May
26
Random Notes
May
13
Getting ready to ride the Royal Enfield Cafe Racer at the new Royal Enfield factory
I stopped in at the new factory last week to preview and ride the final version of the Cafe Racer on the test track at the new Royal Enfield factory. The Cafe Racer is the worst kept secret in the industry. I cannot reveal much about the final form other than it was a lot of fun and you will note my picture is not that revealing (drat!). I will say that we are on track for 2013 deliveries and we will reveal more about the technical aspects of the bikes soon.
The new factory was fabulous! It is a wonderful 50 acre, mix of absolute state of the art manufacturing and where it counts traditional hand craftsmanship . The environment was also much better for the workers – quiet, clean, safe,good temperature control, ergonomic assembly positions etc. It is amazing what you can do with a brand new clean sheet of paper facility. For the first time I noticed women in the good paying assembly line jobs. The owner has a goal of having 50% women in the new factory which would be great. Not as easy as it sounds in India but a good goal for certain.
For 2013 we will manufacture 175,000 units, up from 25,000 units just a few years ago then 250,000 in 2014. Virtually all of these units are presold already with some small exceptions in the export market where dealers carry inventory. (In India there is at least an 8 month waiting list). By way of comparison Triumph is said to have a current capacity of 50,000 units per year.
The addition of the Cafe Racer this year will now give us 4 distinct Royal Enfield products to sell.
Apr
2
8th Annual Royal Enfield Reunion
June 14-16, 2013
The 8th annual Royal Enfield reunion will be held the weekend of June 14-16, 2013 at Eagle Cliff Campground in Lanesboro Minnesota. There will be a $30.00 per person registration fee. The registration fee will cover 2 nights of camping, breakfast and dinner on Saturday and relaxing evening campfires. Check in starts at 3:00 on Friday. There will be a motorcycle ride on Saturday. Please contact Jane at Classic Motorworks (800-201-7472) to make your reservation. We welcome all models of bikes.
Apr
19
Had to post this from my trip to visit Cozy sidecars in Mumbai (Bombay) Why women live longer than men
Random NotesTotally off subject but I couldn’t resist
Mar
26
The 7th annual Royal Enfield reunion will once again be held at Eagle Cliff Campground in beautiful LansboroMinnesota the weekend of June 15-17. There will be a $30.00 per person registration fee. The registration fee covers 2 nights of camping and dinner on Saturday evening. Check in starts at 3:00 on Friday. There will be a motorcycle ride on Saturday. Please call Jane at Classic Motorworks (800-201-7472) to make your reservation. We welcome all models of bikes.
Feb
15
Cinema Libre releases the documentary The Highest Pass
In theaters APRIL 27th: Motorcycles, Himalayas, Yogis, Death, Life and 2000km and 18,000ft…
Starting in Los Angeles, it will be at the Laemmle Theatres Santa Monica. Join our list to see the other select theaters near you.
More friends that helped make the highest pass possible: Kimberley Hawryluk Gretchen Schomer WendelDavid Makharadze Parashakti Sigalit Bat Haim Chip Duncan India on an Enfield NoHo Scooters Royal Enfield USA Royal Enfield Los Angeles Royal Enfield Bullet
Feb
14
Crazy Al Cayne and CAC-TV – HipHop – BMX – Comics – Life presents a TV Spot with VP of Royal Enfield USA Ron Greene at the NY International Motorcycle Show
Random NotesGreat Video of Ron Greene and the Royal Enfield model line-up at the NY Motorcycle show. Unlike myself when interviewed Ron never missed a word of a beat – most impressive.
The spot was produced by Crazy Al Cayne a HipHopper and a very nice guy. Check out his website at http://www.cac-tv.com/
Check out the spot here http://www.cac-tv.com/2012/02/royal-enfield-motorcycles/
Feb
7
This years overall honor goes to Marty Mataya of Go Moto in
Minneapolis, MN.
Nathan Sanel of National Powersports in Pembroke, NH was only
one bike behind and placed second
Matt, Al and Tyler of BMW of Fresno in Fresno, CA were
Second and one half * This was late breaking news since there were
a couple of sales missing from the records. We didn’t want to move
everyone else down after the results had been announced so were
are giving them second and one half place. LOL
Samson, Nick and Mark of Munroe Motors in San Francisco, CA
are tied with Dave and Chris of New Haven Powersports in New
Haven, CT and Mark and Jen of Marks Motorsports in Enfield, CT
are tied for fourth.
Eric of Velocity Motorcycles in Richmond, VA and Allan and
Rick of Strokers Dallas in Dallas, TX tied for fifth.
Art and Danny of Doug Douglas Motorcycles in San Bernardino, CA were sixth
Mike Frankovich of No Ho Scooters in North Hollywood, CA was
seventh.
Mark and Lance of Rocket Motorcycles in San Diego, CA
were in eighth place.
Justin of Classic Scooter and Cycle in Portland, Oregon
and Phil of Pride of Cleveland in Lakewood, OH
are tied for 9th.
Stephanie and Smokey of Wildfire Motorcycles in Lubbock,
TX are tied with Bob of Scoots 4U in Crystal Lake, IL and
John of Rolling Fast Cycle Sports in Lebanon, NJ are all tied
for 10th. (Zach of Carbon Negative in Brooklyn, NY only
missed this spot by one bike).
Many of these dealers tripled their sales from last year. We get nothing
but good comments from their customers which really makes these
honors appropriate.
Dec
9
Here are a couple of camera phone spy photos of the flat tracker Royal Enfield which will be on display at the Long Beach International Motorcycle show this weekend. This beautiful bike was built by the guys at Doug Douglas Motorcycles in San Bernardino. I am told that they intend to make both kits and finished flat trackers as well as “street trackers” More later.
Doug Douglas Flat Tracker Royal Enfield
Flat Track Racer Royal Enfield built by Doug Douglas Motorcycles
