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38-651: Prior to World War I Alldays & Onions had produced a range of cars and in 1908 took over the short lived Enfield Autocar Company based in Redditch which had been formed to take over the car making interests of the Enfield Cycle Company . The Enfield designed cars were phased out before World War I leaving them as badge engineered Alldays. Following the armistice in 1918 the companies were rationalised and in 1919 became Enfield-Allday Motors Ltd based in Sparkbrook. All

76-710: A four-stroke cycle ), however diesel single-cylinder engines are also used in stationary applications (such as the Lombardini 3LD and 15LD). A variation known as the split-single makes use of two pistons which share a single combustion chamber. Early motorcycles , automobiles and other applications such as marine engines all tended to be single-cylinder. The configuration is almost exclusively used in portable tools, along with garden machinery such as lawn mowers. Single cylinder engines also remain in widespread use in motorcycles, motor scooters , go-karts , auto rickshaws , and radio-controlled models . From 1921 to 1960,

114-490: A thumper , is a piston engine with one cylinder . This engine is often used for motorcycles , motor scooters , motorized bicycles , go-karts , all-terrain vehicles , radio-controlled vehicles , power tools and garden machinery (such as chainsaws , lawn mowers , cultivators , and string trimmers ). Single-cylinder engines are made both as 4-strokes and 2-strokes . Compared with multi-cylinder engines, single-cylinder engines are usually simpler and compact. Due to

152-563: A 49 cc (3.0 cu in) four-stroke single-cylinder engine. There are also several single-cylinder sportbikes (such as the KTM 690 Duke R ), dual-sport motorcycles (such as the BMW G650GS ) and the classic-styled Royal Enfield 500 Bullet . The Moto3 class in the MotoGP World Championship have used four-stroke 250 cc (15.3 cu in) single cylinder engines since

190-426: A conventional car with an in-line four cylinder 1488 cc engine with three speed transmission which was launched as the 10/20 hp. The coachwork was built by Gus's brother Enrico "Harry" Bertelli who would later built bodies for Aston Martin . An entry was made in the 1924 Tourist trophy race without success. The car was however too expensive with a chassis-only price of £500 and complete cars from £575. In 1923

228-787: A dealership in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with the intention to offer three bikes, the Bullet 500 , Classic 500 and Continental GT 535 Cafe Racer as they feel this engine size represents an under-served market. The dealership will be Royal Enfield's first company-owned store in the U.S., according to Rod Copes, president of Royal Enfield North America. The company wants to establish about 100 dealerships in American cities starting with Milwaukee. Later in August 2015, parent-business Eicher announced its entry in Indonesia as

266-503: A new lineup of cruiser motorcycles on 6 November 2020 named the Meteor. It replaced the Thunderbird 350 and 350X series which were discontinued earlier that year. It uses a 349 cc single cylinder engine featuring a single overhead camshaft system (SOHC), and a completely new engine with fewer moving parts than the 346 cc. A 648 cc, air cooled version of the bike has been revealed named

304-409: A new rear sub-frame, 17 inch alloy wheels, and a 140mm telescopic fork front suspension, while reducing the stroke value of the rear suspension to 150mm. The bike features a minimalistic design with a smaller 11 litre fuel tank while retaining the round LED headlamp and flat-style handlebar, common amongst its three variants. Single-cylinder engine A single-cylinder engine , sometimes called

342-561: A part of its global strategy in the mid-sized (250–750 cc) motorcycle segment, initially starting retail operations from a dealership in Jakarta. From April to September 2015, Royal Enfield's domestic sales were 50% higher than the previous year, despite a declining motorcycle market in India. The Royal Enfield Bullet has the longest and unchanged production run of any motorcycle having remained continuously in production since 1948. The Bullet marque

380-472: A peak torque of 52.3Nm at 5,650rpm. The oil-cooled engine is paired to a six-speed gearbox, with a slipper clutch. The factory-custom bobber based on the same platform as the new Continental GT 650. A limited edition Shotgun was launched at the Motoverse 2023 with an attractive blue-and-black color scheme. Later on the production version was revealed which had the same specifications as the Motoverse edition except

418-621: A single-cylinder engine requires a heavier flywheel than a comparable multi-cylinder engine, resulting in relatively slower changes in engine speed. To reduce the vibration level, they often make greater use of balance shafts than multi-cylinder engines, as well as more extreme methods such as a dummy connecting rod (for example the Ducati Supermono ). These balancing devices can reduce the benefits of single-cylinder engines regarding lower weight and complexity. Most single-cylinder engines used in motor vehicles are fueled by petrol (and use

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456-473: Is an Indian multinational motorcycle manufacturing company, headquartered in Chennai . The Royal Enfield brand, including its original British heritage, is the oldest global motorcycle brand in continuous production. The company operates manufacturing plants in Chennai , India . The first Royal Enfield motorcycle was built in 1901 by The Enfield Cycle Company of Redditch , Worcestershire , England, which

494-476: Is an adventure touring motorcycle manufactured by Royal Enfield. It was revealed in February 2015 and launched in early 2016. Pierre Terblanche led the design team during Himalayan's development. It is specially designed for use on adventure trails. An entirely new Himalayan was launched on 24 November 2023, with a liquid cooled Sherpa 450 engine, switchable ABS as standard, and improved design and build quality. It

532-626: Is even older and has passed 75 years of continuous production. The Royal Enfield and Bullet names were derived from the British company which had been a subcontractor to the Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield , London. It has been long associated with the Police and Armed forces in India and owning one is considered a privilege by most Indians and continues to remain ever popular in India. Although

570-597: Is set to be discontinued in January 2025. Royal Enfield unveiled a new Scram model called the "Scram 440", as a replacement for the Scram 411 based on the same engine platform in November 2024. The new update model features an updated engine which goes up in cubic capacity from 411cc to 443cc; Power and torque have climbed from 24.3hp at 6,500rpm and 32Nm at 4,250rpm to 25.4hp at 6,250rpm and 34Nm at 4,000rpm. The Royal Enfield Himalayan

608-592: Is the first motorcycle in Royal Enfield's history to be powered by a liquid cooled engine. It was named the Royal Enfield Himalayan 450, and the old model was discontinued in November 2023. Royal Enfield unveiled a 650 cc twin-cylinder engine at their Technology Centre, Harris Performance Products, in Leicestershire , England, in November 2017 to power a new generation of Royal Enfield motorcycles. It

646-453: Is the most affordable motorcycle under the new J-platform, and the second least expensive bike after Royal Enfield Bullet 350 . The motorcycle features a retro-style single-piece seat, a classic round headlamp, a flat handlebar and a sculpted fuel tank. Within a month of launch Hunter 350 becomes the second highest selling Royal Enfield motorcycle. Royal Enfield Shotgun 650 is a 648cc, parallel-twin motor that pumps out 46.40bhp at 7,250rpm and

684-480: The Lanz Bulldog tractor used a large horizontally-mounted single cylinder two-stroke engine. However they are rarely used in modern automobiles and tractors, due to developments in engine technology. Single cylinder engines remain the most common engine layout in motor scooters and low-powered motorcycles . The Honda Super Cub (the motor vehicle with the highest overall sales since its introduction in 1958) uses

722-556: The Redditch company partnered with Madras Motors in India to form 'Enfield India' to assemble, under licence , the 350  cc Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycle in Madras (now called Chennai). The tooling was sold to Enfield India so that they could manufacture components. By 1962, all the components were made in India. The Indian Enfield uses the 1960 engine (with metric bearing sizes), Royal Enfield still makes an essentially similar bike in

760-611: The Royal Enfield Himalayan . Their motorcycles are equipped with single-cylinder and twin-cylinder engines. After the Indian Independence Act 1947 the new government looked for a suitable motorcycle for its army to patrol the country's border. In 1952 the Royal Enfield Bullet was chosen as the most suitable bike for the job. In 1954, the government ordered 800 in units of the 350 cc model. In 1955,

798-590: The 1990s, and ceased motorcycle production at their Jaipur factory in 2002, by 2013 the company opened a new primary factory in the Chennai suburb of Oragadam on the strength of increased demand for its motorcycles. This was followed in 2017 by the inauguration of another new factory of a similar size to the facility at Oragadam (capacity 600,000 vehicles per year) at Vallam Vadagal. The original factory at Tiruvottiyur became secondary, and continues to produce some limited-run motorcycle models. Flooding , produced by

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836-460: The 350 cc and 500 cc models, along with several different models for different market segments. In the year 1990, Royal Enfield collaborated with the Eicher Group, an automotive company in India, and merged with it in 1994. Apart from bikes, Eicher Group is involved in the production and sales of commercial vehicles and automotive gears. Although Royal Enfield experienced difficulties in

874-566: The 650cc twins were the best-selling motorcycles in Great Britain. The Royal Enfield Continental GT is a Neo-retro Café Racer .The first model to use the name, the Continental GT 250, was produced by the original Royal Enfield in the 1960s UK. The name was revived by the Indian manufacturer in the 2010s with the Continental GT 535 (now discontinued) and Continental GT 650. Royal Enfield launched

912-545: The Bullet 500 was discontinued due to poor sales, The Next Generation Bullet 350 was launched on 1 September 2023. It has a retro style and is priced at ₹1.74 lakh (US$ 2,090) in India. In January 2024 Royal Enfield Bullet 350 was launched in two new colors- Military Silver Black and Military Silver Red. Royal Enfield Classic 350 and Classic 500 are models of Royal Enfield motorcycles which have been in production since 2009. The Classic series of Royal Enfield motorcycles are inspired by

950-543: The Royal Enfield G2 350cc Bullet motorcycle, first produced in 1948. .It has also been confused often with the Bullet for their similar look in design as the Classic is a modernised version of the original Royal Enfield Bullet. The Royal Enfield Hunter 350 is a roadster motorcycle launched by Royal Enfield in August 2022 in India. It is powered by 349cc BS6 engine that produces 20.2 bhp and 27 Nm of torque. The Hunter 350

988-543: The Royal Enfield Super Meteor 650 which was released on 16 January 2023. It is the first Royal Enfield to offer the Tripper navigation system . The Royal Enfield Guerrilla is a new roadster unveiled on 17 July 2024 by Royal Enfield. It is based on the 2023 Himalayan featuring the same chassis, 6-speed gearbox, and the 452cc liquid-cooled Sherpa Engine, with 39.47 bhp and 40 Nm of torque. The Guerrilla features

1026-558: The Warwick 2-seater at £575 up to the Hereford limousine at £720 and Stratford saloon at £795. Before the new range could get established, even if they could be sold at the very high prices, parent company Alldays & Onions collapsed in 1924. Both companies were resurrected with Enfield-Allday becoming Alldays Motor Repair Ltd but no more cars were made. source= The Manchester Guardian 07 July 1923: 4. Royal Enfield Royal Enfield

1064-499: The color scheme . The Royal Enfield Scram is a minimalistic street scrambler which is a close cousin to the Himalayan, even having the branding "Himalayan Scram" on the side panels and has the same fuel tank as the 2015-2023 Himalayan. It is powered by a 411cc BS6-2.0 air cooled engine which produces 24.3 bhp and 32nm torque. It was launched in March 2022 as Enfield's first ADV crossover. It

1102-443: The end of 2019, the team numbered 155 and carries out the full spectrum of design and development activities, from concept generation and clay design to engineering design, prototyping and validation. Royal Enfield currently sells motorcycles in more than 50 countries. Royal Enfield surpassed Harley-Davidson in global sales in 2015. In August 2015, Royal Enfield Motors announced it is establishing its North American headquarters and

1140-460: The engine was enlarged to 1750 cc and a four speed gearbox fitted and the name changed to the 12/30 at a lower price of £450. Only about 100 cars were made before the company went into liquidation in January 1923. This was not the end as the company was re-organised and moved to smaller premises in Small Heath, Birmingham from where the 12/30 was offered with a very wide range of coachwork from

1178-451: The greater potential for airflow around all sides of the cylinder, air cooling is often more effective for single cylinder engines than multi-cylinder engines. This reduces the weight and complexity of air-cooled single-cylinder engines, compared with liquid-cooled engines. Drawbacks of single-cylinder engines include a more pulsating power delivery through each cycle and higher levels of vibration. The uneven power delivery means that often

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1216-560: The heaviest rainfall in Chennai in over a century, caused Royal Enfield to cut production by 4,000 motorcycles in November 2015, followed by a shutdown of the plants in Thiruvottiyur and Oragadam on 1 December, as well as the company offices in Chennai. Production resumed at 50% capacity on 7 December and operations at both plants were back to normal on 14 December. Royal Enfield announced its first takeover of another company in May, 2015 with

1254-400: The old designs were dropped and a new 10 hp car called the Bullet was designed by A,W. Reeves who had been at Crossley Motors . This radical design had an air cooled, five cylinder, sleeve valve, radial engine of 1247 cc mounted at the front of a tubular steel lattice frame. The drive to the rear wheels was via an inclined shaft to a central 3 speed gearbox and then another shaft to

1292-429: The price was uneconomic and should be raised to £550. This was too much for the market and probably only 5 reached customers. A 15 hp sleeve valve car with a six cylinder in-line engine had also been announced but it seems never to have reached production. With a great deal of money spent on development and no sales to show for it something had to be done quickly and Bertelli was appointed Works Manager. He designed

1330-713: The purchase of a UK motorcycle design and manufacturing firm, Harris Performance Products , that had previously developed the chassis of the Royal Enfield Continental GT Cafe Racer. Harris work with the UK-based part of Royal Enfield's development team, who are based at the UK Technology Centre at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground in Leicestershire. The team was established in January 2015, and moved into their new, purpose-built facility in May 2017. By

1368-533: The rear axle. Suspension was by transverse cantilever springs. A three-seat body was fitted. When announced a price of £295 was advertised but by the time the car was exhibited later in the year at the London Motor Show this had risen to £350. A. C. "Gus" Bertelli of the Grahame-White Aviation company was called in to give an opinion on the car and reported that a lot of development was required and

1406-642: Was responsible for the design and original production of the Royal Enfield Bullet, the longest-lived motorcycle design in history. Licensed from the original English Royal Enfield by the indigenous Indian Madras Motors , the company is now a subsidiary of Eicher Motors , an Indian automaker. The company makes classic-looking motorcycles including the Royal Enfield Bullet , Classic 350 , Royal Enfield Thunderbird , Meteor 350, Classic 500, Interceptor 650 , Continental, Hunter 350 and many more. Royal Enfield also makes adventurous and offroading motorcycles like

1444-776: Was showcased at the Milan Motorcycle Show on 7 November 2017 in Italy, where two motorcycles based on the engine, the Interceptor 650 and Continental GT 650 were revealed. Both models were introduced to the US market in November 2018 to positive reviews. The Interceptor is marketed as the INT650 in the United States where Honda has a trademark on the Interceptor name. During the years 2020–2021,

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