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Longest running production bike in the world
The most popular model — the Bullet 350 — was launched 87 years ago, back in 1931. The
bike was first launched in the UK market in 1931. The Bullet reached India in 1951
embarking on a historical journey ever since. No other motorcycle has survived in the
market this long, which shows a huge fan-following for the model even today.

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Royal Enfield used to make lawn mowers
Before Royal Enfield started motorcycle production, they used to make lawn mowers. Apart
from lawn mowers, they were also in the arms business, which inspired the tagline” Made
like a Gun”. The company supplied rifles to the army and had sporting guns too.

Nope, they’re not ‘hand-made’
Even though they have a vintage, hand-built look, present day Royal Enfield motorcycles
are made using modern robots on the assembly lines. Before 2014, some models were
assembled by hand, but post-2014, after demand spiked, everything from painting to the
assembly was done by machines. The pinstripe on the Bullet tanks is hand painted.
Interestingly, the painting is being done by the same family of artists since the inception of
Royal Enfield in India.

The Interceptor 650 is not their biggest bike
Internationally, Royal Enfield used to offer a 1,000cc V-Twin engine along with many other
engine options. In India, the brand used to sell a 650cc V-Twin and 700cc V-Twin engine
during the 1970s but due to lack of popularity, they were discontinued.
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They had a bike more fuel efficient than a Splendor!
Royal Enfield once launched a diesel-powered bike called the Taurus. The 325cc, single-
cylinder diesel engine produced 6.5 Bhp of power and 15 Nm torque. The low revving engine
was on the market for 12 long years but we do not see many examples on the road. The bike
returned a whopping fuel economy of 70 km/l.
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Royal Enfield now exports to its country of origin
Royal Enfield was originally a UK-based company that went bankrupt and was shut down.
In 1999, the Indian arm took over the Royal Enfield name and continued using it. After
fighting many legal battles, the Royal Enfield got the naming rights. Now the brand has a
global presence and exports its bikes all over the world, including the UK.
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Still supplies to the Army! Bullet quotes
Royal Enfield have supplied motorcycles to the armies of three different countries. Earlier
the bikes were only supplied to the Russian army, later they also started to supply the bikes
to the British Army. In 1950s, Royal Enfield started supplying motorcycles to the Indian
army. Many of these motorcycles are still being used by many military and paramilitary
forces of India.

Royal Enfield is the oldest motorcycle manufacturer in the world
Royal Enfield embarked on its motorcycle journey in 1901, while Harley-Davidson launched
their first product in 1905. Royal Enfield sells more in India alone, than the total overall
sales of Harley-Davidson in different countries. Looking at both the brands, it does not seem
likely that any of them will ever die.

India’s first commissioned motorcycle
The Royal Enfield started supplying motorcycles to the Indian army in 1955. The first order
was of 800 units of Royal Enfield bikes for which the British company set up an assembly
plant in India in partnership with Madras Motors of India. Initially, they assembled Bullet
350 and later started with
Bullet 500 under license from the Redditch company.

India’s first four-stroke bike
Royal Enfield was a leader of innovations in the past. In 1924, the company developed the
four-stroke 350cc single-cylinder engine. India got its first four-stroke bike in the form of
the Royal Enfield Bullet 350.

Royal Enfield opened its establishment in India in 1955 named as ‘Enfield of India’ based in
Chennai.

It started assembling Bullet motorcycles with the imported components from UK. The
original Redditch, Worcestershire based company dissolved in 1971, but ‘Enfield of India’
was thriving; and in 1995, bought the rights to use the name ‘Royal Enfield’.

Ironically it is to British Public; in 1984, ‘Enfield of India’ began exporting their own Enfield
Bullet Motorcycles back to the UK!

The original Royal Enfield logo had cannon, and tag line “Made like a gun, goes like a bullet”.
Incidentally this logo of original Royal Enfield Company reflects their background in
weapons manufacturing. Interestingly, this firm also made lawnmowers and stationary
engines!

During the World War-I era, RE had won the contract to supply the British government’s
war department with motorcycles. The firm also had a specially designed side car which
could accommodate a machine gun. Later on, around same time, the firm also supplied the
motorcycles to Russian Army.

In 1965, the Indian government looked for a suitable motorcycle for its police and army, for
use patrolling the country’s border. The Bullet was chosen as the most suitable bike for the
job. The Indian government ordered 800, 350-cc model Bullets, an enormous order for the
time. Indian Army still has thousands of Royal Enfield motorcycles in the service for the
troops based in North, and North-west borders and other cantonments.

Combining UK and India, Royal Enfield is the oldest motorcycle company in the world still
in production and Bullet is the longest production run model since inception.

Royal Enfield India manufactures and also exports to Europe, America, Japan, South Africa
and Australia and additional 45 countries. Recently Royal Enfield has undergone a major
retooling particularly in the engine department going from carbureted cast-iron engines to
twin spark unit construction engines on all its models, with EFI available on their flagship
500 cc model. This retooling has sparked such an interest in these bikes that they have
started double shifts at the plants.

In 1990, Enfield India produced a diesel motorcycle, called ‘Taurus’. Unfortunately, this
motorbike was not a commercial success for the company and they stopped producing them
in 2002. However, the bikes have gone to achieve cult popularity and are now a big hit with
collectors!

Some time back, my mind was blown when I saw a electric Royal Enfield. This had a
standard 500 engines which was discarded to fit a whopping 11 Nissan Leaf batteries.
Although the testing of this bike is still underway, according to the report, it can go to 100
km/hr. This equates to around just about 62 miles/hr; factually, its flagship 535 Continental
GT has a top speed of 145 km/hr. It would be a nightmare really to see a Bullet cruising at
that speed ‘without’ the hugely popular engine thump!
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