A quick trivia!
Which is the longest-lived motorcycle design in history?
The Royal Enfield, first made in 1901 (Original British company is now defunct) is continued till today by Royal Enfield India (Under Eicher).
The Royal Enfield Bullet has the longest production run of any motorcycle having remained continuously in production since 1948.
Yep, that's right. The bike that thuds our road every time it make its entrance, has a distinct proud in it. The heritage of one of the longest lived bike in circulation sure has an appeal to it, even after 100 years of introduction.
So, here goes my blog. As always I say, this is a personal opinion, not approved by a mass of people but a single person. ME. This piece of write up focuses on the 350 cc engines platform, not the 500 cc and 535 cc platform.
In a world of sleek and stylish and aerodynamics and various assistants in a bike (phew), how would a bold statement of an Enfield will stand? ( There is not a single assistant system, no fuel injection, no ABS, NOTHING) It just stands there, showing its huge metallic body, leaning on its metal frame and spoke wheel.
You see, there are somethings in this futile world that are timeless, remnants that cant be forgotten and best portrayed as what they are. Its picture perfect. The name Royal Enfield has seen mankind's biggest destruction and yet it portrays the mankind's creation. This bike is a timeless paradox.
The original Royal Enfield logo had cannon, and tag line “Made like a gun, goes like a bullet”. Yep, made like a gun and surely shakes things up like a bullet.
You have to thank India for this awesome bike. If they had not ordered 800 fleets of 350 cc bullet for patrolling, Royal Enfield would have died within United Kingdom and it would not have been mass produced in Chennai, India as of now.
Also, Royal Enfield was the only bike that mass produced (really MASS PRODUCED) diesel engine motorbikes. They had excellent mileage but pollution and vibration and low power was main problem for discontinuing it.
Well, you may or may not know it, Royal Enfield is an international brand, reaching out to the US, Japan, Germany etc.
Cool, you have a RC, or Duke or a R15 or hell CBR250. I have an Enfield. The RC, R15, CBR 150, 250 shook down their head as I kicked off my Enfield and roared off to the sunset. Yeah, it seems like a fantasy but it will turn your hoses quiet. Seriously, the sound is awesomely loud and boom-sound to ears. And its factory made, no tuning, no extra exhaust system or anything. Its like a hollow bamboo pipe moaning with ecstatic sheer and pleasure after burning gasoline at a compression ratio of 8.5:1 passed through a carburetor and ignited by 2 sparks. Awesome mid range torque and equally awesome style while riding makes it a man's ride, not a boy's toy.
Plastic? The enfield doesn't know what a plastic is. It knows metal, searches for metal and searches for a rider, a man who can handle it. Handle the awesomeness, handle the sub 200 kilo body and the curves, the curves that can make any man fall in love with.
"The curve on the tank, the metal marking saying the historic name in the industry and class leading style can certainly be one in a crowd (Unless there are other Enfield in the crowd)"
Which is the longest-lived motorcycle design in history?
The Royal Enfield, first made in 1901 (Original British company is now defunct) is continued till today by Royal Enfield India (Under Eicher).
The Royal Enfield Bullet has the longest production run of any motorcycle having remained continuously in production since 1948.
So, here goes my blog. As always I say, this is a personal opinion, not approved by a mass of people but a single person. ME. This piece of write up focuses on the 350 cc engines platform, not the 500 cc and 535 cc platform.
In a world of sleek and stylish and aerodynamics and various assistants in a bike (phew), how would a bold statement of an Enfield will stand? ( There is not a single assistant system, no fuel injection, no ABS, NOTHING) It just stands there, showing its huge metallic body, leaning on its metal frame and spoke wheel.
You see, there are somethings in this futile world that are timeless, remnants that cant be forgotten and best portrayed as what they are. Its picture perfect. The name Royal Enfield has seen mankind's biggest destruction and yet it portrays the mankind's creation. This bike is a timeless paradox.
The original Royal Enfield logo had cannon, and tag line “Made like a gun, goes like a bullet”. Yep, made like a gun and surely shakes things up like a bullet.
You have to thank India for this awesome bike. If they had not ordered 800 fleets of 350 cc bullet for patrolling, Royal Enfield would have died within United Kingdom and it would not have been mass produced in Chennai, India as of now.
Also, Royal Enfield was the only bike that mass produced (really MASS PRODUCED) diesel engine motorbikes. They had excellent mileage but pollution and vibration and low power was main problem for discontinuing it.
Well, you may or may not know it, Royal Enfield is an international brand, reaching out to the US, Japan, Germany etc.
Cool, you have a RC, or Duke or a R15 or hell CBR250. I have an Enfield. The RC, R15, CBR 150, 250 shook down their head as I kicked off my Enfield and roared off to the sunset. Yeah, it seems like a fantasy but it will turn your hoses quiet. Seriously, the sound is awesomely loud and boom-sound to ears. And its factory made, no tuning, no extra exhaust system or anything. Its like a hollow bamboo pipe moaning with ecstatic sheer and pleasure after burning gasoline at a compression ratio of 8.5:1 passed through a carburetor and ignited by 2 sparks. Awesome mid range torque and equally awesome style while riding makes it a man's ride, not a boy's toy.
Plastic? The enfield doesn't know what a plastic is. It knows metal, searches for metal and searches for a rider, a man who can handle it. Handle the awesomeness, handle the sub 200 kilo body and the curves, the curves that can make any man fall in love with.
"The curve on the tank, the metal marking saying the historic name in the industry and class leading style can certainly be one in a crowd (Unless there are other Enfield in the crowd)"
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