LOT 509

1925 Royal Enfield 2¼hp Registration no. BF 4131 Frame no. 15211 Engine no. 14537

Sold for £4,370 inc. premium

Lot 509

1925 Royal Enfield 2¼hp

The Spring Stafford Sale - The International Classic MotorCycle Show|22 April 2023, 11:00 BST|Stafford, Staffordshire County Showground

1925 Royal Enfield 2¼hp
Registration no. BF 4131
Frame no. 15211
Engine no. 14537

Like many other British motorcycle manufacturers, Royal Enfield's origins were in the bicycle trade. The Redditch company built its first powered vehicles - De Dion-engined tricycles and quadricycles - in the closing years of the 19th Century and its first motorcycle around 1900. By 1904 the firm was concentrating on car production, resuming motorcycle manufacture in 1910 with a v-twin Motosacoche-powered lightweight. Enfield's first two-stroke - the 2¼hp with 225cc single-cylinder engine and two-speed gear - appeared in 1914. The model resumed production at the war's end and continued into the mid-1920s.

Believed restored circa 2010 and purchased by our vendor from the Home Farm Collection in 2017, this delightful Royal Enfield lightweight has been on static display as part of the owner's private collection for the last few years and will require usual safety checks before returning the road. Accompanying paperwork includes old MoTs, copy parts list, older bill of sale, and a V5C document. Key not required.

Footnotes

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Saleroom notices

The engine number is believed to be a non-factory restamp.

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