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    EGLI ROYAL ENFIELD SUPER BULLET 624CC

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    Behind each motorcycle is a philosophy, and Fritz W. Egli delivers them free. “Do you remember the good old days,” he writes in his prospectus “as motorcycles still made from steel and aluminium were built, not from colourful plastic”. His sideswipe at more recent offerings from Japan, China, et cetera are not new. However the Japanese reliability and performance image is what Egli was aiming for in his Egli Super Bullet 624cc, and the Swiss tuner has largely succeeded, albeit at huge costs and with great efforts.

    For Egli, the Swiss Royal Enfield importer, a simple Bullet 500cc engine designed about 60 years ago was a desirable base on which to work his magic. Egli dismantles Bullets delivered from India and upgrades them with many improvements and new parts. Although greatly appreciated, this was simply not enough for one customer, who brought Egli the idea of building a Bullet-based light single cylinder sports motorcycle. Of course, the basis for this bike would be Egli’s famous central tube frame constructed from nickel-plated chromium-molybdenum steel, the hallmark of Egli’s motorcycle tuning efforts.

    copy-of-eglisuperbullet2.jpg

    Egli’s trademark oil-in-spine frame form the basis of the Egli Super Bullet, along with a matching aluminium fuel tank

    The engine could of course, no longer be stock as it usually is. An aluminium cylinder, US-sourced piston, larger valves in a redesigned cylinder head, longer stroke crankshaft (105mm), special main bearings, dry clutch, timing belt primary drive, 36mm Keihin flat-slide carburettors were added among other tricks (Egli’s option list for Bullet specials span 29 pages!). The output is 40PS from a 624cc engine fed via an electric pump from a classic-looking aluminium tank. The original 500cc puts out only 22PS.

    egli_enfield_500.jpg

    Metzeler ME Z1 tyres wrap around 18-inch alloy wheels, attached to an Egli fork up front, and damped with Koni dampers at the rear. The front disc brake is equipped with a Spiegler 8-piston caliper, stopping the Super Bullet which has a total weight of 139kg. The Egli Super Bullet can easily attain 160 km/h.

    The dashboard consists of a VDO oil temperature gauge, and a classic 80s-style Krober tachometer. Exclusivity is guaranteed as only two examples have been built thus far, at an outlandish price of RM125,000 (Euros 25,100 / US$39,200)! As exorbitant as it may seem, we must appreciate the efforts of Egli as the motorcycle scene would be much poorer without him and people like Dan Holmes and his DRS Cycles Bullet Racer.

    I strongly believe Royal Enfield should build a series-production Egli Super Bullet for enthusiasts around the world. Mass production could make the Super Bullet more affordable and I’m sure Royal Enfield dealers in North America, Europe and elsewhere would love to sell Super Bullets in their showrooms. If you share my humble opinion, please record your thoughts in the ‘comments’ section by clicking the comment button below. Thank you!

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    dmg1979 said,         
    April 2 2008

    Wow. That really looks cool. Wish Enfield of Indiamade their bike like that. Would sell well I think.


    バイカーブードゥー said,         
    April 2 2008

    You know I certainly hope Royal Enfield (as Enfield India is now known), can put the Super Bullet into production. Can we petition them to do so? Tell all your friends about this blog post and write down your comments right here! Thanks to economies of scale, I’m sure Royal Enfield can make a Super Bullet and a Super Bullet R with the more exotic components. Just pay Fritz Egli a royalty on each unit sold and I’m sure he’ll support this project 100%!


    plunger said,         
    May 12 2008

    As an Australian 500cc Bullet owner, I am finding the Bullet pretty slow on our roads here, which carry much faster traffic. Riding in India was fine with the old 350, at 60-80kph, but a much more powerful bike is needed to sell Enfield in Western countries.


    バイカーブードゥー said,         
    May 12 2008

    Perhaps Royal Enfield should invest in, or develop a parallel twin like the new Triumph Bonneville and new Kawasaki W650? If it’s cheaper why not just build the new Triumph engine under licence?


    absurdist said,         
    May 31 2008

    Enfield is missing the boat time and time again. If they really want to break into the American market (read: big sales), an underpowered, basically 60 year old single is not the way to do it. The Egli Bullet is one definite improvement. The Carberry Enfield V-Twin is another. And it’s one that all of the engineering, for the most part, has been DONE on. The design was practically handed to them, and they sat on their hands and did nothing. I understand they have a relatively large market in India and SE Asia, and a bit of the nostalgia market in Britain. But damn… they’re looking to the future in much the same way the British motorcycle industry did. And we all know what happened there.


    バイカーブードゥー said,         
    July 31 2008

    Your post makes sense. Perhaps they should take a look at how John Bloor resurrected Triumph Motorcycles.


    bass said,         
    November 9 2008

    Sorry to bother everyone. My name is jeff eagar (www.whichwayto.tv) and I am trying to get my royal Enfield (1968) that I bought in India and shipped to tokyo registered here in japan. It is a tough job!
    Amongst a huge list of things, they also want the words ‘Royal Enfield’ written out somewhere in Hindi! Do you have any letterhead, or know of any websites where the words ‘Royal Enfield’ are written in hindi?

    Thanks
    JEFF


    Rahul Veer said,         
    December 18 2008

    Hi Jeff,

    I can help you with scripting “Royal Enfield” in Hindi. Just let me know if you still need it.

    Regards,
    Rahul


    mercendarian said,         
    December 8 2010

    Egli ENFIELD, YES! –$40K USD?–Nein! An Absurd price, as I could do one that looks similar for 10-15K, new/used. Fritz would do some “for fun”, but he doesn’t want to do too many, imo, because he’d rather sell Egli-vincents & Egli-Hogs (Harleys)–equally AWESOME bikes, and probably more profitable. Egli IS a GENIUS, however, and he could probably make a dog turd look “good”, AND some fool would buy it, at a “fair”(high) price! The Royal-Enfield Twins were oil-tight and competant at the last, so with a 60-degree crank and better bearings, lighter metal (aluminum head), WITH isolastics, (for those of us who can’t abide “vertical-twin vibes (–at speed-plus))”. Indian Enfield could give Triumph a run for its pounds/euros. The bullet-based Carberry & Musket-twins are good, too.


    Glenpar said,         
    August 21 2011

    You’ve gotta’ like the frame and forks and wheels, but instead of overboring and fiddling with valve timing, why not just supercharge it.
    I’ve often thought that with the RE’s mild timing, it would be a natural for a supercharger.


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    EGLI ROYAL ENFIELD SUPER BULLET 624CC

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    in India, Royal Enfield, Specials

    egli3.jpg

    Behind each motorcycle is a philosophy, and Fritz W. Egli delivers them free. “Do you remember the good old days,” he writes in his prospectus “as motorcycles still made from steel and aluminium were built, not from colourful plastic”. His sideswipe at more recent offerings from Japan, China, et cetera are not new. However the Japanese reliability and performance image is what Egli was aiming for in his Egli Super Bullet 624cc, and the Swiss tuner has largely succeeded, albeit at huge costs and with great efforts.

    For Egli, the Swiss Royal Enfield importer, a simple Bullet 500cc engine designed about 60 years ago was a desirable base on which to work his magic. Egli dismantles Bullets delivered from India and upgrades them with many improvements and new parts. Although greatly appreciated, this was simply not enough for one customer, who brought Egli the idea of building a Bullet-based light single cylinder sports motorcycle. Of course, the basis for this bike would be Egli’s famous central tube frame constructed from nickel-plated chromium-molybdenum steel, the hallmark of Egli’s motorcycle tuning efforts.

    copy-of-eglisuperbullet2.jpg

    Egli’s trademark oil-in-spine frame form the basis of the Egli Super Bullet, along with a matching aluminium fuel tank

    The engine could of course, no longer be stock as it usually is. An aluminium cylinder, US-sourced piston, larger valves in a redesigned cylinder head, longer stroke crankshaft (105mm), special main bearings, dry clutch, timing belt primary drive, 36mm Keihin flat-slide carburettors were added among other tricks (Egli’s option list for Bullet specials span 29 pages!). The output is 40PS from a 624cc engine fed via an electric pump from a classic-looking aluminium tank. The original 500cc puts out only 22PS.

    egli_enfield_500.jpg

    Metzeler ME Z1 tyres wrap around 18-inch alloy wheels, attached to an Egli fork up front, and damped with Koni dampers at the rear. The front disc brake is equipped with a Spiegler 8-piston caliper, stopping the Super Bullet which has a total weight of 139kg. The Egli Super Bullet can easily attain 160 km/h.

    The dashboard consists of a VDO oil temperature gauge, and a classic 80s-style Krober tachometer. Exclusivity is guaranteed as only two examples have been built thus far, at an outlandish price of RM125,000 (Euros 25,100 / US$39,200)! As exorbitant as it may seem, we must appreciate the efforts of Egli as the motorcycle scene would be much poorer without him and people like Dan Holmes and his DRS Cycles Bullet Racer.

    I strongly believe Royal Enfield should build a series-production Egli Super Bullet for enthusiasts around the world. Mass production could make the Super Bullet more affordable and I’m sure Royal Enfield dealers in North America, Europe and elsewhere would love to sell Super Bullets in their showrooms. If you share my humble opinion, please record your thoughts in the ‘comments’ section by clicking the comment button below. Thank you!

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    dmg1979 said,         
    April 2 2008

    Wow. That really looks cool. Wish Enfield of Indiamade their bike like that. Would sell well I think.


    バイカーブードゥー said,         
    April 2 2008

    You know I certainly hope Royal Enfield (as Enfield India is now known), can put the Super Bullet into production. Can we petition them to do so? Tell all your friends about this blog post and write down your comments right here! Thanks to economies of scale, I’m sure Royal Enfield can make a Super Bullet and a Super Bullet R with the more exotic components. Just pay Fritz Egli a royalty on each unit sold and I’m sure he’ll support this project 100%!


    plunger said,         
    May 12 2008

    As an Australian 500cc Bullet owner, I am finding the Bullet pretty slow on our roads here, which carry much faster traffic. Riding in India was fine with the old 350, at 60-80kph, but a much more powerful bike is needed to sell Enfield in Western countries.


    バイカーブードゥー said,         
    May 12 2008

    Perhaps Royal Enfield should invest in, or develop a parallel twin like the new Triumph Bonneville and new Kawasaki W650? If it’s cheaper why not just build the new Triumph engine under licence?


    absurdist said,         
    May 31 2008

    Enfield is missing the boat time and time again. If they really want to break into the American market (read: big sales), an underpowered, basically 60 year old single is not the way to do it. The Egli Bullet is one definite improvement. The Carberry Enfield V-Twin is another. And it’s one that all of the engineering, for the most part, has been DONE on. The design was practically handed to them, and they sat on their hands and did nothing. I understand they have a relatively large market in India and SE Asia, and a bit of the nostalgia market in Britain. But damn… they’re looking to the future in much the same way the British motorcycle industry did. And we all know what happened there.


    バイカーブードゥー said,         
    July 31 2008

    Your post makes sense. Perhaps they should take a look at how John Bloor resurrected Triumph Motorcycles.


    bass said,         
    November 9 2008

    Sorry to bother everyone. My name is jeff eagar (www.whichwayto.tv) and I am trying to get my royal Enfield (1968) that I bought in India and shipped to tokyo registered here in japan. It is a tough job!
    Amongst a huge list of things, they also want the words ‘Royal Enfield’ written out somewhere in Hindi! Do you have any letterhead, or know of any websites where the words ‘Royal Enfield’ are written in hindi?

    Thanks
    JEFF


    Rahul Veer said,         
    December 18 2008

    Hi Jeff,

    I can help you with scripting “Royal Enfield” in Hindi. Just let me know if you still need it.

    Regards,
    Rahul


    mercendarian said,         
    December 8 2010

    Egli ENFIELD, YES! –$40K USD?–Nein! An Absurd price, as I could do one that looks similar for 10-15K, new/used. Fritz would do some “for fun”, but he doesn’t want to do too many, imo, because he’d rather sell Egli-vincents & Egli-Hogs (Harleys)–equally AWESOME bikes, and probably more profitable. Egli IS a GENIUS, however, and he could probably make a dog turd look “good”, AND some fool would buy it, at a “fair”(high) price! The Royal-Enfield Twins were oil-tight and competant at the last, so with a 60-degree crank and better bearings, lighter metal (aluminum head), WITH isolastics, (for those of us who can’t abide “vertical-twin vibes (–at speed-plus))”. Indian Enfield could give Triumph a run for its pounds/euros. The bullet-based Carberry & Musket-twins are good, too.


    Glenpar said,         
    August 21 2011

    You’ve gotta’ like the frame and forks and wheels, but instead of overboring and fiddling with valve timing, why not just supercharge it.
    I’ve often thought that with the RE’s mild timing, it would be a natural for a supercharger.


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