Royal Enfield Classic 500 Pegasus edition sold out in less than 3 minutes

Ace motorcycle maker of India Royal Enfield conducted an online flash sale of its new and limited edition motorcycle, Classic 500 Pegasus edition, at 4 pm on July 25. The company had allocated only 250 units for India and it took just 178 seconds to sell the entire batch via the Royal Enfield website.

Priced at Rs 2,49,217 (on-road Mumbai), the Classic 500 Pegasus edition's online flash sale was supposed to happen on July 10 but technical glitches forced Royal Enfield to postpone the sale to July 25. The war-themed motorcycle seems to have gone down well among the customers despite it being the priciest Classic 500 model.

The Classic 500 Pegasus edition is a tribute to the RE/WD 125, a lightweight motorcycle during the World War II era. Better known as 'The Flying Flea,' the motorcycle was designed specifically to deploy behind enemy lines via parachutes and onboard the Horsa Glider to provide communications support.

Royal Enfield will manufacture 1,000 units of the Pegasus edition in Service Brown and Olive Drab Green colour options while India-spec 250 units are offered only with the former colour option.

Each Classic 500 Pegasus units carry a unique serial number stencilled on the fuel tank in line with military-spec The Flying Flea. The motorcycle gets an insignia on the fuel tank that shows the silhouetted image of Bellerophon the warrior, mounted on the winged Pegasus sticker.

A period correct RE badging and all-black exhaust, headlamp bezel, air filter and rims are the other war inspired bits in the Classic 500 Pegasus edition. Royal Enfield will also provide a set of bespoke military-style canvas panniers bearing the Pegasus logo, a helmet and a t-shirt from the Pegasus collection for each buy.

Royal Enfield Classic 500 Pegasus edition draws power from a 499cc, air-cooled, single-cylinder engine that develops 27.2bhp of power at 5,250rpm and 41.3Nm of peak torque at 4,000rpm and it is mated to a five-speed transmission.