Royal Enfield announces new CEO

It is learnt from the The Hindu news that the Royal Enfield now has Mr. B. Govindarajan as the new Chief Executive Officer in place of  Dr. Venki Padmanabhan who now takes over as the Head of New Initiatives for Eicher Motors (The parent company of which Royal Enfield is a unit now since 1994).

With an initial installed capacity of 1.5 lakh units per annum by March, 2013, Royal Enfield is now wishing to start its new plant soon at Oragadam, near Chennai. Managing Director Mr Siddhartha Lal  said earlier, “We will completely shift vehicle production in a phased manner to the new plant. Our plan is to utilise the old plant for developing and producing engines for the bikes, adding that engine manufacturing capacity will also be increased to 1.5 lakh units annually from 70,000 units at present.

57 Year old Royal Enfield Factory at Chennai, India

100 Years of Watsonian Sidecars

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Glory & Heritage of World’s Oldest Sidecars

100 Years of Fine Arts that matches perfect with the world’s Oldest Motorcycle Brand. 

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Royal Enfield Twin Engine : History to repeat soon

It is learnt that after the success of the new UC Engine, Royal Enfield is now aspiring to repeat the history by its Cafe Racer and also by now working on a big Parallel Twin Engine. It really tickles the fancies of many middle age guys  who still recall the powerful 750 Interceptor of 1960's days, here is an interesting new video & article at visordown.com from Aniket Verdhan, the guy famous for developing a 350+350  V-Twin Bullet, is now working on to redesign a 998 CC version his Musket V-Twin.

Now when the race is on for what comes first: the Verdhan’s powerful V-Twin Musket or the RE’s own Big Parallel. Whichever it'll be, the Royal Enfield Lovers are now to see a big twin beauty soon………… 

1939 Royal Enfield having a V-Twin engine

1960 Interceptor having a parallel twin engine

Aniket's custom engineered V-Twin 700 CC Bullet

One Love, One Passion from a Harley to a Royal Enfield

Just visited the Harley Davidson India facebook page and had seen some great beauties of Chromed & Painted. 

I've been asked many times for what I feel or say about the Harley Davidson India after giving my heart & soul to a British Classic and writing the Royal Enfield Blogs here.  My answer comes from a recent post I read on the same page as Willie G. Davidson says:

“Harley-Davidson owners, myself included, will tell you that their motorcycles are very close to the center of their lives. When we’re not riding them, we’re thinking about them.”

now I don't think anyone fails to understand the One Love, One passion that connects the two legends. The chrome reflected the same Sun,

and whether on a Harley Heritage or on a Royal Enfield Classic we carry the same dream on that highway of freedom where the road never ends.........

Mighty Machismo featured on History TV 18

It's very usual now but it always feels great to see the legend rides on a road less travelled on a global TV Show.

This season History TV 18 features Royal Enfield Motorcycles in the show Road Less Travelled. Passionate traveller and the show's host Jonathan Legg shares the story of  Motorcycle God  'Bullet Baba' near Jodhpur before he sets-off riding the mighty 500 LB Machismo on his way from Manali to the Great Himalayas through Khardung Pass - claimed as the highest motorable road in the world.

The series explores India and  the Culture :
Socio-economics scenario, Urban trends, Traditional Food, Yoga, Woman Police Training and finally Legg's real purpose to carve his mark on the mountains of the Himalayas, and he chooses to do it on a 500 CC Royal Enfield Bullet 'Machismo'.

Hand Painting the Bullet tank - When did they started ?

One of the iconic features of the Royal Enfield 'Bullet' is its hand painted pinstripes on the fuel tank and if are you a Bullet lover who keeps exploring the passion of the legendry brand then you must have seen the interesting video of Magic Hands - Painting the fuel tank of a Royal Enfield Motorcycle .

While for many the golden border is the mark of the original “Bullet’ styling, I’m really a kind of curious about how old are these lines on the Bullet tank ?

I mean when did they actually started hand painting it? are these strips as old as the legendry marque ? Has it a beginning at Redditch, England or later sometime in India where they still seem to continue the tradition at the Chennai factory. Here are some of early pictures of British bullet  around 1950s and of some Indian production.

So what do you guess ?

 

author Gordon May joins the Royal Enfield’s official magazine as a regular columnist.

Feels great to read that the renowned author Gordon G May will be joining the Royal Enfield’s official magazine The Beat as a regular columnist. He will be sharing important events & stories about the motorcycle and its passion.

Known as an expert writer on motorcycle brands, Mr. May has written some of the remarkable books on Royal Enfield including the "The Legend Rides On" Celebrating 50 years in India.
I eagerly wait to read from his great experience and insights: