tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:00:03 +0000Royal Enfield IndiaDania BeachFAQClassic ChromerecallProject BadgerbooksRedditchtechnical tipsHornetMetropolitansafetySYM ClassicroadsmysteryFlying FleaRoyal Enfield twinBig Headmotorcycle trailerRoyal Enfield dealerNortonVincent motorcyclesSteve McQueenrecipesCraigsListBunty GolightlymotorcycleRoyal Enfield USARoyal Enfield soap operatweed rideMods vs. RockersChristmasT.E. 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Make mine a Royal Enfield! When I go to the refrigerator now I can choose from: Maj. Bunty Ale ("Brewed in Chennai"). War Time Best Bitter ("Made Like a Gun") Flying Flea IPA ("Brewed Like a Gun") Royal Enfield Oil Spill IPA Royal Enfield Rocker Stout Or, my current favorite, Pilot Light Pilsner These choice beers came as a Christmas gift from myhttp://www.royalenfields.com/2012/02/cheers-royal-enfield-inspires-great.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-4263634168810757194Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +00002012-02-15T12:29:25.761-05:00Royal Enfield communityJohn Ruff of Huntsville, Ontario, Canada has managed to gather 28 Royal Enfields plus parts of another 20 or so motors. It's not just a collection — he works on them. Join him as he walks us through more of his amazing menagerie in his own words. (Note: the pictures are somewhat out of date and most of these projects have moved beyond what you see here). BEFORE: 1935 Royal Enfield Model LO http://www.royalenfields.com/2012/02/royal-enfield-motorcycles-are-core-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-953376403893313659Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:03:00 +00002012-02-14T08:29:11.731-05:00Big Head John Ruff shares the saga of his Big Head Royal Enfield Bullet. Royal Enfield motorcycles are the hobby of John Ruff of Huntsville, Ontario, Canada but, as he admits, his collection has gone way beyond a hobby. In a series of emails he walked me through part of his amazing collection of Royal Enfield bikes and bits. Come along for the ride. We'll start with his Big Head Bullet. Below is the http://www.royalenfields.com/2012/02/royal-enfield-big-head-bullet-became.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-5857746699536297792Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +00002012-02-11T10:08:31.332-05:00Interceptor Fine looking Royal Enfield Interceptor took 35 years to get this way. It's a 1965 Royal Enfield Interceptor, "35 Years in the Making." That's the way Kevin Lemire  of Port Orange, Fla. thinks of his fully restored Interceptor. Here's his story: "I was 18 years old when I bought my '65 Interceptor in 1973, ending over a year of pestering the previous owner. The bike was sadly neglected, had http://www.royalenfields.com/2012/02/royal-enfield-interceptor-was-his-35.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-7650532595095559412Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +00002012-02-08T09:00:21.121-05:00tricycle Royal Enfield tricycle has water barrel and spray nozzle. A Royal Enfield tricycle that generates rainbows caught my attention when it was offered for sale on eBay. It didn't sell, but its creator, Matt Rink, spotted the item I wrote and contacted me with more information about his intriguing creation. Attention museums and discovery centers: Matt is now willing to accept offers substantiallyhttp://www.royalenfields.com/2012/02/royal-enfield-tricycle-is-still-making.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-8720740438765502185Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +00002012-02-06T09:00:10.146-05:00cafe racer This says: "Let's go somewhere; fast." The Royal Enfield cafe racer unveiled (again) last month earned applause all over the world. Here it is being praised on the blog Return of the Cafe Racer. There's even a Facebook page dedicated to encouraging Royal Enfield to bring it to market ASAP! "I want one of these so bad I can taste it," reader Bob Slovey wrote me. "While surfing the Internet http://www.royalenfields.com/2012/02/royal-enfield-cafe-racer-heres-what-we.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-4018669066039763764Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +00002012-02-03T09:00:00.982-05:00Royal Enfield photos 1960 Indian Chief, made by Royal Enfield. I asked readers to recommend their "favorite photos that represent Royal Enfields to you." Roger Chrystie of Massachusetts responded with beautiful pictures of two of his Royal Enfield Indians. Things got interesting when he explained what they are. "The red Indian Chief is almost all original. It's a 1960 that was shipped over when Matchless took http://www.royalenfields.com/2012/02/his-royal-enfield-indians-are-bit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-6628822639709456109Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:51:00 +00002012-02-01T09:51:48.096-05:00motorcycle show Unshiny Triumph caught in the gleaming reflection of a BSA tank. The 2012 Dania Beach Vintage Motorcycle Show looked outstanding this year. I say "looked" because I couldn't go, although I made it last year. I'm seeing the 2012 show along with you here, through photographs by Kenneth Maginnity. He's the private chef aboard one of the great white yachts that visits Fort Lauderdale this time of http://www.royalenfields.com/2012/02/dania-beach-vintage-motorcycle-show.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-8710780989329850456Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:16:00 +00002012-01-30T10:21:25.432-05:00museumRoyal Enfield plans a dramatic "Living Museum" for the new factory it's building in Oragadam, Chennai, India. The job posting for the museum project director gives you an idea how special it will be: "This plant will be having a Living Museum along with Manufacturing which is a mothership brand of Royal Enfield which will be weaved with destination centres in future. The museum will be an http://www.royalenfields.com/2012/01/royal-enfield-plans-living-museum-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-3928310420317455787Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +00002012-01-27T08:43:19.775-05:00rear view mirrors Bright color might look right on a scooter. Would you put these rear-view mirrors on your classic Royal Enfield Bullet? That's the question posed by reader John Sparrow, who spotted these bright yellow mirrors in an eBay advertisement selling a 2000 Royal Enfield. in Birmingham, UK. All I can think is that the owner considers the shocking color a safety measure. Many accidents happen when http://www.royalenfields.com/2012/01/mirrors-for-royal-enfield-bullet-these.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-2601210492437769361Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +00002012-01-25T10:41:44.264-05:00World War II Royal Enfield C5 Military with non-standard accessory machine gun. A Royal Enfield motorcycle with a Thompson submachine gun mounted on its handlebars was featured in the premier episode of the Military Channel's series, "Triggers, Weapons That Changed The World." Military Channel rider on armed Royal Enfield. A crazy idea? Perhaps, but it has a historical basis. British Army test of a http://www.royalenfields.com/2012/01/royal-enfield-with-thompson-submachine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-8067720407431738653Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +00002012-01-23T09:24:23.137-05:00British cars 1959 Berkeley needed hood bulge to clear the big Royal Enfield motor. A sports car powered by a Royal Enfield motor is for sale on CraigsList in Los Angeles, Calif. The 1959 Berkeley B-95 is a fiberglass body on an aluminum frame and it is outfitted for the race track — surely the only safe place for an automobile that weighs just 850 pounds! Jorge Pullin's blog, My Royal Enfields, tell us http://www.royalenfields.com/2012/01/royal-enfield-powered-berkeley-sports.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-7445575077422377760Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +00002012-01-20T10:39:07.691-05:00bicycle Royal Enfield Revelation bicycle: One size fit all. Royal Enfield bicycles may not have much place in a blog about Royal Enfield motorcycles — but some of them are just irresistible. Probably one of the best documented Royal Enfield bicycles is the Revelation, the last model designed and built in Redditch, UK. Member "Russcoles11" recently enthused on the Bike Forums discussion group about http://www.royalenfields.com/2012/01/royal-enfield-revelation-was-compact.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-7001545077884102531Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +00002012-01-18T09:09:02.523-05:00Royal Enfield photos 1926 1,000cc Royal Enfield V-twin is a wonder. The Royal Enfield V-twin in the photograph above is a mechanical wonder. It is a powerful answer to my question: "What photos represent Royal Enfields to you?" Don Leaming of Phoenix, Ariz. and Niagra Falls, Ontario, submitted it. "Thought you might be interested in this pic,"  he wrote. "It is by Kevin Dean who is often on the BritBike forum. Ithttp://www.royalenfields.com/2012/01/royal-enfield-v-twin-expressed-power.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-7361627831248362089Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +00002012-01-17T09:08:48.686-05:00Indian Tomahawk A Tomahawk owner might have dreamed this up in the 1960s. Steve Bruce provided more details about the 1956 Indian Tomahawk he restored to look the way an owner might have customized it in the 1960s. "I live in Southern Nevada near Las Vegas in a small town called Pahrump. I have been motorcycling since 1969 and have always been a Brit bike enthusiast. I was an active member of the Southern http://www.royalenfields.com/2012/01/1956-indian-tomahawk-updated-to-1960s.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-1708978960214406690Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +00002012-01-16T09:57:55.528-05:00Indian Tomahawk 1956 Indian Tomahawk, the way an owner of the 1960s might have wanted it. Steve Bruce, of Southern Nevada, restored his 1956 Indian Tomahawk just the way an owner might have modified it in the 1960s. In the 1950s the Indian Tomahawk was sold by Brockhouse in the United States. The Tomahawk was made in England by Royal Enfield and was the equivalent of the Royal Enfield 500cc twin, Steve http://www.royalenfields.com/2012/01/royal-enfield-indian-tomahawk-1960s.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-9042134653487673166Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +00002012-01-13T09:27:21.533-05:00Royal Enfield photos Nothing says Royal Enfield quite like a view of the muscular Interceptor. What favorite photo repesents Royal Enfield motorcycles to you? My question brought this response from a reader named Bob: "Here is a photo for a nomination of what is envisioned when I hear 'Royal Enfield.' A primarily unrestored 1968 1/2 MK1A Royal Enfield Interceptor. "This photo was taken at a show in Rhinebeck, N.Yhttp://www.royalenfields.com/2012/01/royal-enfield-interceptor-makes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-6361178650887468512Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:26:00 +00002012-01-12T10:27:29.749-05:00cafe racerThe new Royal Enfield cafe racer looks an awful lot like the flashy Royal Enfield GT5 of  1965. So notes Jorge Pullin in his blog My Royal Enfields. He presents a picture of the original GT5 to prove his point. The unit construction engines of both are immediately apparent. Royal Enfield could not have built anything so stylish with the old non-unit motor. 2013 (?) at top, 1965 at bottom. Royhttp://www.royalenfields.com/2012/01/royal-enfield-cafe-racer-looks-like.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-3289492424778110523Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +00002012-01-11T09:00:12.525-05:00café racer Royal Enfield cafe racer is more than just a concept. Royal Enfield's factory cafe racer is "the most perfect modern execution of the cafe racer theme we've seen." That's the opinion of Hell For Leather magazine, which illustrated its comments with a photograph from "Parrys" on the Team-BHP forum.  His photos were made at the Auto Expo in India, where the motorcycle was shown as a "concept." http://www.royalenfields.com/2012/01/royal-enfield-cafe-racer-most-perfect.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-2976119325553222595Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +00002012-01-16T21:08:23.357-05:00bobber Royal Enfield bobber, "The Machismo" seems to flow from one line to another. The beautiful Royal Enfield bobber in the photographs shown here has something special. I suspect the source of that something special may be the extra thought that went into making it. Named "The Machismo," the motorcycle is the work of Russell Hamilton, an American associate professor of Art and Design at Zayed http://www.royalenfields.com/2012/01/royal-enfield-bobber-is-product-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-6367797982861181604Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +00002012-01-06T09:00:01.245-05:00Royal Enfield photos Big, wide and red: Royal Enfield Indian Chief. "What would you say are your three favorite photos that represent Royal Enfields to you?" That was the question my daughter asked me. I turned the question on readers of this blog. Not surprising is that one reader, best known on the Internet by his handle Tom Oil,  thinks of his own three motorcycles when he thinks of Royal Enfields. The onlyhttp://www.royalenfields.com/2012/01/royal-enfield-means-three-very.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-1233882765272473954Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:06:00 +00002012-01-06T08:51:48.536-05:00Bunty Golightly Is it really Maj. Golightly? Of course. He can not be imitated. Royal Enfield Motorcycles (this blog!) has received to my mind the highest possible compliment. (This may say something about the state of my mind.) Others have congratulated me on the new banner across the top of the blog. But the comment that means the most to me comes from Maj. Bertram "Bunty" Golightly. Maj. Golightly is http://www.royalenfields.com/2012/01/royal-enfields-mad-maj-bunty-approves.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-4019173280619914108Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +00002012-01-02T09:00:13.743-05:00Royal Enfield photos Royal Enfield V-twin looks substantial in every detail. When it comes to picking great pictures of Royal Enfields, Jorge Pullin knows what he is doing. His blog is My Royal Enfields, where he has created the virtual Royal Enfield Early Years Museum, showcasing photos and information about Royal Enfield motorcycles from the beginning right up through 1929. Why 1929? Because Jorge found this thehttp://www.royalenfields.com/2012/01/classic-v-twin-says-royal-enfield-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-2195870593889049578Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:00:00 +00002011-12-30T09:00:04.493-05:00Royal Enfield blog Royal Enfield Motorcycles, the new banner. Royal Enfield Motorcycles (this blog!) has a new banner, professionally designed to make you think of vintage British motorcycles. The banner was my Christmas gift from daughter Erin, who gave the designer this guidance: "My dad has this blog that he really pours a lot of time into. He's a professional newspaper journalist who now blogs — pretty muchhttp://www.royalenfields.com/2011/12/royal-enfields-blog-gets-vintage-new.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-5331932216657212401Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:22:00 +00002011-12-28T17:29:50.727-05:00V-twin Wooden casting pattern is a glimpse of the future. A 1,000cc Royal Enfield V-twin that you can buy is the goal Aniket Vardhan. He is the Columbus, Ohio man who made the day dreams of thousands of Royal Enfield fans around the world come true when he successfully molded two 350cc Bullet motors into a V-twin and then built a motorcycle around them. That 700cc motorcycle is the Enfield Musket, a http://www.royalenfields.com/2011/12/enfield-musket-1000cc-v-twin-makes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)1