Date:         Sat, 6 Oct 2001 19:21:35 -0500
Reply-To:     Terry Kay <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Terry Kay <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET>
Subject:      Re: (f) Yours for just....9,600,000...
Comments: To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@juno.com>
In-Reply-To:  Stan Wilder <wilden1@juno.com>'s message of Sat, 6 Oct 2001
              17:42:18 -0500
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Stan,
Triumph, BSA, and Norton, had zip to do with Royal Enfeild.

In a matter of fact the last known association of any of them was
Norton/ Viller's/ Triumph, prior to the worker's cooperative splitting
them up in the mid 70's, just making a lame attempt to keep Triumph
going.
I was the parts manager at the worlds largest Triumph dealer at the
time, and remember all this well.

Royal Enfield stopped production after they were in trouble in the late
60's with a ridiculas use of the Indian name,here in the US hence Indian
/ Enfeild.

I had a 68 Enfield 750 Interceptor--neat bike, smooth running, handled
pretty good, and was fast.
The parts situation caused me to unload it.

Now the back assword people in India, had a 250, 350 model that thay
were producing, and for some stupid reason never caught wind of the
Enfield plant in England closing, so they just kept on producing the
Bullet.

I have no idea where they came up with the money to keep on operating, (
the Indian government must have fronted the denaro's ) but this is the
reason why the bike still lives.

I rode a Ural, and it is more phehistoric than the India Enfields.

Now if you want a real gutless BMW lookalike ride, find yourself a
Japanese  Murushu, or a Chinese Shin Chang.
Both copies of the pre war BMW opposing twins.

Slugs at best, much like the Ural.

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Terry--
74 Campmobile- (Clementine)
85 GL- (Delilah)
86 BMW 325 ES- (Eva)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     "In life, it is much better to want
something you cannot have---

Than to have something you can't get rid of"

(T.K.)