Royal Enfield was the brand of the Enfield Cycle Company, an English
engineering company. Most famous for producing motorcycles, they also produced,
amongst other things, bicycles, lawnmowers, stationary engines, and even rifle
parts for the Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield.
This legacy of weapons manufacture is reflected in the logo, a cannon, and
their motto "built like a gun, goes like a bullet". It also enabled the use of
the brand name Royal Enfield from 1890. In 1955 Enfield of India started
assembling Bullet motorcycles under licence from UK components, and by 1962 were
manufacturing complete bikes.
The original Redditch, Worcestershire - based company dissolved in 1970, but
Enfield of India, based in Chennai, continued, and bought the rights to the
Royal Enfield name in 1995. Royal Enfield production continues.
