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Outside Magazine, September 2008

The Future Issue
It’s the Journey
Look good (and have more fun) along the way

Royal Enfield Motorcycle | Sony HDR-TG1 Handycam | Neonode N2 Phone | Sigma DP1 Camera | TAG Heuer Night Vision Sunglasses

Royal Enfield 500cc Bullet Deluxe Motorcycle
(Mark Wiens)
BULLETPROOF BIKE Ever since 1955, when Royal Enfield opened its Chennai, India, factory, the rugged, easy-to-repair Bullet has been the go-to Himalayan touring motorcycle. (In 1997, after adventurer Renata Chlumska summited Tibet's 26,289-foot Shishapangma, she rode her 500cc 1963 model 6,200 miles back home to Sweden.) But the last time Royal Enfield updated a bike was in '55, which is why the arrival of the 500cc Bullet Deluxe, only a few hundred of which are available in the States, is reason to bust out the champagne and leather. In 2006, emission laws required the 107-year-old company to either stop production or revamp the powerhouse, which it did, switching to a more efficient, 80-mpg AVL Lean Burn engine—and leaving the rest as it's always been. $5,000; royalenfield.com

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