Royal Enfield was the name
under which the Enfield Cycle Company made Motorcycles, bicycles,, lawnmowers and stationary engines. The legacy of weapons manufacture is reflected in the logo, a cannon, and their motto
"Made like a gun, goes like a bullet". Use of the brand name Royal
Enfield was licensed by The Crown in 1890. The original Redditch, Wocestershire based company was sold to Norton -Villiers-Triumph (NVT) in 1968.
Bullet 350
Bullet 500
Royal Enfield produced bicycles at
its Redditch factory until it closed in early 1967. The company's last new
bicycle was the 'Revelation'small wheeler, which was released in 1965. Production of motorcycles ceased in 1970 and the company
was dissolved in 1971.
In 1956 Enfield of India started
assembling Bullet motorcycles underlicence from UK components, and by 1962 were manufacturing
complete bikes. Enfield of India bought the rights to use the Royal Enfield name in 1995.
Royal Enfield production, based inTiruvottiyur, Chennai, continues and Royal Enfield is now the oldest
motorcycle brand in the world still in production with the Bullet model
enjoying the longest motorcycle production run of all time. In May 2013 a new assembly facility was started at Oragadam, Chennai.
Super Meteor 1959
In 1893, the Enfield Manufacturing Company Ltd was
registered to manufacture bicycles, adopting the branding Royal Enfield.
By 1899, Royal Enfield were producing a quadcycle –
a bicycle modified by adding a wrap-around four-wheeled frame, retaining a rear
rider-saddle with handlebars – having a front-mounted passenger seat, driven by
a rear-mounted De Dion engine.
After experimenting with a heavy bicycle frame
fitted with a Minerva engine clamped to the front
downtube, Enfield built their first motorcycle in
1901 with a 239 cc engine.
Interceptor 1968
In 1907, Enfield merged with the Alldays &
Onions Pneumatic Engineering Co. of Birmingham, and began manufacturing
the Enfield-Allday automobile.
By 1910, Royal Enfield was using 344 cc Swiss Motosacoche V-Twinengines,
or large-displacement JAP and Vickers-Wolseley engines.
In 1912, the Royal Enfield Model 180 sidecar
combination was introduced with a 770 cc V-twin JAP engine which was raced
successfully in the Isle of manI TT and at Brooklands.
Indian Trailblazer 1956
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