In 350cc form this engine has been in production in India since 1999 the 500cc version has been developed during this time and has been successfully tested in the UK over the past two years. Stuart McGuigan of Cranfield University, in the UK, designed the 5-speed gearbox and the tyres are British-made by Avon. The brand new 500cc lean-burn engine was developed in Austria, while Dr. It had to retain the traditional appearance, simplicity, and sound of the British single but with greater inherent reliability and performance coupled with better fuel consumption and the ability meet anticipated emissions legislation around the Globe.Īlthough the new model is at first glance unchanged from the classic British bike of the mid-1950’s, it is the result of international co-operation.Įnfield Motors are based in Chennai in India, where production continued uninterrupted following the final demise of UK manufacturing in 1970. So, after 55 years, the Royal Enfield Bullet has a new engine, designed and developed in conjunction with the internationally respected Austrian power-train systems company, AVL. Already well-established as the world’s longest running production motorcycle, the future looked bleak for the Bullet as the original motor would fail to meet increasingly stringent requirements for noise and emissions in both Europe & the USA by 2006. The future of the Royal Enfield Bullet, first produced in 1949, is secured thanks to a new lean-burn engine.
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