Royal Enfield Bullet 350: Royal Enfield Bullet 350 is not called a ‘ride of pride’ for nothing. There is no dearth of Royal Enfield Bullet 350 lovers in India. No matter what the era, it has had many fans in every era. The two-wheeler manufacturing company has been producing Bullet 350 in India for many years. Although Royal Enfield has made technical changes in it from time to time, even today there is no competition for Bullet 350. You will not believe that even about 40 years ago there was a lot of demand for this motorcycle. The bill of the year 1986 is going viral very fast on social media, which has been issued by a dealer of Bokaro, Jharkhand for his customer.
What was the price of Bullet 350 in 1986?
Today, the price of Royal Enfield Bullet 350 in the ex-showroom of India may be more than Rs 2 lakh, but when you know the price about 37 years ago, you will not be surprised. In the year 1986, the price of Royal Enfield’s Bullet 350 was only Rs 18,700. A bill of this has been posted on the social media platform Instagram by a vintage bike enthusiast. This bill was issued on 23 January 1986 by Sandeep, a dealer of an auto company based in Bokaro, Jharkhand. After looking at this bill it becomes clear that the price of Bullet 350 at that time was Rs 18,700.
This motorcycle was popular by the name of Enfield Bullet in 1986.
The 1986 bill of Royal Enfield Bullet 350, which is considered the pride of ride in the country, has been posted on social media. It was known as Enfield Bullet at that time. At that time, its sound was so heavy that people from about a kilometer away in a deserted area would know that the Enfield Bullet was coming. Mainly Bullet 350 was used by the Indian Army for patrolling the border areas.
In 1984, bullets were available for just Rs 16,000.
After the 1986 bill was posted on Instagram, a user also wrote in his comment that I have the February 1984 model of Enfield Bullet, which was priced at Rs 16,100. Still my partner of over 38 years. Another person commented that nowadays no one gives a discount of even Rs 250 on RE.
Enfield Bullet is popular in India since 1954
Let us tell you that Enfield Bullet has been very popular in India since 1954. The government had purchased 800 bullets from Enfield for the army in 1954. After this, in 1955 and 1956, the government demanded bullets for the army as well as the police. Royal Enfield had to work hard to fulfill the first demand. Due to this, the company decided to set up an assembly unit in India to meet the next demand of the government.
Royal Enfield has been making Bullets in India since 1957.
After increasing demand for Bullet from the government, Enfield, a British manufacturer of vintage motorcycles, started making Bullet components in India in 1957. At the time when all this was happening, Ambassador Jawa was selling well in the country. Despite this the popularity of Bullet did not diminish. Following the bankruptcy of the UK factory, ‘Bullet’ production continued in India and in 1999, Enfield India changed its branding to ‘Royal Enfield’. In 1990, Eicher bought 26 percent stake in Enfield India. The credit for giving a second birth to the old British brand named Enfield goes to Siddharth Lal, who is the owner of tractor manufacturing company Eicher.