New Delhi, Jan. 14 :    New Delhi, Jan. 14:  Royal Enfield Motors has finally bitten the Bullet: it has broken with a glorious tradition and placed the brakes on the right side like everyone else. This may sound like heresy to all those Bullet lovers who prided themselves on owning a bike that no one else could ride without feeling totally disoriented at just that heart-stopping moment when you needed to slam the brake. The company has pulled the wraps off the 350 cc Thunderbird which makes a complete break with the past. 'For a long time now, consumers have been demanding that like all conventional bikes the brake ought to be on the right,' said Siddhartha Lal, chief executive of Royal Enfield Motors. Royal Enfield Motors, a unit of Eicher Ltd, is part of the Rs 1,000 crore Eicher group. Lal admitted that someone who rode other bikes found it difficult to make the switch to an Enfield because of the right foot brake pedal. 'Thunderbird will be the first ever bike from our stable that will feature a conventional gear and braking system, this will making it convenient for 100 CC and 150 CC to upgrade to a powerful bike,' said Lal. This five-speed bike makes another break with the past-it's also introducing a heal-and-toe operated gear system on the left side, the little device that came in with the Japanese bike invasion in the early eighties. The old bike like the Bullet and Yezdi used to have toe-operated gear systems. The powerful Thunderbird, the four-stroke engine that has a full-throated 18 bhp, has been priced at Rs 70,000 for the base model.