Going back to 1950 when R.E. introduced one of the first motorcycles with a telescopic front fork suspension and a swing arm rear suspension with a 500cc twin, my friend and I rode from Indinapolis to New York City, took a freighter to Germany Received our International Drivers License then rode to Kiel to visit a relative to a friend that had been a high Nazi official, then the a very quiet person and the chief clerk in Kiel. From there to Munich to visit a friend that ran an NGO which later was revealed as CIA. Onto Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Belgium, Hollad, and to England including the I.O.M. On our visit to the Royal Enfield factory, the engineers took our bike apart to see the evidence of about 8000 miles of travel. Also had lunch with Wilson Jones, the designer of our well traveled Royal Enfield. Got back home in Indianapolis one month late for my senior year in high school. Basically could not communicate with my high school classmates most of whom had not been outside of Indiana. Almost the same experience during my freshman year at Indiana University. Went back to Europe on a Triumph in 1960 including a two week visit in then Communist Czechoslovakia; using a journalist credential to visit Java/C.Z. motorcycle works. Regards, Steve Snyder, PhotoMedia

Going back to 1950 when R.E. introduced one of the first motorcycles with a telescopic front fork suspension and a swing arm rear suspension with a 500cc twin, my friend and I rode from Indinapolis to New York City, took a freighter to Germany Received our International Drivers License then rode to Kiel to visit a relative to a friend that had been a high Nazi official, then the a very quiet person and the chief clerk in Kiel. From there to Munich to visit a friend that ran an NGO which later was revealed as CIA. Onto Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Belgium, Hollad, and to England including the I.O.M. On our visit to the Royal Enfield factory, the engineers took our bike apart to see the evidence of about 8000 miles of travel. Also had lunch with Wilson Jones, the designer of our well traveled Royal Enfield. Got back home in Indianapolis one month late for my senior year in high school. Basically could not communicate with my high school classmates most of whom had not been outside of Indiana. Almost the same experience during my freshman year at Indiana University. Went back to Europe on a Triumph in 1960 including a two week visit in then Communist Czechoslovakia; using a journalist credential to visit Java/C.Z. motorcycle works. Regards, Steve Snyder, PhotoMedia

My son has the smaller version and enjoys it thoroughly every week with rides throughout the pandemic providing the right note of social distancing! Old school but modern tech where it makes sense is my definition of the right stuff!