Favorite Production Motorcycle Honorable Mention: Royal Enfield Interceptor

I'm going to run a few "Honorable Mention bikes as I go along.  The first three are posted and I have 2 selections to go.  I'm squirming mightily... so sue me!   lol....

This is a bike I've drooled over since I was a pup.  There's about four or five fantastic British bikes I could put here.  Bikes that are much more popular and more renowned.  The BSA Goldstar,  The Triumph T100C and the Norton Commando 750S are all contenders for a spot. But to be honest I find this bike to be much more striking than just about every other British bike on the planet.  That chrome thank with the old school lettering, and the general stance and line of the bike just hits the perfect notes for me.  I have a local friend who is the "go-to" british bike mechanic and he raves about this bike in looks AND engineering.  He doesn't understand how they were overlooked for so many decades by British bike fans.  Neither can I.

Georgous Enfield Flat Tracker

Outstandind Royal Enfield Scrambler build. A fresh chapter of the Sam Simons Chronicles!!

Sam has built so shared so many interesting bikes with me that he has his own search term over in the cloud.  do yourself a favor and check out some of his other excellent builds.  His 2-stroke bikes are legendary.  you can see more of his stuff over on my 2 Stoke Biker Blog.  I havn't heard from him in a while and I fugured he'd been up to something special and as usual he doesn't disappoint.

Sam writes in:

Hello Steve,
Been a while,huh. Well,although I've been involved with several non-motorcycle related activities,I did manage to finish the RE500(just yesterday!!).The basis for this 60's theme street scrambler was a new,dealer leftover '07 Bullet my wife located in Ohio late in '08. I bought it for the sole purpose of doing just such a bike,which made for a really odd feeling when I purchased a new machine that: 1) I 

 
So,I hope you enjoy the pics,Steve.


Always a pleasure Sam!  Keep em coming!

 

Almost forgot... The before picture!!

Absolutly Stunning Royal Enfield Restoration

And it's FOR SALE!

The Before Picture:

A pair of Royal Enfield 250cc GP5 racers.

Thanks again Dave.

The "Geoff Duke" Royal Enfield Cafe Racer!

Submitted by the indispensable Dave Innola! For more on the very talented racer please see this ENTRY HERE. Great stuff!



Found this great photo of Mr. Duke in action "back in the day" on a Gilera at the Isle of Mann with the following caption:

Douglas, Isle of man: Geoff Duke, riding an Italian Gilera (493) round the bend at Governor's Bridge during the Senior TT. Duke smashed all records to win his third Senior TT in 2-43-49 4/5 at an average speed of 97.93 MPH.
13 June 1955

Royal Enfield Interceptor. My Favorite British Classic.

Out of all the great British classics my favorite hands down doesn't come from Norton or Triumph or even Brough or Vincent. It's the Royal Enfield Interceptor. I've never ridden one but in the looks department its the cream of the crop for me. The perfect balance of chrome, posture and line. For more on the bike check out the Motorcycle article HERE

Royal Enfield Cafe Racer - bumped for "technical reasons".

Nice Pair!

More "Kickstart Only" Club Pictures

More great shots from regular contributor Eric Stofer!

Eric Writes:

"A few shots from the annual bike swap meet in Tsawassen BC. About a dozen or so of us from the island, roaring down the highway to catch the 7am ferry to the show. Great day! Great swap meet and hundreds of bikes of all makes, original and customs. No breakdowns either! Kickstart bikes rule!"

YES they do!

The "New" and "Updated" Royal Endield...

Now with Fuel injection and Unit Construction. Lots more info Here



OK just one more... I reeeeely like this take on the scrambler..