Royal Enfield

Royal Enfield was a brand name under which The Enfield Cycle Company Limited of Redditch, Worcestershire, England, sold motorcycles, bicycles, lawnmowers and stationary engines which it manufactured. Enfield Cycle Company also used the brand name "Enfield" without the "Royal".

This article is about the former British motorcycle manufacturer. For the Indian motorcycle manufacturer, see Royal Enfield (India).

The Enfield Cycle Company Limited
Company typePublic Listed Company
IndustryMotorcycles, Guns, Bicycles
Founded1901
FounderAlbert Eadie and Robert Walker Smith
Defunct1971
FateDefunct
SuccessorRoyal Enfield (India) (1955)
Headquarters
Redditch, Worcestershire
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United Kingdom
ProductsRoyal Enfield Clipper, Crusader, Bullet, Interceptor, WD/RE, Super Meteor

The first Royal Enfield motorcycle was built in 1901. The Enfield Cycle Company's Royal Enfield Bullet is the longest-lived motorcycle design in history.

Royal Enfield's spare parts operation was sold to Velocette in 1967, which benefitted from the arrangement for three years until their closure in early 1971. Enfield's remaining motorcycle business became part of Norton Villiers in 1967 with the business eventually closing in 1978.

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