Royal Enfield was the name under which the Enfield Cycle Company made motorcycle

Motorcycle

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s, bicycle

Bicycle

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s, lawnmowers and stationary engine

Stationary engine

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s. This legacy of weapons manufacture

Royal Small Arms Factory

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 is reflected in the logo, a cannon, and their motto "Made like a gun, goes like a bullet". Use of the brand name Royal Enfield was licensed by the Crown

The Crown

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 in 1890. The original Redditch

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, Worcestershire

Worcestershire

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 based company was sold to Norton-Triumph-Villiers

Norton Villiers Triumph

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 (NVT) in 1968. Production ceased in 1970 and the company was dissolved in 1971.

In 1956 Enfield of India started assembling Bullet motorcycles under licence from UK components, and by 1962 were manufacturing complete bikes.