[ScooterBob]

Is there any chance these new engines will be V-twins, and not parallel twins? 

The world is already polluted with Vee-Twin junque - and although Royal Enfield DID make a Vee-Twin early on - they quickly learned that only unshaven, unsavory characters liked them - so they invented the parallel twin so that neat and proper fellows could enjoy them ....... 

[GreenMachine]

scooterbob: so in other words you would look better on a v twin but the parallel twin would sell better.. ;heeeeeeee

[Ice]

do u guys think that the existing bullet frame could safely accommodate the HP generated by a 700cc twin for street use...I 've have the 500 cc up to to maybe 68 mph downhill and it was getting pretty wild ...What do u think they could do to condition the frame and front end different forks, belt drive, wider tires, a little more weight of metal in the manufacturing???   Keep it the same and basically have it essentially a plug n play type of process???

 With a few tweaks here and there I think so.

 Aniket Verdhan's Musket V-Twin Bullet does fine with the frame only being stretched a tad to accommodate his engine.

 Br. GreenMachine if your experiencing instability at 68 MPH that is not normal for the Bullet.
 For greater insight on the subject please search the threads for gashouse gorillas findings and how he cured it in his Bullet.

[ScooterBob]

scooterbob: so in other words you would look better on a v twin but the parallel twin would sell better.. ;heeeeeeee

I'll have you know that Rick Fairless and I often get mistaken for each other ....... 

[CCTXCN]

I would like a 750-800 parallel twin and a 1000 twin! I'll keep my AVL until the twin comes out!

[ace.cafe]

I like both parallel twin and vee-twin.
Wouldn't matter much to me.
I think parallel would be easier for them to do.

In the old days, the singles and the twins both had basically the same frame.
I think they could do that today too.

As for the high speed stability, I don't see any problem there.
The old Bullet can be nice and stable at 100mph(with a modified engine, of course).

I see absolutely no reason why they couldn't do this pretty easily, and in an affordable way.
If they were to do this parallel twin, I would recommend that they style it like the Interceptor Series 2. It would be another type of "retro bike" that could fit the heritage, and I would rather see Interceptor styling than the older 50s Meteor styling.
Broaden the appeal, so there is a 50s look with the C5 single, and a late 60s look with the twin. IMHO.
But if they wanted to do it the least expensive way possible, they could just use almost all of the same frame and bodywork as the C5. That would make the fewest number of extra parts to build, and allow them to keep the price as low as possible, because of using existing production parts as much as possible.

[single]

I would be thrilled by whatever configuration they used.But I would not be able to actually but one.Unless I owned a property by then and could refinance.Hmmmmm........

[olhogrider]

The reason Harley went V-twin is it was the cheapest way to increase the engine size. Same case/crank, same frame. Most Americans think of British twins as  parallel but they forget the Vincent. Kawasaki flopped miserably with the w650 but now they  are bringing it back as an 800. I see  the real competition for an RE twin in the Triumphs. A 1000cc twin could shake them up but it would have to perform better.   

[r80rt]

Yeah there have been tons of British V twins, Royal Enfield,  BSA, AJS, JAP, Rudge-Whitworth, Hesketh, Ariel, Brough Superior, Norton, Coventry eagle were just a few to build them.

[RAKe]

Just read this thread--so RE is (was) considering a 700cc twin for the American market.  I think such a move would be costly to the company, trying to compete with the classic line of Triumph Bonnevilles, which have dominated that class of bikes since their re-introduction.  I think RE would be better off sticking with their existing niche product.  But who am I to say?
 

[t120rbullet]

Just read this thread--so RE is (was) considering a 700cc twin for the American market.  I think such a move would be costly to the company, trying to compete with the classic line of Triumph Bonnevilles, which have dominated that class of bikes since their re-introduction.  I think RE would be better off sticking with their existing niche product.  But who am I to say?
 

That's kinda how I feel about it.
There's enough "wishtheywereharleys" out there.
There's enough "wishtheyweretriumphs" out there.

REM should stick to what they know best and work on getting it 100% right.

                     

[GlennF]

Vincent Black Shadow inspired 1000cc Carberry Enfields are now in production for those with a V fetish, though registration may be an interesting issue in some localities (stock bullet frame modified engine) ...

http://www.carberryenfield.com.au/FAQ.html




personally I would love Enfield to follow the OTHER great British classic design and bring out a variant of the Ariel Square Four but that is pretty unlikely ...