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Electric Enfield does Le Jog

An electric Royal Enfield Bullet has been ridden from Land’s End to John o’ Groats –that’s around 1400 miles – on about 30 quid’s worth of electricity. “I wanted to test the concept and see what the bike would do,” said Fred Spaven, Cambridge engineering graduate and classic bike restorer who converted the 1961 Bullet to battery power earlier this year. “I know everyone is concerned about range, and the

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