We use these bikes now for most of our tour regions.  For the High Himalayan, Uttarakhand & Rajasthan regions we now have a brand new fleet of the BS6 versions (with ABS). The tall stance, high placed handlebars, high ground clearance, the up-angled silencer and the belly pan prove their worth both on road and off.  With a 21″ front wheel and a rear “mono-shock” suspension, it can pretty much ride over everything.  At 411cc / 24.5 bhp, it has enough grunt in it to keep you going both on the rougher sections in the Himalayas as well as the highways of Rajasthan.  We install “backrests” specially designed for this bike for the pillion riders and so far none of our customers has had an issue with comfort. The Bullet 500 comes with disk brakes both front and rear and EFI, a perfect motorbike to chug along on the gentle meandering roads.  The single long seat with raised pillion seat is also a great advantage if you have a pillion rider, which happens quite often, specially on our Kerala tours.  This motorcycle can also be offered on our Kerala or Sikkim Tours (besides the Himalayan) but do let us know so that we can ensure it’s availability as this motorcycle is also slowly vanishing from the rental fleets in India. This "Classic" with it the vintage charm and the “Retro Bullet feel” was loved by our customers.  However, in 2019, when India moved from BS4 to BS6 emission norms, Royal Enfield discontinued production of this model.  As we constantly "retire" our older bikes and replace them with newer ones, we are no longer able to do that with the 500cc one. Hence, we had to take the decision of discontinuing this model from our fleet, till RE launches another suitable 500cc model. However, if you really really wanted to ride only this bike on one of our tours, do write to us with a special request with sufficient advance notice as we will have to arrange one from a rental outfit.