Description
National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
Viewing: 25th March 2025 from 1pm
Auction: 26th March 2025 from 9:00am
c. 1926 Royal Enfield 180
No Reserve
Registration No: Unregistered
Frame No: L 207 14860
MOT: Exempt
Offered from a deceased estate of long term ownership
Perfect project for someone
Fitted with the Vee twin engine
The first Royal Enfield motorcycle was built in 1901 by the Enfield Cycle Company of Redditch having previously manufactured bicycles, lawnmowers and stationary engines. Under various ownership, the name has continued through to the present day making it one of the longest-lasting names in the two-wheeled world. Initially called Enfield, in 1911 they added Royal to the company name and in 1912 the Model 180 sidecar combination was introduced, fitted with a 770cc V-twin JAP engine, and the bike was raced successfully in the Isle of Man TT and at Brooklands. During WW1 they supplied large numbers of motorcycles to the British War Department and also to the Imperial Russian Government. Royal Enfield fitted their own 225cc two-stroke single and 425cc engines in the smaller capacity bikes and JAP engines for bigger bikes but in 1921 they developed their own 976cc V-twin engine. These were marketed together with Enfield’s own range of sidecars and could be ordered from the factory as an outfit with options such as the new state of the art Lucas Magdyno lighting.
Offered from a deceased estate and from long-term ownership, this 1926 Royal Enfield 180 from the inter-war years, presents the perfect project for someone to get back to road and event use. Unfortunately, we don't expect there to be any paperwork with this machine, however, the frame number is visible and we can say the engine number is E5967 on the block and the gearbox number is 70023.
