Royal Enfield is a company that's been around for over a century. It started as a British company, and has a long and storied past, including a little lightweight machine designed to drop from the literal sky for RAF dispatch riders during WWII. After the war, the original Flying Flea found new life as a lightweight urban commuter as the country worked to get back on its feet.
And the thing is, as much as you or I might talk about finding a Swiss Army Bike, one that can do everything we want it to do, the fact is that a lot of riders end up having a very set routine that we follow with our bikes.
For years, I was a daily commuter on mine. I rode to work, parked for 8+ hours, then rode home. During part of that time, I also rode to school. So on a lot of days, I'd ride to work, park, ride to school, park, and then ride home. Was it more fun than driving? Sure. But was it fun, flat out? I mean, fun is relative, but it definitely wasn't a pleasure ride. (That is, unless I called in sick a day or two and just kept riding instead. Which I totally didn't. *nods*)
And for plenty of riders around the world, that's exactly what they want and need. A bike that can be a fantastic companion for dealing with densely populated areas, weaving effortlessly through congested city streets, around the other vehicles, humans, and animals that you happen to encounter as you traverse your city's streets. Motorized transportation, at its most elemental.
Friends, that's exactly what electric motorcycles (and scooters) are good at. That's where they absolutely SHINE. I say this from experience. The nature of EV motorcycles means that they're absolutely made for stop-and-go traffic situations. If you can make them light and agile, give them great handling, and then maybe--just maybe--give them a head-turning appearance (curb appeal, if you will), you should by all rights have a winner on your hands.
