BIKE TEST ROYAL ENFIELD CONTINENTAL GT

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If heritage and staying true to form are what motorcycles are all about, then no company has this down pat better than Royal Enfield. The company’s roots date back to the 19th century, and its Bullet – whose engine that of the fl ash new looking Continental GT is based upon, was first produced in 1933. That (technically) makes the Bullet the oldest motorcycle in the world in continuous production. In 1967, the original Royal Enfield shut its plant in Redditch, England. By then, its subsidiary in India had already been producing four stroke Bullets for years, for use not only by the Indian Police and military, but for upscale civilians (like you and me) as well.