Here’s an excellent 2-part safety video featuring a BMW R90s that a friend from West Virginia was good enough to turn us on to. In addition to great information, these videos definitely have vintage appeal!

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This is a cool older ad made for Royal Enfield. Notice that they use the name Enfield and not Royal Enfield. This puts the ad in at least pre 1999.

One of our  REunion attendees “PorkChop” from the community forum, put together a wonderful video of the event.

Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNgGhTiFInE

“PorkChop” (Dan) does this for a living and can be found here: http://www.raleighproductions.com/

This is an older ad for the introduction of the Electra model in India (Note the Electra model sold in India is not the same as the Electra model sold in the USA. The name Electra originated because it was the first Royal Enfield with an electronic ignition).

The president of the Royal Enfield Association and frequent poster on our community forum Geoff Baker has developed a really fascinating project. Geoff has built a water injected high mileage diesel engine for his Royal Enfield motorcycle.  To help raise awareness of fuel economy and being “green” he intends to ride from Nogales Mexico to Vancouver Canada (a distance in excess of 1,700 miles) using only 10 gallons of recycled vegetable oil “Bio-Diesel”. Sound crazy doesn’t it? I can assure you Geoff is not crazy.  Geoff started with a Military model Royal Enfield and has adapted all sorts of devices from common materials to finish his project on a very slim budget.

A visit to his website will fill you in on all of the details of this great experiment

http://www.b2b-bx10.com/

Geoff Baker who will attempt to go 1700 miles on only 10 gallons of bio-diesel

The Royal Enfield with a bio-diesel conversion engine

Home made water injection tank

Paul Carberry from Australia has been working on a 1000cc Royal Enfield based V-Twin for a long time. Those who have ridden his test bikes have all given it good reviews. I got a recent e-mail announcing that they are now in production and soon will be available to the public. Not for the faint of wallet, but very cool all the same.  Check it out here

Carberry Royal Enfield Based V-Twin

I spotted a bunch of very cool and interesting pictures of Royal Enfield choppers in a Royal Enfield blog. It is well worth a look, click here to check it out.

Royal Enfield 700cc Twin

I got the following e-mail from our own ScooterBob today, it speaks for itself.

Is it just ME – or does everyone make one of these EXCEPT Royal Enfield?? It’s a great concept … I’ll bet it’ll run, too – like a tractor on steroids! If the 700ccm version made about 42hp, it’d be on par with the engines “in the day” …. And you KNOW it’d uproot a tree stump …… I like it …. Hahaha!!!

ScooterBob
Classic Motorworks

Click below to read more and see the video.

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David Blasco of the Royal Enfields blog, recently published an article with some practical advice and notes to keep in mind when shopping for a used or collectible Royal Enfield. Of course, the best way to enjoy a reliable, warranty-backed Royal Enfield with all the latest improvements is to check out the brand new bikes available at your authorized dealer.

However, if you’re in the market for a used Royal Enfield, and especially if you’re considering buying one as a collectible, be sure to check out David’s article.

Dion from New Zealand recently wrote in inviting us to post some pictures from his recent trip to India. Dion visited the Royal Enfield factory and took some great photos, so I was only too happy to take him up on his offer. Thanks Dion!

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