Enfield 1979 - A GOOD YEAR?!?

**Kathmandu** · #1 29 Feb 2008

Hey,

I'm planing to buy a Enfield Bullet 350cc, model 1979 in Nepal.

Does anybody know if a old bike like this can make all the way from Nepal to Germany in one piece?

Help wanted!

Cheers, Phil
Phil Dera Photography

**Walkabout** · #2 29 Feb 2008

Phil,

The 1955 answer is here:-

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tst...nfieldtravels/

**Simon Kennedy** · #3 29 Feb 2008

Well, that title really made me laugh. Thanks for that.

In the sense that it was a good year for anthrax poison, military invasions, the unibomber, unpleasant female Tory leaders, oil spillages, airplane crashes, hotel fires, and killer tornados. They all did well for themselves.

Meantimes, the Enfield range maintained its standard.

Simon

**palace15** · #4 29 Feb 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Simon Kennedy

Well, that title really made me laugh. Thanks for that.

In the sense that it was a good year for anthrax poison, military invasions, the unibomber, unpleasant female Tory leaders, oil spillages, airplane crashes, hotel fires, and killer tornados. They all did well for themselves.

Meantimes, the Enfield range maintained its standard.
Simon

Simon, your reply really made ME laugh !! Made in India Enfields seem to be much of a muchness regardless of the year of manufacture, An Indian Enfield of any year however, can not be compared to a 1955 one, or any other that was made in England

**mattpope** · #5 29 Feb 2008

This is funny. Basically any old Enfield you buy in India is going to need a lot of spare parts, luck, determination and local mechanics to get you home on.

I had never ridden a bike before arriving in India and deciding I was going to go home to the UK on a 1955 Bullet. I was assured the bike I bought was originally a 1955 model made in the UK which was restored before my very eyes over one week to a reasonably high standard in the Karol Bagh district of Delhi. Really does make me laugh looking back on my naivety.

That said it gave me a fantastic adventure. I got through four pistons on the way home (yes it really was a single cylinder!) and ultimately the gearbox output shaft led to the demise of the bike in northern France.

I would get the bike in Nepal but be aware that you will probably need to get some work done on it before leaving India. Back in 2000 once you crossed the border at Amritsar you had to get all the way to Athens before finding an Enfield dealer!

Good luck!

Matt

**pare.raviraj** · #6 13 Aug 2010

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Originally Posted by mattpope

I had never ridden a bike before arriving in India and deciding I was going to go home to the UK on a 1955 Bullet.

Hello Matt,
Did you manage to take the bike to UK?...how did you dispose of the carnet, if you happen to have used one? The autootive association here in chennai, told me that i need to discharge the carnet only after i get the bike here. I canot pay duty in any country and register the bike in that country.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Pare.