If you read the Indian R E site, the Indians don't make clear distinction between Bullet and AVL type - they seem to consider them all Bullets. There is, however, just as great a following for the older iron lungers and the newer alloy versions."Any Bulllet will do". seems to be the attitude.
I had a good laugh the other day when a police convoy came driving through town with two Chinese bikes in the lead. All the heads of state including New Zealand, Fiji and so forth are here for an annual Forum meeting, and they put on a big show with big SUVs flying flags and all that. The bikes were minuscule versions of the sort police in the U.S. favor, complete with tiny plastic saddle bags, flashing red lights, tiny windshield and all. Later, at the airport, I had a chance to look at one close up and it was exactly like a slightly enlarged toy, the casings were perfect, the engine, a one lunger of perhaps 125 cc. Well, Tongans are said to be the largest race of people in the world, but they managed to find a short thin one for convoy purposes. Otherwise the driver would have hung all over the place.
It took me back to my early days when Japanese bikes were first introduced and the thing at that time, again, was how perfect the castings were and also how quickly they were able to retool for a new model. Next to a Japanese bikes, the British ones seemed pretty crude.
Yes, the Indians could have done a lot worse with the Enfield.