Royal Enfield - Finland

Bullets MCC - Royal Enfield Club of Finland

You will surely find longer lists of links elsewhere. The resources below are those that we've found especially interesting or usefull.

General information

Manufacturer, Importers and Dealers

Royal Enfield manufacturer
These are the pages of the Indian manufacturer.
Royal Enfield USA
Very good general site about the Enfields hosted by the USA importer.
Enfield Denmark
Another good site, this time from the Danish importer. The choice of accesories is worth a look.
T&D Impex Products
Canadian importer for Royal Enfield. They have some smashing pictures and accesories.
Moto Italia Import Oy
Finnish importer for Royal Enfields (and also Bimota, Laverda, Moto Guzzi).
Enfield-Deutschland
The German importer for Royal Enfields has a neat web site and offers tuning services and performance parts.
Hitchcock's Motorcycles
All the parts you can imagine, new or old, for the Enfield.
Iwan Bikes
These German pages have a lot of content and some cool accessories.
Burton Bike Bits
A UK dealer with lots of spares for classics.
Moottoripyörien Huolto & Myynti Pekka P
Reseller and service point in Kokkola. Site does not have very much Enfield specific content.
Guy Wickström
Services Royal Enfields at Vantaa.
Contact information: Virkatie 2, Veromiehenkylä, Vantaa, tel. +358 (0)400 412 903
Rautapyörä
Also services Royal Enfields.
Contact information: Valkeakoskentie 14, Lempäälä, tel. +358 (0)3 375 0788
DRS Cycle
A US reseller with some interesting parts and accessories for the Enfield. Most items can be ordered online.

Books and magazines

Royal Enfield, The Postwar Models
Roy Bacon, Niton Publishing 1992
A thorough history of the Enfields up to 1992.
Available in Finland: Alfamer Oy
Royal Enfield, The Complete Story
Mick Walker, The Crowood Press 2003
Fine book with plenty of pictures.
Book of the Royal Enfield
W.C. Haycroft
I have not had the chance to review this book. If you have, please let me know.
The Story of Royal Enfield motorcycles
Peter Hartley
I have not had the chance to review this book. If you have, please let me know.
The Bullet-In
A monthly printed magazine for Bulleteers.
Tekniikanmaailma issue 12/1995
Tekniikanmaailma has a short article and testdrive on the Bullet 500.
Tekniikanmaailma issue 13/2001
On review three "nostalgia bikes": Kawasaki W 650, Triumph Bonneville and the Royal Enfield Bullet 500. A short summary is available on the magazine's www-pages (article and summary in finnish only).
Ilta-Sanomat 17.5.2002
A very nice article on our club Bullets MCC and Enfields in general.

Clubs

Bullets MC
One of my personal favourites is our "mother chapter" from Sweden: great content!
Royal Enfield Owners Club (UK)
Information on motorcycles and other Royal Enfield products. Some good pictures of old models. Provides machine dating.
Royal Enfield MC
Informative British site.
Inddiethumpers Royal Enfield Motorcycleclub, Bombay
Excellent site from a fine club! Also check out their PDF-brochure for Rider Mania 05 Enfield gathering.

Owners, fans and enthousiasts

George Dockray's pages
A huge collection of Enfield pictures and material
Mystries & Myths
B.R. Gurunandan is writing an excellent set of articles on the Bullet.Highly recommended!
"Dave from Vancouver"
Dave has a helpful manual for the 350cc Bullet.
Royal Enfield Bullet Workshop Manual
This workshop manual by a group of enthousiasts is definitely worth reading.
Ronnie's Home Page
Packed with practical information!

News, Message boards and Mailing lists

Royal Enfields - eGroups
A lively message board with a number of technical wizards. Also check out the pictures in the Files-area.
Also check out our own mailing list
Wikipedia: Royal Enfield
The basics covered by Wikipedia.

Television

Don't miss the series Matkalla jossain Suomessa on Nelonen, channel 4, every Saturday at 17.30 (series has ended)
The series travels around Finland on top of a '52 Bullet (and a snow mobile)! Good show, beautiful scenery and great bike!