Royal Enfield returns to Redditch
Redditch in Worcesterishire was home to Royal Enfield from 1893 until 1967, when the factory finally closed and the land was sold for redevelopment. Some of the original buildings can be seen in the old part of the Enfield Industrial Estate, close to the town centre on Hewell Road. In 2010 JD Weatherspoon opened a pub in th... Read more
25 Apr 2012
80th birthday party at Royal Enfield Open Weekend
This year's Royal Enfield open weekend will be held on 23rd-24th June, giving Bullet enthusiasts the chance to celebrate the model's 80th anniversary, test ride the new generation machines, tour Royal Enfield UK's Cotswold HQ, and much more. The Royal Enfield Bullet is the world's longest running production motorcycle. Fir... Read more
15 Apr 2012
Royal Enfield revisited
Royal Enfield dealers from as far apart as Cornwall and Newcastle-upon-Tyne enjoyed a 120-mile ride around the Malvern Hills in glorious spring sunshine as part of the company's annual conference. Their trip included a visit to Redditch, where Royal Enfield motorcycles were produced until 1967. Very little of the original f... Read more
28 Mar 2012
BVM Royal Enfield Economy Trial
Smiles per gallon on BVM Fuel Economy Trial Our Gloucestershire dealer, BVM, organised a Royal Enfield fuel economy challenge on 14th April, to see whether owners could beat the factory's claimed figure of 79mpg. Open to all petrol Royal Enfield motorcycles in two classes (one for bikes with EFI and the other fo... Read more
28 Feb 2012
India coast to coast
Geoff Hodges, proprietor of Somerset's premier Royal Enfield Dealership GV.BIKES is setting off on a motorcycle adventure across southern India. He will join twenty fellow enthusiasts on the trip, which is headed and organised by local motorcycle intructor Gordan Kemp. Starting from the southern town of Calicut,... Read more
01 Feb 2012
Bargain Bullet hits the mark
Now in its eightieth year, the Royal Enfield Bullet is the longest running production motorcycle by decades (by comparison Harley Davidson's Sportster has been produced since 1957, making it 25 years younger than the Bullet).First made in Redditch in 1932 and re-designed in 1949, UK manufacture of the Bullet ceased in 1962.... Read more
27 Jan 2012
Midlands move in the right direction
"Anybody who has moved home will recognise that it is one of life’s great traumas" says Steve Smith of Midlands Royal Enfield. "But, a Royal Enfield dealership? Simple. Wheel the bikes out to a waiting truck and off you go! Wait a minute the orkshop (heavy benches, drilling machines), the stores (a million nuts and bolts, ... Read more
29 Sep 2011
Royal Enfield Bullet 500 review by Daily Telegraph
"Royal Enfield’s latest Bullet 500 has a real Fifties flavour, making it a perfect method of transportation for the Goodwood Revival" writes Kevin Ash in the Daily Telegraph. "The old Bullet was being killed off by modern regulations, and this new one brings all the charm and character back, as well as the authenticity of ... Read more
21 Sep 2011
New Royal Enfield dealer in Oxfordshire
Mike Wheeler motorcycles in Witney is the latest recruit to the growing network of Royal Enfield dealers in the UK. Located in the centre of the Oxfordshire market town that is now best known as the Prime Minister's constituency, the showroom opened in 1969 and is still owned and run by the Wheeler family. With 14 ... Read more
10 Sep 2011
To Germany by Royal Enfield sidecar combination
Midlands Royal Enfield customer Trevor McGivern celebrated his retirement after 33 years with Shrewsbury Bus company Arriva, by setting off to see old friends on his Royal Enfield/Watsonian Manx sidecar outfit. However, the friends live in Gutersloh, Germany, a mere 600 miles from Shrewsbury! The reason for his trip was t... Read more
22 Aug 2011
Royal Enfield announce details of new factory to double production in two years
Royal Enfield has secured a 50-acre site for its new factory at the SIPCOT Industrial Growth Centre, close to the historic motorcycle manufacturer's existing plant at Chennai, on the South East coast of India.Due for completion by the first quarter of 2013, the new plant will be equipped to produce the entire product range... Read more
01 Aug 2011
Royal Enfield Annual Open Weekend
Factory Open Weekend, Blockley, 23rd-24th June 2012 Now firmly established in the motorcycling calendar, Royal Enfield’s 2011 open weekend attracted 2000 visitors to the Watsonian Squire factory in the Cotswolds. With bright sunshine and temperatures reaching 29 degrees C (80 fahrenheit) people took full advantage of the... Read more
22 Jun 2011
New Bullet 500 is a classic choice for affordable motorcycling
Styled in the image of its 1955 namesake, Royal Enfield's latest 500cc Bullet offers riders classic motorcycling from a brand with a pedigree stretching back to 1901, all for less than £4000. And with frugal fuel consumption of 80mpg running costs are equally modest.Valenced steel mudguards, hand-painted gold coach-lines o... Read more
07 Jun 2011
Royal Enfield dealers head for the hills
Royal Enfield dealers from across the country hit the road for a hard day's ride around the Cotswold hills for their annual conference."Rather than sitting everyone in a conference room and showing them power point presentations and graphs, we thought we should make the most of the weather and get out to ride the product in... Read more
31 May 2011
Present from the past for the future
This is the Royal Enfield Electra EFI DL, the latest incarnation of the Bullet, which has been in continuous production since 1955. Its frame, 19" wheels, headlight nacelle, black and chrome tank with hand painted gold pinstripes and rubber knee pads, and chrome mudguards are instantly recognisable as coming from the ori... Read more
19 Feb 2011
Billy Joel on a military style Bullet
Singer-songwriter Billy Joel has a well documented collection of British bikes. There are several images of him riding this army-spec Royal Enfield Bullet on the Splash website. Read more
13 Feb 2011
Classic role for Royal Enfield in Harry Potter movie
ONE of the “stars” of the latest, much-anticipated Harry Potter blockbuster due to be released nationwide next week hails from the north Cotswolds. The pale blue Royal Enfield motorcyle and Watsonian sidecar which features in the seventh Harry Potter movie- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 -have been supplied ... Read more
14 Nov 2010
West End run for Royal Enfield
Conceived by vintage style aficionado Nick Clements, (www.nickclements.co.uk), of the Royal College of Art in London, this specially commissioned model pays homage to Britain's oldest motorcycle clothing company, Lewis Leathers, which was established in London's West End in 1892. Based around the current Bullet Classic 5... Read more
28 Jul 2010
Royal Enfield Trials at Cosford Airshow
Royal Enfield joined the RAF recently, when two Trials bikes were chosen for emergency/escort/logistics duties at the Cosford Airshow. Both macines were used continuously between 6.30am and 8pm (or should that be "Zero six hundred to twenty hundred hours, over") with numerous starts, crawler work, some periods of brisk ... Read more
01 Jul 2010
New Battle Green colour for Royal Enfield Bullet Classic 500
For 2010 the Royal Enfield Bullet Classic will be available in a Battle Green uniform in tribute to the manufacturer's long association with the Indian Army, which dates back to 1949. With bodywork, frame and wheel rims painted in matt green, the Battle Green model offers a distinctive vintage military aesthetic, but is i... Read more
07 Jun 2010
Woodsman in the Wychwood
The Wychwood brewery, located in Witney close to one of Britain's most ancient forests, hosted the UK launch of the new Woodsman model from Royal Enfield motorcycles. First produced in Britain in 1901, Royal Enfield have been manufactured in India since 1955, but remain popular in the UK and their importer's public relat... Read more
03 Mar 2010
Vic Reeves’ big bike out
The TV entertainer and host of Shooting Stars has been a keen motorcyclist since his youth and previously owned a 1960’s Royal Enfield Continental GT. Moir saw the latest Royal Enfield when the company supplied a couple of bikes as props for a Hairy Bikers sketch that he was filming for the recent series of Shooting Star... Read more
09 Feb 2010
Royal Enfield Woodsman EFI
Unveiled at the NEC Bike Show on 26th November, the Woodsman EFI is the latest UK-designed variant of Royal Enfield’s Bullet to be powered by the new fuel-injected unit construction engine and is new for 2010. Like the original Woodsman, which was produced by Royal Enfield between 1955 -’59 and sold in the USA under the I... Read more
26 Nov 2009
