Royal Enfield for the first time is displaying its new Woodsman EFI and Lewis Leathers limited edition at the NEC show.
The Woodsman goes back to the year 1955 when Royal Enfield produced this kind of a model for the first time for its USA importer. This model had high-level exhaust and high bars badged as the Indian Woodsman.
The limited edition Royal Enfield shown here is based on the Classic 500 which has latest technology like Fuel injection and electric start but to make it a Woodsman model the company will give the legendary touch by providing it with the same set of higher bars and exhaust pipe as they were present on the 1955 Woodsman.
Apart from this, the bike would include new additions like alloy bash plate, rearset footrests, a single seat and a luggage rack.
This limited edition Bullet Classic was co-designed by renowned fashion photographer Nick Clements who also happens to be a fan of vintage styles, and British leathers manufacturer Lewis Leathers. The bike comes up with some unique paint scheme, double toned leather seat cover and saddle bags made of leather.
The bike will be launched early next year at a cost of £4699. We never said it was cheap.
Oberdan Bezzi, who is an expert motorcycle designer, has thought of an idea for a Royal Enfield Bullet 500. He calls it the Enduro and as per him, the bike is not only traditional but also qualifies to be an enduro motorcycle by providing a decent mileage and less maintenance. The reason being that the motorcycle is powered by a single cylinder engine which can be as reliable as they were a few decades ago.
The idea of reviving the old Royal Enfield looks really exciting and testing it off road would be an amazing experience.
The Royal Enfield Bullet Enduro 500 is just a computer generated sketch. From a Bulleteer’s perspective, translating it in the real world, and into a work of art, can be easily done by finding help from bike builders who are rapidly rising in number, here in India.
Sales of Royal Enfield has been growing despite the industry slump recently
Royal Enfield has projected sales of 50,000 units in 2009 which is a 15% increase compared to last year. The company has been quite stable in this period of slowdown and has recently launched Bullet variant Classic 500.
The company has shown a steady growth of 15-18% in the past few years and there hasn’t been much impact on it even in this slump period.
Shaji Koshy, head of sales and marketing -
Our aim is to touch 1 lakh bikes by 2013. Sales are growing in the metros with more people with disposable incomes, particularly from the IT sector, keen on riding Bullet for long drives.
The 500C is getting recognition far away from its homeland
This surely is a good news for all the Royal Enfield lovers.
The recently launched Bullet Classic C5 motorcycle has won this year’s trophy for Best Bike (Metric-Stock) at the Bearly Cruzin Classic Car and Motorcycle Show in Arizona.
The 500C is punctuated with EFI and its vintage styling will floor all Bullet buffs
There has been a lot of activity in the biking world in India this year, big launches like Hero Honda Karizma ZMR and Bajaj-Kawasaki Ninja 250R to name a few. Its almost two months left for this calendar year to end but the good things are still coming. The next in pipe is the most powerful and largest displacement bike produced locally hitting the Indian markets – The Royal Enfield Classic 500.
The 500C debuted at the Cologne International bike show earlier. It is already made available to several overseas markets. Its 500cc engine punctuated with fuel injection, will take the title as the most powerful Royal Enfield and locally-manufactured motorcycle.
Pricing is expected to be around 1.3-1.5 lakh rupees. This motorcycle is surely for the people who are madly in love with Bullets and need some of that vintage styling to go along with latest technology.
The bike will be launched on the 4th of November. We’ll keep you posted on the progress and more info coming up in the next few days.
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Royal Enfield has just finished conducting a four day road show in Thailand. It was organized to showcase the range of Bullet motorcycles and to seek interested distributors in South East Asia.
Apart from distributors, the company is also looking for parts suppliers to help raise production and reach its targets. The Chennai based company is planning to ramp up production to 100,000 units over the next three years and export its motorcycles to other markets as well. The parts for these motorcycles have to come from somewhere, no?
Sales of Royal Enfield has been growing despite the industry slump recently
