| The pride of British manufacturing companies, Royal | | | | an aircraft along with the troops provided a means |
| Enfield has established a reputation that dates back | | | | of motorized battlefield transport not previously |
| to the mid 1800's. Like many early manufacturers of | | | | available. |
| personal transportation, founder George Townsend | | | | The Royal Enfield line even included a version of the |
| focus on producing parts for existing bicycle designs, | | | | famous red-painted Indian motorcycles, after the |
| and by 1893 was producing and selling complete | | | | company acquired the brand name rights. The RE |
| bicycles under the Enfield name. It wasn't long before | | | | Indians were discontinued in the 1960's. Intense |
| Townsend turned the name Enfield and its slogan | | | | competition from Japanese motorcycle producers |
| "built like a gun" into household words across Great | | | | during the 1960's and 1970's meant the Royal Enfield |
| Britain. | | | | needed bikes that could match the speed and |
| The most endearing product introduction by Royal | | | | performance of the Asian bikes. The answer was the |
| Enfield has to be the Bullet. With a single-cylinder, 4 | | | | Interceptor line of extremely fast motorcycles, with |
| stroke engine, the 1933 Bullet sported a dramatic | | | | a top speed of over 105 miles per hour and able to |
| front to rear rake making for truly classic line. World | | | | cover the quarter mile in les than 14 seconds. Sadly, |
| War II brought a one-of-a-kind bike from Enfield, the | | | | production could not keep up with demand, and the |
| Flying Flea. Complete with its own parachute and | | | | Interceptor became the last of the Enfield line to be |
| packing cage, the Flying Flea could be dropped from | | | | produced in England. |