My Royal Enfields
"Made like a gun, goes like a bullet"
So many Enfield stories. So little time!
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Shearsmith's
You could get a Royal Enfield at Shearsmith's of 35 Blossom Street in York, UK.
Saturday, July 19, 2025
Brockhouse Engineering
The entry in Grace's Guide for Brockhouse states that "An arrangement was made with Enfield Cycle Co to manufacture the Indian motorcycle at a new factory at Boston in the UK for export to USA". They cite an article in the London Times of 1955 which I cannot access. The Wikipedia entry for Indian states that Royal Enfields were "mildly customized in the US". Perhaps that is what they were referring to? Anyone has additional info on this Boston twist on the Royal Enfield story?
Brockhouse was a large conglomerate with a long history and many factories. It produced the Corgi and other motorcycles at a factory in Southport, originally created by the Vulcan Motor and Engineering Company Ltd. as the first purpose-built motor factory in Britain. The factory was demolished in 2010 to build homes, but archeologists wrote an article about it before the demise with maps and photos.
Update: I found the Times article, alas it has almost no information.
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