Model worker
As the dark clouds of conflict that hung over Europe dissipated, minds turned to rebuilding and restarting bruised and battered economies. For the time being, the emphasis would have to be on making do and mending, and for motorcycle manufacturers, that meant repurposing military models, and resurrecting pre-Second World War designs.
When Royal Enfield resumed production during 1946, they could only muster a three model line-up of civilian machines – 125cc Model RE two-stroke, the rigid 350cc Model G and 500cc Model J – complemented by factory rebuilds of military C and CO models.
Sporty, technologically advanced and desirable they were not, but what they definitely were was exactly what the nation needed: tough, uncomplicated, dependable and economical transport.
Factories needed workers, and workers needed to get to those factories.
Few things did that more effectively than a 350cc four-stroke
