The Royal Enfield Fury is a British

motorcycle A motorcycle (motorbike, bike, or trike (if three-wheeled)) is a two or three-wheeled motor vehicle steered by a handlebar. Motorcycle design varies greatly to suit a range of different purposes: long-distance travel, commuting, cruising ...

made by

Royal Enfield Royal Enfield was a brand name under which The Enfield Cycle Company Limited of Redditch, Worcestershire sold motorcycles, bicycles, lawnmowers and stationary engines which they had manufactured. Enfield Cycle Company also used the brand name "E ...

at their factory in

Redditch Redditch is a town, and local government district, in north-east Worcestershire, England, approximately south of Birmingham. The district has a population of 85,000 as of 2019. In the 19th century, it became the international centre for the ...

. The ''Fury'' name has also been used by

Royal Enfield Motors Royal Enfield is an Indian multinational motorcycle manufacturing company headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The Royal Enfield brand, including its original English heritage, is the oldest global motorcycle brand in continuous product ...

in India for a 175 cc motorcycle and for a new 499 cc single in their range for 2011.

Development

Launched in 1959, the 499 cc ''Fury'' was planned for the US export market to compete against the

BSA Gold Star The BSA Gold Star is a motorcycle made by BSA from 1938 to 1963. They were 350 cc and 500 cc single-cylinder four-stroke production motorcycles known for being among the fastest bikes of the 1950s. Being hand built and with many opt ...

and

Velocette Venom The Velocette Venom was a 499 cc single-cylinder four-stroke British motorcycle made by Velocette at Hall Green in Birmingham. A total of 5,721 machines were produced between 1955 and 1970. In 1961 a factory-prepared faired Velocette Veno ...

. Developed from the

Royal Enfield Bullet The Royal Enfield Bullet was originally an overhead-valve single-cylinder four-stroke motorcycle made by Royal Enfield in Redditch, Worcestershire, now produced by Royal Enfield (India) at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, a company originally founded by ...

and sharing many of the cycle parts, the Fury had an

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barrel with

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liner and a high compression piston. The engine was specially tuned to increase the Bullet's to . Intended for serious off-road and competition use, the Fury was supplied with optional lights, mounting an optional rev counter, an rear wheel and a front wheel. Only 191 Furies were made between 1959 and 1963, when production ended.

Enfield Fury 175

The 'Fury' name was revived by Enfield India for a licensed copy of the German

Zündapp Zündapp (a.k.a. Zuendapp) was a major German motorcycle manufacturer founded in 1917 in Nuremberg by Fritz Neumeyer, together with the Friedrich Krupp AG and the machine tool manufacturer Thiel under the name "Zünder- und Apparatebau G.m.b.H." ...

KS175. Royal Enfield (India) assembled the 163 cc Fury from parts imported from Germany when Zündapp Motorcycles ceased production and closed their factories in 1984. It had five-speed gearbox, a hydraulic Brembo disc brake and a sleeveless hard chromed cylinder barrel, all were a first on a motorcycle in that country.

2011 Royal Enfield Fury

The Royal Enfield Fury name has been used again for a new 499 cc single-cylinder model by Royal Enfield India and forms part of their range for 2011. The new Fury has fuel injection and is the first Royal Enfield motorcycle in 40 years with twin exhaust pipes. The new Fury is supplied with a chrome headlight and digital instruments, with a fibreglass single seat unit incorporating a rear light. With maximum power of at 5250 rpm, however, the new Fury has more in common with the modern

Royal Enfield Electra The Royal Enfield Bullet was originally an overhead-valve single-cylinder four-stroke motorcycle made by Royal Enfield in Redditch, Worcestershire, now produced by Royal Enfield (India) at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, a company originally founded by ...

than the original Fury of 1959.

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Development

Enfield Fury 175

2011 Royal Enfield Fury

References

See also