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What are these Royal Enfield C5s doing in a parade ground line-up? A sharp looking row of Royal Enfield C5 Bullets caught my eye in an ad on CraigsList in Richardson, Texas. The ad asked $5,500 for a 2011 C5 but the picture told me there must be more to the story. "I’m a member of the Moslah Shrine Motor Corps of Fort Worth, Texas; the guys in the funny hats; the Shriners," seller http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/05/royal-enfield-c5s-performed-with-texas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-4469725007166937588Mon, 20 May 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-05-20T09:47:44.998-04:00Interceptor The eBay Buy It Now price came down when questions arose. How much do the serial numbers on a valuable old motorcycle matter? A Royal Enfield Interceptor recently offered for sale on eBay in California, with an initial Buy It Now price of $12,000, was not correctly identified, thought some experienced Interceptor owners and restorers on the Royal Enfield Interceptor Yahoo group. Unsatisfied http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/05/royal-enfield-interceptors-numbers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-4698221607062840368Sat, 18 May 2013 17:23:00 +00002013-05-18T13:26:10.849-04:00Indian Lance Can you help track down this part? Last year Dennis Morgan, of Junction City, Ore., was the lucky buyer of a peculiar Royal Enfield product: an Indian Lance motorcycle built by Royal Enfield in 1958, with only 1,361 miles showing. Now he needs a small part for his like new 55-year-old motorcycle. Needed is a point breaker arm (the points are manufactured by Miller, he writes). Dennis has http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/05/help-1958-royal-enfield-needs-point.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-1377540313953605297Fri, 17 May 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-05-17T09:00:01.036-04:00Royal Enfield customs The "Fox" is a new Royal Enfield custom from Old Empire Motorcycles. This photograph is a teaser: a first look at the "Fox," a Royal Enfield-based custom from the creative minds at Old Empire Motorcycles in Norfolk, England. OEM's Alec Sharp provided it. He promised that the Fox be true to the company's standards and, what's more, will be "the first to incorporate parts which we are hoping tohttp://www.royalenfields.com/2013/05/old-empire-motorcycles-alters-look-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-4303359140795702535Wed, 15 May 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-05-15T09:00:06.763-04:00Royal Enfield choppers This chopped 1968 Royal Enfield Interceptor  has a story to tell. The "best of the best" Royal Enfield chopper featured here recently has even more to it than meets the eye. Its owner, Keith, ought to know. He has owned it twice. Here's his story: "I am the owner of the Enfield chopper featured above. First, I would like to say Thank You for liking my ol' bike enough to show her off on your http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/05/royal-enfield-chopper-has-been-around.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-3095803226855452407Mon, 13 May 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-05-13T09:00:15.462-04:00Royal Enfield music Mariah Carey and this Royal Enfield Interceptor are both beautiful. A beautiful Royal Enfield Interceptor co-stars in Mariah Carey's music video for her new song "#Beautiful." The motorcycle is best viewed with the video stopped, since the real focus is on the beauty of Mariah Carey. Carey is constantly in motion, but having the motorcycle between her legs seems to have limited her to only a http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/05/royal-enfield-interceptor-makes-mariah.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-5522375621066258365Fri, 10 May 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-05-13T09:31:33.812-04:00Royal Enfield IndiaThe U.S. is Royal Enfield's largest export market, at about 600 motorcycles, The Times of India reports. It quotes Siddhartha Lal, chief of Eicher Motors Ltd., parent company of Royal Enfield in India. The article states that Royal Enfield exported 3,500 motorcycles out of a total combined sales of 113,000 last fiscal year. Obviously, the company would like to increase overseas sales. "We havehttp://www.royalenfields.com/2013/05/us-is-biggest-but-royal-enfield-eyes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-6292547284334500752Wed, 08 May 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-05-08T09:00:12.766-04:00sidecar BBC comedy-drama "Death in Paradise" includes a Royal Enfield and sidecar. A Royal Enfield motorcycle and sidecar outfit are key players in the BBC television series "Death in Paradise." One-quarter drama, three-quarters comedy, the show pits an oh-so-British police detective against crime on a Caribbean isle. His police force drives a Royal Enfield with Watsonian Squire sidecar the sidecar http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/05/royal-enfield-and-sidecar-help-solve.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-4176652532354063312Mon, 06 May 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-05-06T09:00:16.960-04:00Royal Enfield Military Battle Green Royal Enfield C5 looks ready to serve. Here's a tough looking Battle Green Royal Enfield Military. What makes it look so GI? Owner Derek Kunzman explained: "I have been working on a 2011 Military for a couple years now in between military deployments (I'm a Navy pilot in Washington state). "I've turned the pilot lights into turn signals, and added turn signals on the back plate,http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/05/this-royal-enfield-military-looks-ready.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-1508224396417210541Fri, 03 May 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-05-03T09:00:06.553-04:00Interceptor This classic VAX Interceptor now looks the way it should. The original owner bought this 1960 VAX Interceptor "S" in Los Angeles in 1960. He rode 3,000 miles, then parked it, in 1964, with half a tank of gas in it. It sat in a shed with something dripping on it. Until now. Forty-eight years after this very rare 700cc Royal Enfield Interceptor was parked, it's roaring back to life in a http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/05/very-rare-very-original-vax-interceptor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-1596926924455854617Wed, 01 May 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-05-01T09:00:11.051-04:00Triumph The Royal Enfield Bullet looks great a with modern parallel twin motor. Should Royal Enfield build a twin and, if so, should the new motor be a V-twin or a parallel twin (like the Interceptor)? Well, ask the man who built one. In this case I don't mean Aniket Vardhan, who combined two Royal Enfield singles to build his V-Twin Musket. Let's ask John Dawes, a Brit who lives in Spain and whose http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/05/trifield-is-royal-enfield-with-865cc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-4101683699974028043Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:32:00 +00002013-04-29T08:32:34.237-04:00Royal Enfield Military A Bullet takes enemy fire in a scene from Royal Enfield's graphic novel. Royal Enfield's history as a military motorcycle is a proud one. It is also true that the only reason Royal Enfields are built today (in India) is that the military there wanted them. We civilian fans of the brand all over the world can thank them for that. The Royal Enfield is a war horse. So it is appropriate — but a http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/04/royal-enfield-bullet-goes-to-war-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-8245304110318282501Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-04-26T09:00:10.036-04:00Royal Enfield choppers This 1968 Royal Enfield Interceptor chopper takes you back The Royal Enfield Interceptor motor powering a grizzled hard-tail chopper also propels a lot of memories for the owner. The motorcycle is for sale now on CraigsList in New York State. "I love it and am saddened to put her up for sale. I always said I never would. But my body is starting to get a little too old to ride a hard tail http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/04/1968-interceptor-chopper-was-best-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-1033689098432838715Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-04-24T09:00:18.686-04:00motorcycle What's this 250cc motorcycle from China doing at a polo meet? The valets at the polo grounds in Wellington, Fla. were going to have to deal with two Bentley convertibles — both white — observed my friend, author Douglas Kalajian, as he waited to park his Acura at a recent match. Would they park the Bentleys side by side? Bentleys by the bucket load were no surprise at polo in Palm Beach http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/04/250cc-chinese-hard-tail-chopper-worth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-2798576170499264914Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:30:00 +00002013-04-22T08:30:03.552-04:00Patrol Car This Indian Patrol Car has an unusual throne like passenger seat. Equipped with a side seat for a meter maid, a Royal Enfield powered Indian Patrol Car for sale on eBay in Orlando, Fla. is the first of its kind I've seen. This three-wheeled motorcycle is a survivor from 1959, when Royal Enfield and other British motorcycles were marketed in North America under the Indian brand. A meter http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/04/indian-patrol-car-gave-meter-maid-risky.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-7245040243442810160Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-04-19T09:00:00.221-04:00Royal Enfield technical tips Oh no! This time both rear turn signal stalks broke, leaving the lights dangling. Broken turn signal stalks are as certain as oil spots on the garage floor for older Royal Enfield Bullets. I've whined here before about how the plastic stalks seem to crumble, leaving the lights dangling by their wires. My 1999 Bullet was fine when I left for the British Car Show in Boca Raton, Fla. Feb. 10 buthttp://www.royalenfields.com/2013/04/finding-fix-for-broken-royal-enfield.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-8462144456725490327Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-04-19T13:08:38.264-04:00World War I A sentry going up to his post at the battle of the Somme, July, 1916. © IWM (Q 729) Two hundred former Royal Enfield employees died in World War I, Jorge Pullin reports on his My Royal  Enfields blog. "The horrific carnage of World War I is difficult to comprehend with our modern eyes," he writes. Jorge's item is complete with a clipping recording the Peace Day 1919 decorations at a Royal http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/04/royal-enfield-shared-sacrifices-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-974871811415772447Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:09:00 +00002013-04-15T09:09:02.868-04:00 The Meteor Man feels his Royal Enfield should look like this. It doesn't. Ah, the woes of a young father trying to restore a 1959 Royal Enfield Meteor while minding baby and stealing time to consider his next step in the restoration. Meteor Man Thomas Russell is a young man in the UK gifted by his wife with a needy Royal Enfield Meteor in 2011, just before she gifted him with a bouncing baby http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/04/royal-enfield-meteor-minor-restoration.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-9069698061061438812Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:30:00 +00002013-04-12T10:32:48.394-04:00Harry Potter Here's a bit of Royal Enfield magic on display in London. (Lizbt Action Photo) Royal Enfield motorcycles may someday be the first choice of a particular group of young riders just becoming old enough and wealthy enough to afford a motorcycle. These would be the youngsters who will never outgrow their childhood fascination with Harry Potter. A magical Royal Enfield and sidecar figures in two http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/04/royal-enfields-wizard-ride-with-harry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-6159006850014860425Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-04-11T08:53:20.092-04:00custom 1978 Suzuki custom of Thomas J. Albarano of Cooper City, Fla. Sometimes it's the accessories that make a custom motorcycle really stunning. These little surprises delight the mind and the eye. Plenty of examples of this were on view at the Dania Beach Vintage Motorcycle Show Jan. 26. The custom motorcycle above was one of my favorites. It's a 1978 Suzuki with an adjustable wrench for a http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/04/motorcycle-accessories-give-that-custom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-2082819405607434655Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-04-08T10:15:11.225-04:00Royal Enfield art This Royal Enfield Meteor looks ready to rock'n'roll. Artist Ian Cater shared with us his story of the Royal Enfield painting he never finished. It was his first painting of a motorcycle. The artist and illustrator has gone on to do portraits of other motorcycles from the age of the cafe racers. You can see his work at his website, Motorcycle Art UK. His paintings make you want to put on yourhttp://www.royalenfields.com/2013/04/painting-of-1954-royal-enfield-meteor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-4189071544436018586Sat, 06 Apr 2013 18:24:00 +00002013-04-07T11:33:18.863-04:00Royal Enfield motorcycling What are you doing reading this? Get out and ride your Royal Enfield. "Bringing Royal Enfields to Mystified HD Owners" is the theme of a Royal Enfield "One Ride" Sunday, April 7 in New Hope, Pa. Sounds like a worthy goal The worldwide One Ride event was created by Royal Enfield, India, to get those Bullets (and Interceptors and Flying Feas) out onto the road. The company created a handy http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/04/royal-enfield-one-ride-is-sunday-april.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-3010421955834700805Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:42:00 +00002013-04-05T08:42:37.420-04:00dealersidecar This Royal Enfield C5 and sidecar look as though they were made for one another. I've written before about the remarkable custom sidecar outfits being put together at Royal Enfield of Fort Worth. There's no ignoring this latest effort, offered for sale on CraigsList for $12,995. It's an Inder sidecar, painted to match a new teal 2012 C5. There's a custom leather seat and a "hood" ornament onhttp://www.royalenfields.com/2013/04/classy-classic-sidecar-matched-to-royal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-1542905999156941394Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-04-04T11:01:52.644-04:00cafe racer The new Royal Enfield cafe racer is the Continental GT. UPDATE: Photos and comments on his road test of the Continental GT, by Siddhartha Lal. The new Royal Enfield cafe racer will be called the Continental GT, president Siddhartha Lal  confirms, as he rides the prototype Royal Enfield cafe racer to Mangalore, India, photographing it as he goes. Royal Enfield is promising "official http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/04/royal-enfield-continental-gt-may-go.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-3855052449111964856Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-04-02T09:27:52.098-04:00Indian Chief Officer John Barkman demonstrated the Royal Enfield Indian Chief . I was delighted when Hans van Heesch of the Netherlands shared a picture of a police officer riding a then new 1960 Royal Enfield Indian Chief. It's obviously an official Indian advertising photo. A different photo of the same officer is familiar from the Indian catalog of the era. I never dreamed that we would learn the name http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/04/real-officer-rode-royal-enfield-indian.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)1