The Norcroft employs cylinder heads and blocks from the 500 Bullet as the original Albion four-speed gearbox. The crankcase is all new as are the instruments which now include a rev counter and an oil pressure gauge. Thankfully the ignition switch is now located up front. Technical Data of The Norcroft-Enfield 1000cc V Twin : Norcroft […]
Monthly Archives: June 2012
67 riders cover 3 mountain ranges & 6 passes, including Khardung La in 16 days riding 2700 kilometers Earlier today, Royal Enfield flagged off their 9th annual Himalayan Odyssey from India Gate, New Delhi. This year, 65 riders from different cities of India, and 2 riders from Uruguay have participated. These riders are now on course to […]
In 1934 Royal Enfield experimented with a transverse V-twin 500cc OHV engine with shaft drive! It was abandoned as too expensive. This led to the consideration of a standard V-twin engine with chain timing gear in 1937. This model didn’t make it into production either but proved useful in that it silenced widespread criticism […]
These are from an article on a Supplement of Motor Cycling of April 2nd, 1902. The first Enfield motorcycle was introduced in the Stanley Show in 1901. The article goes into detail about the bike. Some of the descriptions are quite convoluted. Here are some excerpts: “The engine, as will be noticed, is of an […]
Thiruvananthapuram: A group of students of the Lourde Matha College of Science and Technology at Kuttichal, near here, has developed a turbo-charged engine for the Royal Enfield Taurus, the only diesel motorcycle in the Indian market. V. Ganesh Nair, […]