live in Borley have been there for generations, very few outsiders. I doubt that the crypt, which contains the remains of the Waldergrove family, could explain the sound of a woman sobbing! The place has been investigated to death (excuse the pun!) by every kind of paranormal society going, as a quick google search will show. I am a skeptic, but I still cannot for the life of me, explain the old lady who approached the grilled gate from the inside, then vanished into thin air! The Met office can only make "educated" guesses on the weather, same as the rest of us can!

[@borderlands6606]

@@Volcanicbrown1878 More things in heaven and earth, etc. It's likely some strange stuff occurred at Borley, the phantom nun was seen by various people. I'm less sure about Harry Price's involvement in the affair.

[@Volcanicbrown1878]

@borderlands6606 I think Harry Price was a sensationalist, just after publicity for his book he was working on. Most of his witnesses don't back up what Price was saying about Borley!