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(1937),Most famous for producing motorcycles, in its early days the company also produced, amongst other things, bicycles, lawnmowers, stationary engines, and even rifle parts for the.A new company was created to market these bicycles called "The Enfield Manufacturing Co. Ltd", in October 1892.1893 The word "Royal" (after the Royal Small Arms Factory) was added to the product name and thus the,1896 The company was registered on 1 July as the,1898 The first automotive vehicles with the,1898-1946 Annual reports, in Coventry Archives,1907 Built a new works at Redditch specifically for cycle manufacture,1912 Having disposed of the car making activities (,1913-1917 For a list of the models and prices of motorcycles see the.1914 Manufacturers of cycles, motor cycles and carrier vehicles. Even though it was trading at a loss in the depression years of the 1930s, the company was able to rely on reserves to keep going. The field gun motif first made its appearance on the headstock badges and was fretted out of the chain wheels of bicycles. A large number of factory reconditioned ex-military sv Model C and ohv Model CO singles were also offered for sale, as they were sold off as surplus by various military services.In 1948, a groundbreaking development in the form of rear suspension springing was developed, initially for competition model "trials" models (modern enduro type machines), but this was soon offered on the roadgoing Model Bullet 350cc, a single cylinder OHV. But Americans were not impressed by the.The Interceptor was a British motorcycle made by Royal Enfield between 1960 and 1970. Employees 1,000.1967 The assets of the Enfield Diesel Engine Division were acquired by,Grace's Guide web site design is Copyright © 2020 by Grace's Guide Ltd. Find all Royal Enfield Motorcycle models including Interceptor, Continental GT, Himalayan, Thunderbird, Classic and Bullet. Telegraphic Address: "Cycles, 'Phone, Redditch". It also enabled the use of the brand name,In the early 1890s Albert Eadie and R. W. Smith formed the.1890s In the early 1890s Albert Eadie and R. W. Smith bought the bicycle The independent company only lasted until 1908 when it was purchased by,By 1910, Royal Enfield was using direct belt drive 297,In 1912, the Royal Enfield Model 180 sidecar combination was introduced with a 770,In 1914 Enfield supplied large numbers of motorcycles to the British War Department and also won a motorcycle contract for the Imperial Russian Government.

The Indian government ordered 800 350-cc model Bullets, an enormous order for the time.Royal Enfield India manufactures and sells in India, and also exports to Europe as well as the,In August 2015, Royal Enfield Motors announced it is establishing its North American headquarters and a dealership in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with the intention to offer three bikes, the. The 700cc Royal Enfield Constellation Twin has been described as the first Superbike.The 250cc class was important in the UK as it was the largest engine which a 'learner' could ride without passing a test. Enfield used its own 225,During World War II, The Enfield Cycle Company was called upon by the British authorities to develop and manufacture military motorcycles.

In 1906 car production was transferred to a new company, the Enfield Autocar Co Ltd with premises in Hunt End, Redditch. Known as a quadricycle, it is built around two sturdy bicycle frames and uses a proprietary 1 1/2 hp De Dion engine. One of the most well-known Enfields was the,In order to establish a facility not vulnerable to the wartime bombing of the Midlands, an underground factory was set up, starting in 1942, in a disused "Bath Stone" quarry at Westwood, near.As well as motorcycle manufacture, it built other equipment for the war effort such as mechanical "predictors" for anti-aircraft gunnery: the manufacture of such high precision equipment was helped by the constant temperature underground. Up until now, they are still using the original machines that are developed by the legend of Royal Enfield. About Bikes Find a Dealer. Royal Enfield Owners Club. The 700cc Royal Enfield Constellation Twin has been described as the first,The 250cc class was important in the UK as it was the largest engine which a 'learner' could ride without passing a test. for the Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield. But starting in 1957, Enfield of India acquired the machines necessary to build components in India, and by 1962 all components …

A few of the original Redditch factory buildings remain (2009) and are part of the Enfield Industrial Estate.From 1955 to 1959, Royal Enfields were painted red, and marketed in the USA as Indian Motorcycles by the Brockhouse Corporation, who had control of the Indian Sales Corporation (and therefore Indian Motorcycles) and had stopped manufacturing all American Indians in the Springfield factory in 1953. Telephone: Redditch 121 (5 lines). The company makes the Royal Enfield Bullet, and … In 1962, the company introduced the 750 Interceptor which evolved constantly until the end of production in 1970.