Riding around Arizona and our Enfield ponies

This is a little late but I'm finally getting around to it! My fiance came all the way from Tokyo this past February to come see the great southwest, and I thought the occasion called for a date on some Enfields. We were going to be in the Phoenix area for a few days and were delighted to find out that AZ Ride had Royal Enfields available for rent as we ourselves both own one our own Enfields. I hopped on their cherry red 500 C5 while my partner rode out on their Military 500 Bullet G5. Both were beautiful bikes, a breeze to handle and most of all a lot of fun! We didn't have much time to go very far on them, but we used them as our Phoenix transportation, and got a chance to take them out to nearby Bartlett Lake, which is a fun little drive.

We were too busy admiring the sexiness of our bikes that we forgot to take many pictures of the scenery, which was also picture worthy!



Enfields handle just as well on dirt roads as they do on any streets.


Every where we parked we would have people come up to us and ask us questions about the bikes. Enfields are real jaw droppers, and everyone seems to get a kick out of seeing us driving around on them.



My little C5 had a slight electrical malfunction but the good folks at AZ came to our rescue and were nice enough to loan us another bike for the day until they could get the kinks worked out of the C5. (hey, if there were no kinks, then it wouldn't be an Enfield!)


Although me and that BMW had a bit of a fight with each other, it was Ryo's excuse to let him drive it, which he was pretty excited about. Of course he is pretty excited to drive anything new with two wheels, haha!

Though I must say that the Enfield suits him much better!

We went all over Arizona, but the one little town that stood out the most to us was little Bisbee. We stayed at the Shady Dell, which I can't recommend enough! The couple that runs the place is absolutely wonderful. They restored several vintage trailers; each one decorated with authentic vintage items from the 50's and early 60's. They even had a record player and old working black and white television sets in each one! Check them out next time you're in Bisbee.







Thanks for the fun AZride! So glad to see you keep those Enfields around. We will definitely be back in the future.



I leave you with some snapshots of us on our old iron barrels that unfortunately had to stay home!



Happy riding everyone!
-Crystal and Ryo

High Adventure in the Scottsdale Sun!

It was hard to get the smile off my face during the entire trip!
It has been years since I put riding a motorcycle up in the Arizona mountains, but it wasn’t until I talked my wife into going and making a call to Monica that finally made the dream a reality! With minimum hassle and maximum friendliness, Monica and Gabor put us on a brand new BMW with a full tank of gas and a map for adventure.Heading out on to the road was as exciting as I expected and we watched the miles to the mountains evaporate beneath the smooth power of the BMW throaty roar. We poked around the upper lakes, wondered thru Usury Pass and up to Tortilla Flats for a barbecue sandwich.Even the band was a fun diversion sitting in the sun enjoying a cold ice tea.
Our adventure was a perfect mix of liesurely thrills!
Thanks a ton for all your help in setting up this incredible expereince.
Sincerely, Bill and Charlene Cattley / Michigan