Blasphemy!
Sense 1948 Royal Enfield, one of the first companies to install tubular front forks in place of the old fashioned springer units has had the axle displaced in front of the fork tubes.
This was the easy way to tell that the motorcycle was a Royal Enfield!
Now, they have joined the rest of the companies and lost a bit of their character in the process.
Just kidding.
That's a good looking bike and I do like the painted front rims.
They are going to get beat up and chipped whenever someone changes a tire but after all, this is a piece of military equipment, meant to do a job, not win a beauty contest.
I know your going to enjoy owning it.