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Royal Enfield was the name under which the Enfield Cycle Company (founded 1893) made motorcycles, bicycles, lawnmowers and stationary engines. The legacy of weapons manufacture is reflected in the logo, a cannon, and their motto "Made Like A Gun". Their first motorcycle was built in 1901. In 1955, Enfield Cycle Company partnered with Madras Motors in India in forming Enfield of India, based in Chennai, and started assembling the 350 cc Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycle in Madras. The first machines were assembled from components imported from England. Starting in 1957, Enfield of India acquired the machines necessary to build components in India, and by 1962 all components were made in India Royal Enfield produced bicycles at its Redditch factory until it closed in early 1967. The company's last new bicycle was the 'Revelation' small wheeler, which was released in 1965.〔() Royal Enfield Revelation (retrieved 26 August 2013)〕 Production of motorcycles ceased in 1970 and the original Redditch, Worcestershire-based company was dissolved in 1971.〔Millers's Classic Motorcycles Price Guide 1995 Volume II, p.78. Judith and Martin Miller, general Editor Valerie Lewis.〕 Enfield of India continued, and bought the rights to use the Royal Enfield name. ==History== In 1893, the Enfield Manufacturing Company Ltd was registered to manufacture bicycles, adopting the branding ''Royal Enfield''. By 1899, Royal Enfield were producing a ''quadricycle'' – a bicycle modified by adding a wrap-around four-wheeled frame, retaining a rear rider-saddle with handlebars – having a front-mounted passenger seat, driven by a rear-mounted De Dion engine.〔() Grace's Industrial Guide 1900 advertisement Retrieved 2013-12-31〕 After experimenting with a heavy bicycle frame fitted with a Minerva engine clamped to the front downtube, Enfield built their first motorcycle in 1901 with a 239 cc engine. In 1907, Enfield merged with the ''Alldays & Onions Pneumatic Engineering Co.'' of Birmingham, and began manufacturing the Enfield-Allday automobile. By 1910, Royal Enfield was using 344 cc Swiss Motosacoche V-Twin engines, or large-displacement JAP and Vickers-Wolseley engines.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Royal Enfield )〕 In 1912, the Royal Enfield Model 180 sidecar combination was introduced with a 770 cc V-twin JAP engine which was raced successfully in the Isle of Man TT and at Brooklands. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Royal Enfield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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