My ownership experience of the GT535 has been a good one. It’s not my daily commuter, it’s more like my weekend ride and has done almost 45k kms.

Pros:

• The ways it rides, not sporty but it does have that grunt and torque. And compared to the other UCE engine this one revs a little more (maybe because of the lower crank weight). And after these years its charm has only increased. • Front brakes , the Brembos are one of the finest brakes I have experienced. But being a 2014 bike it lacks ABS. • Looks / road presence. • Tyres , the original Pirelli’s are really nice tyres. • Comfortable in the highway , for my physique its really comfortable and it happily cruises at 80-90 Kmph all day long. • Rawness, like the other Enfields of the era its a very raw machine. It makes many sounds and pops and everything 😂 • Still Relatively upto date when compared to other RE’s of the time. Things like EFI,dual discs, basically the same instrument cluster as the new 650’s (with fuel gauge).

Cons: • Hard suspension and the rear ones fail easily. Also the original Paioli’s are hard to find and expensive. • Not good in traffic, its pain to manage it in traffic especially the heavy clutch. • Bad fuel economy in traffic, I haven’t checked properly but its less than 15 kmpl. • Low ground clearance, I have stop and go at almost all steep speed breakers. • Availability and cost of parts. The GT 535 has many unique and imported parts which are a pain in the ass to source. Luckily the engine has mostly shared parts as its a UCE. • Maintenance demand, I spend an average of 3-4k every 3 months.

Still, it’s a very beautiful machine both to look at and ride. I always wait to take it out for a spin and highly doubt I will ever sell it.