Royal Enfield: The Complete Story

This is a very good history book on the Royal Enfield brand and is very complete, covering all of the different models. It has a lot of pictures which I used for reference during a motorcycle restoration, which is the reason I got it. Walker writes very good reference books, so this one is no different from his others.

Got this for my fiancé who is a motorcycle fanatic. He read it within a few days and enjoyed it.

If you plan to buy or restore a RE of any ilk, buy this book. The Indian (sub-continent) bikes are not covered that much, but sufficient. The historical profiles will keep you from buying a lemon. Some REs were great, others not so much. The Constellation is one such failure. Avoid it. With the surge of the much better built UCE Indian bikes, RE has taken on new interest in the west. The text is well written, and not overly technical. Anyone can grasp the specifications and points the author is making. The photos are black and white. They illustrate every era quite well. The price is more than fair for this resource.

Good Book

awesome Book on a cool motorcycle

Christmas gift.

I really liked the Royal Enfield Complete Story book. I was pleasantly surprised to find it is a hard cover. It is well written, informative, and has many good photos.

My husband loved it. He owns a 60's model Royal Enfield and just recently restored it -- so it was a perfect gift for him.

ロイヤルエンフィールドがお好きな方ならいい資料になります。 今、日本で購入できるインド産のブレット以外のイギリスのエンフィールドがいっぱい掲載されています。

Great book a must for RE owners

Regalo piaciuto

I bought this when I was tinkering with the idea of buying an Indian built Enfield Bullet. Before then Royal Enfield were, to me, just another name in the long list of defunct British bike makers, I had no idea of their innovative designs, nor their successes. Mick Walker's book gives a very good insight into Royal Enfield, as well as giving some information on the Indian operation. I had no idea of the size of the factory or its sales, far outdoing Norton's 200 bikes per week, for instance.I found what appear to be some minor errors, which might be typesetting ( dense ignorance on the part of the typesetter?)such as the reference to " Modular" crankshafts in the later twins - since the crankshafts were one piece, they could hardly be described thus, but more likely " nodular" a special type of cast iron giving greater strength. This is nitpicking, of course, and does not reduce the overall excellence of the book. Mick describes the disgraceful behaviour of the final owners, E & HP Smith, referred to more than once in the text as asset strippers; I agree. However, no-one can take away the impact made by the flood of Japanese motorcyces which killed off the British Industry, aided and abetted by lazy management,who would not invest, persisting in using machinery dating from the Great War, timid ( or prejudiced)banks, and bloody minded unions. With its many excellent photographs and diagrams, and an informative text I can fully recommend this book.

Excelente livro de capa dura com toda história dessa centenária com a produção mais antiga ativa de motocicletas.