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Motorcycle: Motorcycle: Royal Enfield
Posted on Sunday, October 31 @ 10:15:11 CST by cars |
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Royal Enfield
• ROYAL ENFIELD 750cc INTERCEPTOR
Throughout most of its long existence Royal Enfield was one of Britain's larger manufacturers, without matching either the production levels or the glamour of giants such as BSA and Triumph. The firm from Redditch, near Birmingham, began, like many others, as a bicycle manufacturer before producing its first motorcycles in 1901. By the 1930s Enfield had adopted the Bullet name for a range of 250, 350 and 500cc four-stroke singles. After the Second World War the company introduced a redesigned Bullet single that was successful on the road and in trials, and is now built in India.
Royal Enfield followed the trend for parallel twins in 1948, with a softly-tuned 500cc roadster. Five years later the engine was enlarged to 692cc to power the Meteor, the biggest parallel twin on the market. The sportier Super Meteor led in 1958 to the Constellation, which was later sold with Royal Enfield's innovative Airflow full fairing.
Biggest and best of the twins was the Interceptor, which was released in 1962 with a 736cc engine producing 53bhp. Created partly to supply the American export market's demand for cubic inches, the Interceptor combined impressive mid-range torque and reasonable smoothness with various failings one of which was a feeble front brake. In the mid-1960s Royal Enfield suffered severe financial problems. Interceptor production moved briefly to the West Country before ending in 1968.
ROYAL ENFIELD INTERCEPTOR (1965)
Engine: Aircooled 4-valve OHV pushrod parallel twin
Capacity: 736cc (71 x 93 mm)
Power: 53bhp @ 6000 rpm
Weight: 193kg (425 lb) wet
Top speed: 105mph (168kph)
OTHER MAKES
• RENE GILLET
In the 1930s, Rene Gillet was well known for its sturdy sidevalve V-twins of 750 and 1000cc capacity, which were well-suited to sidecar use and became popular with French armed forces and police. After the Second World War the firm concentrated on small two-strokes, and ceased production in the late 1950s. • ROC
Serge Rosset's small ROC firm, based at Annemasse in France, has established itself as one of the world's leading racing chassis specialists. In 1992, former ELF and Yamaha France Grand Prix team manager Rosset was, with Britain's Harris, chosen by Yamaha to build privateer chassis for the YZR500 V-fonr engine. Even world champion Wayne Rainey's works YZR used a ROC frame at times during the following season. In 1994 Rosset revealed ROC's own prototype Grand Prix 500cc V-fonr bike, called the Moto Francaise GP1.
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