Royal Enfield – Revving Up
With the finest and brightest of teams in the country, comprising of management professionals and a skillful, committed workforce, the Company has a unique and open culture, making Royal Enfield a vibrant and responsive company. To its customers in India and elsewhere in the world, Royal Enfield means more than just motorcycles; it’s a sense of belonging to an exclusive community with unfading passion, emotion and interest. The Company is all set to augment its leadership position, be it in the power and leisure bike segment in India or the classic bike segment elsewhere in the world, by introducing distinctively styled and higher-powered motorcycles, strengthening existing communities around its products, expanding its network, and delivering a unique motorcycling experience.
1961 – BIRTH OF CAFÉ RACERS
Royal Enfield motorcycles; namely the Meteor, and Meteor Minor get café racer treatment with rear placed foot rests and lower handlebars, thus sparking off a revolution in motorcycle styling across a variety of models. Royal Enfield becomes synonymous with sporty and nimble motorcycles, which appeals to this new breed of motorcyclists. These sporty café racer styled motorcycles gain popularity as the number of Rockers keeps increasing.
1963 – A GLIMPSE AT THE CONTINENTAL GT
The Royal Enfield Continental GT makes an appearance with an Italian Style chrome petrol tank, cranked exhaust and sporty looking half exposed rear springs. The Bullet 350 also gets the same café racer treatment with rear placed foot rests and lower handlebars, keeping in tune with the new café racer styled motorcycles standard.
1965 – CONTINENTAL GT PRODUCTION COMMENCES AT REDDITCH
Royal Enfield starts production of the Royal Enfield Continental GT out of their parent factory at Redditch. It is a 250cc four stroke motorcycle with a fiber fuel tank in a gleaming red paint finish, a 5-speed manual gear-box and an engine good for 21 Bhp of peak power.
2010 – CAFÉ RACER CONCEPT UNVEILED AT THE AUTO EXPO
The Royal Enfield café racer concept is unveiled at the 2010 Auto Expo in New Delhi, India. This generates massive curiosity amongst enthusiasts as well as the Auto media fraternity, as it marks Royal Enfield’s intention to develop a café racer motorcycle from the factory itself.
2013 – CONTINENTAL GT ROLLS OFF THE ORAGADAM ASSEMBLY LINES, AND IS LAUNCHED AT ACE CAFE LONDON
Royal Enfield launches the much awaited ‘Continental GT’ with a fuel injected 535cc engine in the UK. Along with this is an exclusive range of accessories and riding gear styled on the same lines as the motorcycle. This motorcycle reinvents the café racer culture and lifestyle associated with it all over the world. The Motorcycle is Launched officially Globally in London in an elaborate sequence of events including a Burn Up run from Ace Cafe to Brighton via Brooklands.
2017 – ROYAL ENFIELDS CONTINENTAL GT
The Royal Enfield Continental GT is the lightest, fastest, most powerful Royal Enfield in production. A machine with a story, a nod to motorcycling’s finest hour; a painstaking collaboration. It is also the best expression yet of a cultural phenomenon that has simply refused to fade away – the café racer.
SPECIFICATIONS
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Type Single Cylinder, 4-stroke, Air cooled
Displacement 535 cc
Bore x stroke 87mm x 90mm
Compression Ratio 8.5:1
Maximum Power 29.1 bhp (21.4 kW) @ 5100 rpm
Maximum Torque 44 Nm @ 4000 rpm
Ignition System Digital Electronic Ignition
Clutch Wet, multi-plate
Gearbox 5-Speed Constant Mesh
Lubrication Wet sump
Engine Oil 15 W 50 API, SL Grade JASO MA
Fuel Supply Keihin Electronic Fuel Injection
Air Cleaner Paper Element
Engine Start Electric & Kick