Royal Enfield Motorcycles, From To India and Back

clautomobile. Fortunately, the onion was dropped.
Through necessity, and in common with most otherThese cars remained in production until 1925.
engineering companies of the day, EnfieldRoyal Enfield produced their first motorised vehicle in
didn’t restrict themselves to one line. They1898, a vehicle that would today be described as a
also made lawnmowers, bicycles and rifle parts for a‘Quad’. This early effort had a De
Small Arms factory in Enfield. A clue lies in their logoDion-Bouton 2.75 hp engine. As the 20th century
which depicts a cannon, which I have to say, isdawned, a bicycle with a 150cc engine mounted
infinitely better than a lawn mower. Their motto ofabove the front wheel was introduced. The year
‘Made like a gun, Goes like a bullet’after in 1902, a similar machine was fitted with a
is also evidence of their military involvement. In 1907,239cc Enfield engine. The famous V-Twins appeared
the company joined forces with a business with thein 1910, primarily fitted with a Motosacoche 344cc
unlikely name of ‘Alldays &engine, but later superseded by Enfield’s
Onions’, to produce the Enfield-Alldayown power unit.