Auto History : THE ROYAL ENFIELD

Power ,design,reliability and a legendary thump these are 4 words that define a royal Enfield motorcycle .

In last one I just told you about the new bs 6 enfields in the market but lately in our generation new people dont understand why buying a Royal Enfield is still considered a sign of courage ,prosperity and toughness so I am in this new series Auto history shall tell you all about some genuine brands their history but right now let's focus on RE

Made like a gun

Yeah that's a famous tagline of the brand many ask why is it called so the reason is that The Enfield and sons was a acompany that started all by manufacturing arms and then later motorcycles .

Oldest production motorcycle yet

Yeah that's right royal Enfield holds a record for being the oldest production motorcycle as the company's first bike went in production in 1901 two years before the HarleyDavidson and yes that means that it has been manufacturing bikes since 120 years !!

Indian Brand

Many people doubt the fact that Royal Enfield is a 100% Indian brand but surprisingly true the brand was a British motorcycle brand until their rule it came to India in 1930s and collaborated with madras motorcycle company to manufacture in India . In 1939 a fire in the Enfield company manufacturing plant resulted in bankruptcy

But the Madras motorcycle company continued manufacturing and ultimately took over the Enfield cycles limited recently the brand was taken over by Eicher India Ltd .

Made for war

Yes Royal Enfield was manufactured as extremely tough bike to withstand high terrains extreme temperatures snow as it was used by Britain army for ww2 even today armies of India , Russia and Britain use it for army

Current situation

Right now Royal Enfield sales are good going now the major bikes are bullet ,classic ,Thunderbird ,Himalayan

Interceptor and continental Gt

Future plans

Well the brand is working hard right now its planing to release new gasoline engines bs 6 of course and also a team is working on Electric Bike and its also working to get a economical re with low price for women's and other enthusiasts next month also it shall launch its 848 cc legendary Bobber this year