Video Review: Royal Enfield Bullet Trials 500 Works Replica

The Bullet Trials Works Replica (check out our written review) is a retro LAMS option, boasting Royal Enfield’s proven 499cc single and styled as a post war trials bike. Available for $9,190 Ride Away, the Trials 500 is limited to just 150 units here, and 2020 will be the last year of this motor’s production. Check out the full video review to see if it’s right for you!

For more information on the 2020 Royal Enfield Bullet Trials 500 Works Replica, please see the Royal Enfield website here.

2020 Royal Enfield Bullet Trials 500 Works Replica Tech Breakout

The motor used in Royal Enfield’s Bullet Trials 500 is a long standing motor, to be discontinued this year, used in many generations of the Bullet, now with EFI incorporated to bring it up to date. The all-aluminium, 499cc, single-cylinder, four-stoke, twin spark, air-cooled engine with a 84mm x 90mm bore x stroke produces 20.3kW at 5250rpm and 41.3Nm at 4000rpm. The Bullet features both electric and kick start. The Bullet Trials 500 Works Replica has a five-speed constant mesh transmission, with a wet, multi-plate clutch that is cable actuated.

Plenty of chrome and polished alloy.

Fuel injection is featured.

Kick start and electric start.

Classic single-cylinder motor is being dropped from the lineup in India.

The engine that rebuilt Royal Enfield.

We used the kickstarted when we flattened the battery at one point.

The single downtube frame uses the engine as a stressed member. Front suspension features conventional telescopic forks with 130mm of travel and twin gas charged shock absorbers with 80mm of travel at the rear, remote reservoirs and preload adjustment.
The Bullet sits on 19 inch spoked wheels at the front and 18in at the back, with block treaded CEAT PROGRIPP 90/90-19in tyre at the front and a 110/80-18in at the rear. Front brakes feature a single 280mm disc with a two-piston caliper and ABS, with the rear being a single 240mm disc with a single caliper and ABS.

19in spoked front wheel.

Adjustable rear shocks.

Lowered gearing.

Toolkit.

Sprung seat.

Old school lighting.

The Bullet has a total height of 1123mm and a length of 2080mm, a seat height of 800mm and ground clearance of 135mm. The Bullet weighs in at 192kg wet and has a fuel capacity of 13.5L. Halogen lighting is featured in the simple, round headlamp, indicators, and tail/brake light.