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<blockquote data-quote="john*thomas" data-source="post: 338998" data-attributes="member: 16937">Long story. It's actually a 2000. It is the same bike R.E. made in the 50's. They never actually quit making them. In the 50's India wanted them for their military. The law said that anything bought for the military like this had to be produced in India. Royal Enfield built a plant to make bikes for the military there. They went out of business in the 60's but India didn't care, they just continued to build the same bike year after year. &nbsp;&nbsp;For years it wasn't called a &quot;Royal Enfield&quot; but it was still the same bike being produced just as if it was 1955. In 2000 someone was able to acquire the name and added turn signals and started selling them in the states again. I thought the story interesting and bought one.&nbsp;&nbsp;The ones you can buy now are no longer the original. They have a different engine design, fuel injected, disc brakes, electric starter, etc. Nothing quite like kick starting a 500 thumper and something people no longer want to do. LOL</blockquote>

[QUOTE="john*thomas, post: 338998, member: 16937"] Long story. It's actually a 2000. It is the same bike R.E. made in the 50's. They never actually quit making them. In the 50's India wanted them for their military. The law said that anything bought for the military like this had to be produced in India. Royal Enfield built a plant to make bikes for the military there. They went out of business in the 60's but India didn't care, they just continued to build the same bike year after year. For years it wasn't called a "Royal Enfield" but it was still the same bike being produced just as if it was 1955. In 2000 someone was able to acquire the name and added turn signals and started selling them in the states again. I thought the story interesting and bought one. The ones you can buy now are no longer the original. They have a different engine design, fuel injected, disc brakes, electric starter, etc. Nothing quite like kick starting a 500 thumper and something people no longer want to do. LOL [/QUOTE]

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