tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:35:34 +0000Royal Enfield IndiaDania BeachFAQClassic ChromerecallProject BadgerbooksRedditchtechnical tipsHornetMetropolitansafetySYM ClassicroadsFlying FleamysteryBig HeadRoyal Enfield twinmotorcycle trailerRoyal Enfield readingRoyal Enfield dealerNortonSteve McQueenVincent motorcyclesrecipesCraigsListBunty GolightlymotorcycleRoyal Enfield USAContinentalRoyal Enfield soap operatweed rideMods vs. RockersChristmasT.E. 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The teasing is over. The Fox, a Royal Enfield-based custom from Old Empire Motorcycles, is all over the Internet. Based in Norfolk, England, Old Empire Motorcycles has a global reach for its eye catching designs. That's thanks to the Internet and clever marketing, including high quality photos and fun videos that bring its http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/06/the-fox-custom-royal-enfield-that.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-2186114304170407254Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-06-17T09:00:10.806-04:00 Has anyone seen this distinctive Royal Enfield? Ever wonder what ever happened to your first motorcycle? So has John, the one-time owner of a Royal Enfield in Sea Isle City, N.J. He advertised for news about it on CraigsList. Mind you, he doesn't necessarily want it back. He more or less just wants to know it found a good home. "I'm looking for a Royal Enfield Bullet 500 I sold back in 2004-http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/06/searching-for-royal-enfield-he-let-get.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-1348316621338047439Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-06-14T09:39:16.823-04:00Royal Enfield Military Royal Enfield rider is in danger; can you save him? Royal Enfield's website recently sent the Bullet to war in a comic-page style graphic novel featuring a brave young lieutenant in the Indian Army. In the latest installment he rides his Royal Enfield into danger. Bullets fly. Now Royal Enfield has to get its hero and his motorcycle out of trouble. And they want you to do it. The website http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/06/royal-enfield-wants-you-to-rescue-its.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-5650615986245673456Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-06-12T09:00:08.006-04:00mystery Vintage photo of a woman motorcyclist on a Royal Enfield in the 1930s. A striking period photograph of a goggled woman on a Royal Enfield motorcycle arrived recently in an email forwarded from Royal Enfield USA. In it, Ole Kragh of Denmark wrote: "I've just found this old photo. It's my late mother, born in 1913, so my guess would be that this photo was taken in 1935 (...in Denmark) give or http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/06/woman-on-royal-enfield-in-old-photo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-4517917140230323093Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-06-10T09:00:00.799-04:00 You won't be able to resist going for a ride after watching this video. "Somewhere a Young Boy Dreams" begins the short YouTube video posted by Royal Enfield dealer Polaris West  in Katy, Texas. The young boy is dreaming about riding a Royal Enfield motorcycle — as will you be as this one-minute 10-second video wraps up. The video evokes the appeal of spinning wire wheels, classic looks and ahttp://www.royalenfields.com/2013/06/video-captures-dream-of-riding-royal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-747351509039905413Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-06-07T09:00:01.286-04:00Royal Enfield video "The Royal Enfield," is a surprising video by Gerald Emerick. Got your sense of humor handy? Then you might appreciate a short, fun video entitled "The Royal Enfield"  directed by Gerald Emerick. The video begins as a study of a ride on a Royal Enfield Bullet. It's professional in appearance, reverential in tone — at the beginning. It opens with loving close-ups of the Bullet's features. Thehttp://www.royalenfields.com/2013/06/a-malibu-canyon-ride-on-royal-enfield.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-6705922665116871452Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-06-05T09:30:38.053-04:00Royal Enfield dealer Old-time hanging sign swings above a Royal Enfield G5. In its ads, Royal Enfield dealer S-K Service in Hatley, Wis., uses one of the most succinct slogans for Royal Enfields I've ever read: "All steel and paint." I like it: it's simple and short, a modern equivalent of "Made Like a Gun." S-K Service describes itself as "a classic, small town motorcycle shop with an old school flavor. Over http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/06/royal-enfields-are-all-steel-and-paint.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-7057544909180840161Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-06-03T09:00:12.523-04:00Royal Enfield motorcycling Shimmering waves in this puddle come and go as a Royal Enfield Bullet revs. Vibration is rarely considered a positive attribute in a motorcycle. The exception is the Royal Enfield Bullet. The great thumping vibration of the Bullet's big single-cylinder motor is beloved by riders. It's not an unpleasant sensation and is quite a contrast to the buzzy whir of some motorcycles. I've experienced http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/06/royal-enfields-powerful-thump-makes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-8794937946161577652Fri, 31 May 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-05-31T09:00:11.611-04:00Royal Enfield Made Like a Gun A shotgun is not the easiest thing to carry on a Royal Enfield. Royal Enfield rider Leigh Murphy did the unusual, taking a Royal Enfield on the challenging Tail of the Dragon, twisty U.S. 129 between Deals Gap, N.C. and Tennessee. That was in 2011. More recently she did the unusual by riding home from a gun show with a 12-gauge shotgun across her back. "It's me antagonizing my stuffy yuppie http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/05/royal-enfield-made-like-gun-but-not.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-21263294429557769Wed, 29 May 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-05-29T09:00:11.485-04:00sidecar This tidy "theater" is a motorcycle sidecar. The Smallest Theatre in the World — seating capacity two — is said to be a large, boxy sidecar of a Royal Enfield motorcycle. The mobile theatrical venue tours with The Grand Theatre of Lemmings, a none too grand group of English comedians willing to do anything for a giggle. Thus their completely inappropriate choice for this summer's touring http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/05/royal-enfields-sidecar-is-worlds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-5917110205645921259Mon, 27 May 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-05-27T10:09:49.440-04:00for sale Royal Enfields remind us what motorcycles were like when we were young. Reader William Carey wrote to pose an interesting question: "I seem to recall there was a thread regarding the number of relatively new Royal Enfields for sale with less than 2,000 miles. What I would like to read about or know about is why it seems there are so many for sale like that. What changes a buyer's mind after http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/05/why-do-people-sell-low-mileage-royal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-8454660064922964423Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-05-24T11:08:09.394-04:00Royal Enfield Military A Royal Enfield military motorcycle stars in an online comic book adventure. There's a second installment of Royal Enfield's "graphic novel" (a virtual comic book) on the company's website. The exciting story line highlights the Bullet's military origins with a patriotic story featuring a courageous young lieutenant in the Indian army. Of course, the company's motorcycle is the real star. http://www.royalenfields.com/2013/05/royal-enfield-bullet-rides-off-to-war.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Blasco)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943715898894235198.post-6820273631613619525Wed, 22 May 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-05-22T09:00:00.925-04:00Royal Enfield motorcycling Eyes left! 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 +00002013-05-24T11:08:58.335-04:00Interceptor 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)3