If you had asked me before last week I'd have said yes, sure. The bike is less than a year old and I have done nearly 6000 miles on it, including a couple of overseas trips.
But then it began developing intermittent starting issues, with the engine refusing to start up even though it was cranking over. One day it would start, the next day it wouldn't unless I waited for a while and tried again. On Tuesday I took it to the dealer but I never got there because it stalled and cut out en route. Fortunately I could safely pull over and park the bike. I had to organise emergency recovery (fortunately included in the warranty) which took 3 hours to arrive. The dealer then took the bike in on suspicion of a failed relay. A known issue, apparently, and he had even an old relay lying on his counter to show to customers!
What the.... - if this is a known issue why don't RE issue a recall for bikes that might be affected? What if it had stalled on a busy intersection, or when overtaking? What if I'd been greenlaning on a byway where the recovery vehicle can't even get to it?
He has had the bike for 2 days now and I still haven't heard anything.
Maybe I should go back to a Yamaha or a Honda. I never had anything like it on those bikes I've owned.
I can appreciate your frustration and granted there have been issues with the bike , relays being one of them, if that indeed is the problem, but owning, riding and wrenching on several makes of motorcycles over the last few decades, I can tell you none are immune to problems, especially fleet wide and manufacturer known issues.
If you will quickly browse through some Yamaha, Honda, BMW Kawasaki, KTM etc.... forums you will quickly find numerous complaints of recurring problems that the manufacturers are or should be supposedly "aware of" and dragging their feet on resolving or even acknowledging. It is a common theme to most all manufacturers of all products.
None are perfect and while my prior statements are fact, Royal Enfield is one company that does have a recent history of, and even acknowledged by some motorcycle e-zine writers and reviewers, making sincere efforts of hearing and listening to their customers and trying to resolve problems.
Unethical, unknowledgeable and/or poor customer service from some dealers has been a contributing factor as well.
I hope your experience hasn't soured you too much on an otherwise enjoyable bike to own, as evidenced by this very thread.