Archive : Royal Enfield

In line with expanding production, Royal Enfield has announced the setup of its new plant; once again in Chennai. In response to the huge demand in domestic as well as international markets, the new plant will nearly double the production to 1,50,000 units annually. The 50 acre plant which is slated for the 2013 will demand an investment of Rs 350 crore, spread over the next five years. The facility [...]

At the Auto Expo in January, we saw the café racer version of the RE and we also told you about 750 cc and 1000 cc rumors back then. And now we have a fresh update on that. A series of events like the growing popularity of HD, the entry of Triumph, and the insatiable demand-supply deficit garnished by an ever increasing demand for the 500 cc Classic in domestic as well as international market has [...]

Goa’s custom bike builder, Evolution Choppers known for their custom choppers and motorcycles have built an unique three-wheeler. The customer of this motorcycle met with a tragic accident which took his left leg away. Refusing to give up his passion for riding, he requested Evolution Choppers to build him a special bike so that he could get back on to the saddle. The Trike uses a 350cc Royal Enfield [...]

We have had many cases when a foreign manufacturer does not want to bring good cars/bike to India for whatever reason. But this is a first time an Indian (and sort of British) manufacturer doesn’t want to bring good bikes to India. Yes, we are talking about the Royal Enfield. RE has just whipped up 2 fantastic bikes – Classic Chrome and Bullet 500 and these 2 models are destined for U.S. NOT India [...]

Touted as the Indian Harley Davidson, the Royal Enfield has been ruling the Indian roads for the past 50 odd years on a thumping note quite literally! And this Republic day, we bring to you a news which makes every Indian proud. Our RE is all set to take on the Harley Davidson with its own range of high displacement bikes. At the Auto Expo 2010, we saw the Café racer exhibit at the RE stall. If that [...]

Royal Enfield is known for their delays and inability to cope with the high customer demand. But they are strongly looking at making this a thing of the past. RE is looking at putting up a new manufacturing plant in Andra Pradesh. The company has expressed interests to the state government for their necessities and the government though in favor of the proposal, has not narrowed down to a signed agreement, [...]

As it turns out even wizards can’t get enough of Royal Enfield. In the new Harry Potter movie ‘The Deathly Hallows Part 1’, the wonder wizard has upgraded from a broomstick to a pale blue Royal Enfield motorbike and he is ridding the streets of London at full throttle! The original plan was to focus on the sidecar but on seeing a Royal Enfield in action the film makers ordered not one, not two, [...]

Royal Enfield recently released the pics of their upcoming export model termed “Fury”. Though in the past RE has had 2 products named the same, this one is an all new machine. Inside the chest of the sporty beast beats a 500cc electra EFI engine fitted with twin short length exhausts. The bike is projected as an old school scrambler. Weight reduction and a real “mind your own business!” [...]

By Kaustubh Shinde Four years ago if you had questioned us which bike should I go for, we would have given you 2 options: Pulsar or Karizma. Then, after 5 years of R&D, Royal Enfield decided to flex its muscles and launched Bullet Classic 500 & 350. Since then the biker boys have just gone berserk! We at IAB love the recent trend among college goers and young executives to not go for a mainstream [...]

Royal Enfield Motorcycles has joined hands with Britain based Wychwood brewery’s Hobgoblin to create this one of a kind ‘Hobgoblin Bullet’. The bike has the Hobgoblin beer brand logo as the centre piece of this one-off machine. The Hobgoblin Bullet is based on the Royal Enfield Classic 500 EFI model and features fuel injection and electric start. The bike has a blue paint job and [...]