Royal,Enfield,Motorcycles,From car Royal Enfield Motorcycles, From To India and Back
In the shape of the design, the Core wing broke through the traditional appearance of the other models, the Core-wing sense of movement and high-level sense of the high degree of balance, which must be improved, both in the interior styling General Lee: For such a TSP platform, indeed, is the test of the ability to integrate the same time, just She always has been mentioned in the business platform is a completely independent intellectual property platform and our platform is t
Through necessity, and in common with most other engineeringcompanies of the day, Enfielddidnt restrict themselves to one line. They also made lawnmowers, bicycles andrifle parts for a Small Arms factory in Enfield.A clue lies in their logo which depicts a cannon, which I have to say, isinfinitely better than a lawn mower. Their motto of Made like a gun, Goes likea bullet is also evidence of their military involvement. In 1907, the companyjoined forces with a business with the unlikely name of Alldays & Onions,to produce the Enfield-Allday automobile. Fortunately, the onion was dropped.These cars remained in production until 1925. Royal Enfieldproduced their first motorised vehicle in 1898, a vehicle that would today bedescribed as a Quad. This early effort had a De Dion-Bouton 2.75 hpengine. As the 20th century dawned, a bicycle with a 150cc enginemounted above the front wheel was introduced. The year after in 1902, a similarmachine was fitted with a 239cc Enfieldengine. The famous V-Twins appeared in 1910, primarily fitted with aMotosacoche 344cc engine, but later superseded by Enfields own power unit. The first small,two stroke engines saw the light of day in 1915 with the 200model. With the outbreak of World War 1 in 1914, Royal Enfield wasrequested to furnish the British armed forces with machine gun-carryingcombinations and stretcher-bearing motorcycles. The company also won a contractto supply machines to the Russians. In 1917, when most able bodied men were atwar in Europe, a police force made up of womenwas issued with 600cc Royal Enfield motorcycles. The time between the wars saw a boom in the popularity ofsidecars, and in 1924 a combination using a 350cc single was launched. In 1928,saddle tanks and centre-spring, girder front forks were used. Royal Enfield bikes now took ona more contemporary appearance, and despite the economic gloom of thedepression years, sales kept steady. A 488cc machine with a four speed gearboxwas offered in 1927 and a side-valve 225cc in 1928. It seemed that the companycould do no wrong, and during the thirties, Royal Enfields catalogue featuredthirteen models. This is the time that the famous single cylinder Bullet wasborn. As the world once again fell into war, Royal Enfield rose tothe occasion to produce a series of motorcycles for military use, the mostfamous of these being a 125cc bike called the Flying Flea. It was also knownas the Airborne because of its capability of being dropped by parachute.Special instruments for war use were also manufactured at this time. In the fifties, Enfield of India began building machineswith parts shipped from Britain,but in 1962 were producing complete motorcycles. Unfortunately, the factory in Redditch, Englandceased production in 1970, with the Chennau plant in India still operating. Denominationrights were purchased by the Indians and the name lived on, which today enablesRoyal Enfield to claim the title of The worlds oldest motorcycle model. Thebullet is in fact the model with the longest production run. Between1955 and 1960, Royal Enfields were sold in the USA as Indian Motorcycles. Thisof course had nothing to do with India in the Asian context. Thefamous Indian motorcycle company had experienced troubles of its own, and thiswas just another chapter in their particular history. The Americans werent tookeen on badged motorcycles, and when the business agreement expired, FloydClymer, who had controversially claimed the Indian rights, sought othersources for his venture. Itappears that the Enfieldname has plenty of life in it yet. Enfield Indiacontinues making motorcycles and is indeed flourishing. In 1986, a civilservant from Britain namedRaja Narayan went back to Indiato create an export arm for Royal Enfield, so in the same way that Raja hadreturned to his roots, so had the Bullet, which is now marketed in Britain. Despiteproduction moving from Redditch to India, the marque can claim to bethe only one to span three centuries, and who knows, it may even reach afourth. Whilst the Indian plant goes from strength to strength, the fewbuildings that remain from the Redditch glorydays have been swallowed up by the Enfield Industrial Estate.
Royal,Enfield,Motorcycles,From