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The Bike
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This bit is mainly for the bike nuts out there. The bike is a Royal Enfield Bullet with a 350cc single cylinder engine, built in India, attached to a single seat Watsonian Squire sidecar. The bike was built in 2003, but has the classic looks of the 1950s with its individual rider and pillion seats and kick start. |
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| The Royal Enfield Bullet holds the distinction of being the world's longest running production motorcycle. Bullets were built in 250, 350 and 500cc capacities between 1933 and 1939 and were aimed at the sporting rider. The post-war Bullets, built with telescopic front forks and swinging-arm rear suspension, were first seen in trials competition use in 1948. The 350cc model was made available to the public in early 1949. |
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Royal Enfield India opened their Madras factory in 1955. Production was first based on the assembly of kits imported from Britain. The bike proved so ideal for use in India that the factory thrived. By the time Royal Enfield folded in Redditch in 1967, the Indian plant was producing all but a handful of components for their Bullets. |
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In 2005, Royal Enfield India celebrated 50 years in production. Although some variants use modern-day technology, including an electric starter, coil ignition and improved brakes, the Bullet is essentially the same bike the company started with in 1955.
The bike we run produces around 18bhp, by today’s standards low powered, but still well able to plod along at a gentle pace - it’s not the “getting there”, it’s the grin on your face along the way that matters!
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