A distance of over 15,000 miles from Manchester, UK, to Cape Town, South Africa, via Nordkapp, Norway. A challenge for most vehicles, but for an antiquated 1952 classic British motorcycle...?Royal Enfield Books publisher Gordon May is about to embark on his longest ride to date: "UK to South Africa via Nordkapp, Norway", on a Royal Enfield 500cc Twin, first registered in Scotland in 1952, a model which he describes as "the smoothest parallel twin of its era... a simple 1950's British push-rod twin that's happy to cruise all day long at 50mph". See: http://www.nordkapptocapetown.com/ Publications by Gordon G. May:
The Bullet-In Magazine 2001 - 2003 Made In India 2002 Made In Redditch 2003 Royal Enfield - By Miles The Best 2004 Royal Enfield - The Legend Rides On 2005 Overland To India 2008 Overland To Egypt 2012 Overland To Vietnam 2015 The UK Launch of the new RE Bullet Trials Model will take place in Redditch on Saturday 1st June. The Mid-Shires REOC Branch is meeting for breakfast at Hatton Locks Cafe near Warwick at 8.30am, and welcomes other RE riders for the 15 mile burble through leafy Warwickshire to attend this special event. The grandfather of the owner of the cafe was a former RE Redditch works Manager, and lifelong friend of Ivor Mutton, so you are assured a warm welcome if you arrive on an Enfield ! See: https://www.haywards.co.uk/bullet-trials-500.html 1959 Ariel Square Four Mk II, 1000cc, fully restored inside and out. £15,250 Regularly ridden - probably one of the best in the UK.
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