The Bullet Factory

The Bullet Factory The Bullet Factory (aka TBF) specialises in customisation, repaints and servicing Royal Enfield bikes with care and dedication.
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If you own an Enfield, you should consider calling us at 89399-72020. The Bullet Factory is a full-service Rebuilt and Service center in Chennai. It is dedicated to all Royal Enfield fans who love and care for their bikes. Swing by sometime, talk to our mechanics and look at the impeccable bikes that roll out. Whether it's an old Royal Enfield Bullet, or a new Thunderbird 500, you can get everything done right here.

Today we visited the Royal Enfield Clubhouse on the East Coast Road, Chennai, to meet with Mr. Praveen Prakash & the Clu...
19/07/2026

Today we visited the Royal Enfield Clubhouse on the East Coast Road, Chennai, to meet with Mr. Praveen Prakash & the Clubhouse team. This is an amazing place which we may frequent!

Here we met Mr Gordon May, Royal Enfield Historian, Adventure Motorcycle enthusiast and writer. He had ridden in from Pondicherry a short while before we left.

The absolute highlight was when he kick started our 1973 Bullet 350 with his first kick!!!

An Authority as far as Royal Enfield is concerned, Mr Gordon May is a fearless adventure rider with many international rides behind him. We also had the honour of meeting him at the launch of the all new Bullet 350 in September 2023.

We spent a short while with him when he engaged with us in some very meaningful conversation. Thank you Sir and more power to you!



One 500 CC Cast Iron comin' up!Surely not a run-o-the-mill one. INCLUDES: (1) Thunderbird DD front suspension (2) Alloy...
17/07/2026

One 500 CC Cast Iron comin' up!

Surely not a run-o-the-mill one. INCLUDES: (1) Thunderbird DD front suspension (2) Alloys (3) Tubeless tyres Front 100/90/19 and rear 120/80/18 (4) Front disc brakes. (5) Interceptor back suspension. (6) Extended back wheel stay. Custom tank, custom seating, custom back stays + the works!!! You're gonna love it Buddies!!! And me too!!!

This motorcycle and another 535 have been in progress for a short while now!!! . . . 5 years or more. All parts and investment was completed at that time. But since we were far behind in customer's deliveries, I could not personally find time to complete this (totally) custom job!

JUNIOR & SANDY!!!These photographs were taken a few years after Junior was completed. A very special motorcycle that nee...
15/07/2026

JUNIOR & SANDY!!!

These photographs were taken a few years after Junior was completed. A very special motorcycle that needs tweeking before being commissioned to the roads!!!

Sandy is our very special pet. As a two week old puppy she walked into our workshop and our lives. Having owned many pedigree dogs over the past 7 decades and more, we know that this one is very special. A most sensitive, loving, obedient, clever and loyal pet!!!

Junior is an early 1974, with a heavy crank and three screw breather hose adapter. It now sports a 5 speed gearbox from 2005 or so, modified to shift gears on the right! The front sprocket is also changed to 18 teeth to compensate for the 15" back wheel.

Photographs by ace Motorcycle and Industrial photographer Susheel ColoursAlive / Fortune Studios.

DISCOVERED THIS LAST WEEK:While reorganizing our workshop space about a week ago, I pulled out this old project complete...
15/07/2026

DISCOVERED THIS LAST WEEK:

While reorganizing our workshop space about a week ago, I pulled out this old project completed about 11 years ago.

'JUNIOR' was a pet project, completed under many constraints! We just cleaned the carburettor / points, put in a charged battery and kicked a couple of times and the motorcycle started!

We water washed it and found the paint to be almost perfectly intact. These images are with only a water wash, with zero restoration work done! This motorcycle has not been ridden because of a couple of design flaws: Riding position too agressive resulting in a lot of body weight falling on my shoulders & loud double silencers.

By overall aesthetic standards, the back wheel 130/90/15 appears small in diameter projecting a camel effect! Your views?

Guess what motorcycle it is and which year's registration!!!

RIDE THIS MORNING Sunday morning ride to the 1,300 year old Monolithic Rock Temples at Mahabalipuram, to check out the r...
12/07/2026

RIDE THIS MORNING

Sunday morning ride to the 1,300 year old Monolithic Rock Temples at Mahabalipuram, to check out the replaced delco (Distributor)

1973 Heavy crank Bullet 350, completely restored and overhauled!

Includes some old photos too! And for those of you who haven't been following us: Sulekha 71 & Sudhakar 73.

RIDING PILLION for most of half a century!Riding pillion is an art bigger than riding the motorcycle itself! Some of the...
08/07/2026

RIDING PILLION for most of half a century!

Riding pillion is an art bigger than riding the motorcycle itself! Some of the challanges faced are:

(1) Balance when the motorcycle is tearing around at top speeds (2) Sitting long distances and hours, staring into the back of the rider's helmet. (3) Being able to do it time after time for 47 years (4) Staying awake for 8 to 12 hours riding time (5) Balance while riding hills and mountains & many more!

Sulekha (71) has done more than 25,000 kms in long rides and multi thousands within the city For 47 years! Always game and ready for the next ride. 'Ready when you are!'

One 500cc Motorcycle cu**in' up shortly!!!I decided to totally repaint the motorcycle which is being made for our long r...
06/07/2026

One 500cc Motorcycle cu**in' up shortly!!!

I decided to totally repaint the motorcycle which is being made for our long rides! Hence I was doing some cleaning work while the engine was downed.

The colour scheme required the timing case cover, the gearbox cover and the clutch outer casing to be painted black. Epoxy base and hardener type PU Matte Black.

After the covers were removed and while cleaning, I discovered that the engine had a G 2 gearbox. This accounted for a very soft and wonderful gear operation overall. Looking forward to some awesome gear changing and noiseless gearbox movement!

Being a 500 cc with a 18 tooth drawing (front) sprocket, I expect speeds in excess of 110 kmph. Nothing great, but will help us to cover longer distances where required.

For information: during the Rajasthan trip we hardly crossed 80 kmph because my heart (and motorcycle) told me not to do so!!! Long story short, we arrived without a breakdown and in two pieces (intact), safe and sound!

Mechanics of Rajasthan.Would you open your Cast Iron engine when you are on a 5,000 kms ride in a strange and unknown la...
03/07/2026

Mechanics of Rajasthan.

Would you open your Cast Iron engine when you are on a 5,000 kms ride in a strange and unknown land?

I complained of noise in the engine. The mechanic in Jaisalmer told me that the piston had a problem. Being almost sure it wasn't the piston, I asked him to go ahead and open the head and barrel.

Mechanic Rakesh Chouhan, owner of a tiny mechanic outfit in Jaisalmer (referred to us by the owner of a G2 Bullet) had good Pneumatic tools, good jigs and tools & a good experience with old cast iron RE motorcycles.

Once the head and the barrel were removed we noted that the piston was smoothly run in and both head and piston / barrel in good condition.

He cleaned & closed the engine without altering settings (including timing.)

Great experience, labour charge of 650, gasket and consumables charge of 350. He refunded a deposit amount of Rs 500, which I passed on to his assistants!

The last frame is a 67 year old mechanic in Kota. I asked him to check the carb. He stripped it, cleaned and re-assembled it in 15 minutes flat. He also re-set the timing (Which I don't normally allow) to my utter satisfaction. This was just before the 2,000 km ride back to Chennai. Charged us ₹350 and absolutely refused to accept anything more.

These are the gentlemen mechanics of Rajasthan whom I take my helmet (hat?) off to!!! Great experience! Jeethe raho Bhaiyon!!!

For us, riding has always been fun and adventure. I have been asked to share some of our experiences about our long dist...
01/07/2026

For us, riding has always been fun and adventure. I have been asked to share some of our experiences about our long distance riding by some folks. Simple answer: Just get on your motorcycle and ride!!! However, I will split my answer into four parts for reading convenience. (1) How we plan the ride. (2) Commencing the day's ride (3) Riding time. (4) Riding speed

(1)Planning the ride:

Planning the ride takes a lot of research, maybe with Google, physical road maps, tabulations etc. We also make a general plan for the ride itself. Like for Rajasthan it was: ship the motorcycle and ourselves by train to Jaipur. Clear the motorcycle and get ready for the 35 day ride (turned out to be 43). Then ride around Rajasthan and back to Chennai: about 5,000 kms.

Once the ride begins, we have a plan for the day with no rigid timings and no fixed time for arriving and no speed targets! It all depends on the road and how we feel and ride for the day. We prefer not to ride after sunset.

We always have a planned destination. We also have a further destination if we arrive early at our planned destination. Say we arrive by 3.30 or 4 pm, we can do another 150 to 200kms before dusk. Always a bit flexible

Like when we were on a 1500 kms trip this year January to Kanyakumari (Nagercoil) and back, we targeted running thru 750 kms in one day if we got lucky.

We were to leave by 5.30 am. True to form, we left only at 7.30 am. Pongal day, 15 of Jan 2026 was also our 47th Wedding Anniversary. Everything was shut down for the festival.

Plan: (1) Nagercoil destination. (750 kms) (2) Stop at Madurai (450 kms) if we were badly delayed enroute. (3) Stop at Thirunelveli (625kms) if we went beyond Madurai early enough but couldn't reach Nagercoil.

We started 2 hours late, crossed Madurai (on the highway bypass) by 2.30 pm. Then stopped 1/2 hour for snacks till about 3 pm and then on to Thirunelveli by 5.30 pm. We could have managed the further 112 kms to Nagercoil but I didn't want to risk riding in the dark and we had only slept a few hours in the past 36 hours or so. Hence we stopped for the night. 625 kms in 10 hours with 5 fuel and snacks stops.

This post covers our planning and our longest single day ride.

March 2026. Kumbalgarh Fort. A part of our 5,200 km ride.Known for its 27 km (?) long fort walls with huge bastions. (70...
28/06/2026

March 2026. Kumbalgarh Fort. A part of our 5,200 km ride.

Known for its 27 km (?) long fort walls with huge bastions. (700 I believe.) We had to ride in early morning as it would get impossibly crowded with all kinds of vehicles once the fort accepted visitors at 8 am. Photo by Wife Sulekha.




Address

7, Vallalar Street, VGP Shanti Nagar, Pallikaranai
Chennai
600100

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 7pm
Tuesday 9am - 7pm
Wednesday 9am - 7pm
Thursday 9am - 7pm
Friday 9am - 7pm
Saturday 9am - 7:30pm

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+918939972020

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