Royal Enfield takes its twin to dirt track (Brandon lajoie/)After 56 years off, Royal Enfield is going racing again—dirt-track racing. This is a company that built its first motorcycle in England in 1901, and thanks to globalization is now owned by Eicher Motors, an Indian company. The bikes are manufactured in India, but designed by an R&D center near Leicester,…
Here's to 120 years of keeping it simple Don't Miss Stories on Motorcycle.com Everybody wants to win the heritage war, including Royal Enfield, who claim they’re the oldest motorcycle marque out there in continuous production – since 1901. Does it matter that about half those years were in India? I guess it shouldn’t. Do car manufacturers battle it out to…
Royal Enfield is booming at the moment, with rising sales, multiple model refreshes and the new Meteor launch. But the Chennai manufacturer hasn’t taken its eye off the custom ball: it’s just commissioned a Continental GT 650 race bike from Crazy Garage of South Korea. The ‘GT 650 RS’ is one of the most heavily modified Enfields we’ve ever seen.…