Royal Enfield is an Indian motorcycle manufacturing company with factories in Chennai, India. Originally a British motorcycle company, Royal Enfield and indigenous Madras Motors, it is now a subsidiary of Eicher Motors Limited, an Indian automaker.[4] The company makes the Royal Enfield Bullet, and other single-cylinder motorcycles. Established in 1893, Royal Enfield is among the oldest motorcycle companies.The Indian government looked for a suitable motorcycle for its police and army, for patrolling the country’s border. The Royal Enfield Bullet was chosen as the most suitable bike for the job. The Indian government ordered 800 350 cc model Bullets In 1955, theRedditch company partnered with Madras Motors in India to form’Enfield India’ to assemble, under licence, the 350 cc Royal Enfield Bulletmotorcycle in Madras(now called Chennai). he tooling was sold to Enfield India so that they could manufacture components. By 1962, all components were made in India. The Indian Enfield uses the 1960 engine(with metric bearing sizes), Royal Enfield still makes an essentially similar bike in 350 cc and 500 cc forms today, along with several different models for different market segments. Royal Enfield was a brand of the Enfield Cycle Company, a British manufacturing firm. It started in India for the Indian Army 350 cc bikes were imported in kits from the UK and assembled in Chennai. After a few years, the company started producing the 500 cc Bullet.In 1990, Royal Enfield collaborated with the Eicher Group, an automotive company in India, and merged with it in 1994 Apart from bikes, Eicher Group is involved in the production and sales of tractors, commercial vehicles, and automotive gears. Although Royal Enfield experienced difficulties in the 1990s, and ceased motorcycle production at their Jaipur factory in 2002, by 2013 the company opened a new primary factory in the Chennai suburb of Oragadam on the strength of increased demand for its motorcycles. The original factory atTiruvottiyur became secondary, and continues to produce engines and some motorcycle models. In 2014 Royal Enfield appointedPierre Terblanche as the head of new product design.In January 2015, the company announced the appointment of Rudratej ‘Rudy’ Singh as President of Royal Enfield. Singh was previously a Vice President of Unilever in Singapore. Royal Enfield announced its first takeover of another company in May, 2015 with the purchase of a UK motorcycle design and manufacturing firm, Harris Performance Products, that had previously developed the chassis of the Royal Enfield Continental GT Cafe Racer.Royal Enfield currently sells motorcycles in more than 50 countries. Royal Enfield surpassed Harley-Davidson in global sales in 2015 and received an informal stamp of approval from US President Barack Obama as the guest of honor at the 2015 Delhi Republic Day parade. "I saw the Republic Day daredevils on Royal Enfield motorcycles, Obama said, adding that "the secret service doesn’t let me ride motorcycles, especially not on my head. He again acknowledged the Border Security Force riders later in the day, saying "I would, by the way, not drive a motorcycle after watching those incredible acrobats.In August 2015, Royal Enfield Motors announced it is establishing its North American headquarters and a dealership in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with the intention to offer three bikes, the Bullet 500, Classic 500 and Continental GT 535 Cafe Racer as they feel this engine size represents an underserved market. The dealership will be Royal Enfield’s first company-owned store in the U.S., according to Rod Copes, president of Royal Enfield North America. The company wants to establish about 100 dealerships in American cities starting with Milwaukee.