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The Oldest Motor Bike.
Royal Enfield motorcycles have remained in continuous production for over a century. Enfield Cycle Co. Ltd. was founded in Redditch, Worcestershire in 1893 and released their first motor bicycle in 1901. The company produced motorcycles for the British armed forces during WWI, but the company's most famous innovation was the single cylinder 4-stroke "Bullet" introduced in 1932.
Following military production throughout WWII, the company produced a series of extremely popular 350cc and 500cc Bullets. The Indian government selected the Bullet 350 for military and police use in 1955, and Royal Enfield Motors Ltd. (India) was formed to manufacture the Bullet domestically. Ultimately, British Royal Enfield was unable to compete with the onslaught of Japanese models that flooded the market in the late 1960s. The company closed its doors in 1970, but production continued in India.
Updated versions of the Bullet 350 & 500 are still produced and exported to a number of countries around the world, including the USA and Great Britain. The current product line ranges from the classic Bullet 350 with a single cylinder air-cooled OHV engine and 4-speed transmission capable of a maximum speed of 100 km/h (62 mph) up to the Bullet Machismo 500 with 5-speed transmission and a 499cc air-cooled single cylinder engine capable of hitting 130 km/h (80 mph).
The US and UK distributors offer a number of Bullet 500 variants with electric start and "lean-burn" engines. US prices range from $4995 to $5295.
Enfield Motorcycles (USA)
Royal Enfield (UK)
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Royal Enfield motorcycles have remained in continuous production for over a century. Enfield Cycle Co. Ltd. was founded in Redditch, Worcestershire in 1893 and released their first motor bicycle in 1901. The company produced motorcycles for the British armed forces during WWI, but the company's most famous innovation was the single cylinder 4-stroke "Bullet" introduced in 1932.
Following military production throughout WWII, the company produced a series of extremely popular 350cc and 500cc Bullets. The Indian government selected the Bullet 350 for military and police use in 1955, and Royal Enfield Motors Ltd. (India) was formed to manufacture the Bullet domestically. Ultimately, British Royal Enfield was unable to compete with the onslaught of Japanese models that flooded the market in the late 1960s. The company closed its doors in 1970, but production continued in India.
Updated versions of the Bullet 350 & 500 are still produced and exported to a number of countries around the world, including the USA and Great Britain. The current product line ranges from the classic Bullet 350 with a single cylinder air-cooled OHV engine and 4-speed transmission capable of a maximum speed of 100 km/h (62 mph) up to the Bullet Machismo 500 with 5-speed transmission and a 499cc air-cooled single cylinder engine capable of hitting 130 km/h (80 mph).
The US and UK distributors offer a number of Bullet 500 variants with electric start and "lean-burn" engines. US prices range from $4995 to $5295.
Enfield Motorcycles (USA)
Royal Enfield (UK)
Kamathinam Rep+ Ekak Deela Yanna.
The Oldest car
According to CNNMoney.com, a steam-powered car, appraised as the world's oldest car, is set to be auctioned off to one lucky bidder this year in August in Pebble Beach, California. And guess what? It still runs!
The car, built in France in 1884, was made a year before German auto makers Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz started building and experimenting with gasoline-powered automobiles. Henry Ford didn't even build his first automobile until 12 year after this steam-powered car was built, reported CNNMoney.com.
The car is known as a De Dion-Bouton et Trepardoux, although it is nicknamed La Marquise. It was first built for the founder of the company, French Count De Dion. Suprisingly, the car has only had two other owners since the French Count. The auction house, Gooding & Company, is handling the auction of the car.
According to CNNMoney.com, a steam-powered car, appraised as the world's oldest car, is set to be auctioned off to one lucky bidder this year in August in Pebble Beach, California. And guess what? It still runs!
The car, built in France in 1884, was made a year before German auto makers Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz started building and experimenting with gasoline-powered automobiles. Henry Ford didn't even build his first automobile until 12 year after this steam-powered car was built, reported CNNMoney.com.
The car is known as a De Dion-Bouton et Trepardoux, although it is nicknamed La Marquise. It was first built for the founder of the company, French Count De Dion. Suprisingly, the car has only had two other owners since the French Count. The auction house, Gooding & Company, is handling the auction of the car.
ames Owen in Stockholm, Sweden
for National Geographic News
April 14, 2008
The world's oldest known living tree, a conifer that first took root at the end of the last Ice Age, has been discovered in Sweden, researchers say.
The visible portion of the 13-foot-tall (4-meter-tall) "Christmas tree" isn't ancient, but its root system has been growing for 9,550 years, according to a team led by Leif Kullman, professor at Umeå University's department of ecology and environmental science in Sweden.
Discovered in 2004, the lone Norway spruce—of the species traditionally used to decorate European homes during Christmas—represents the planet's longest-lived identified plant, Kullman said.
The researchers found the shrubby mountain survivor at an altitude of 2,985 feet (910 meters) in Dalarna Province.
The tree's incredible longevity is largely due to its ability to clone itself, Kullman said.
The spruce's stems or trunks have a lifespan of around 600 years, "but as soon as a stem dies, a new one emerges from the same root stock," Kullman explained. "So the tree has a very long life expectancy."
Radiocarbon Dating
Bristlecone pines in the western United States are generally recognized as the world's oldest continuously standing trees.
The most ancient recorded, from California's White Mountains, is dated to around 5,000 years ago.
Bristlecone pines are aged by counting tree rings, which form annually within their trunks.
But in the case of the Norway spruce, ancient remnants of its roots were radiocarbon dated.
The study team also identified other ancient spruces in Sweden that were between 5,000 and 6,000 years old.
for National Geographic News
April 14, 2008
The world's oldest known living tree, a conifer that first took root at the end of the last Ice Age, has been discovered in Sweden, researchers say.
The visible portion of the 13-foot-tall (4-meter-tall) "Christmas tree" isn't ancient, but its root system has been growing for 9,550 years, according to a team led by Leif Kullman, professor at Umeå University's department of ecology and environmental science in Sweden.
Discovered in 2004, the lone Norway spruce—of the species traditionally used to decorate European homes during Christmas—represents the planet's longest-lived identified plant, Kullman said.
The researchers found the shrubby mountain survivor at an altitude of 2,985 feet (910 meters) in Dalarna Province.
The tree's incredible longevity is largely due to its ability to clone itself, Kullman said.
The spruce's stems or trunks have a lifespan of around 600 years, "but as soon as a stem dies, a new one emerges from the same root stock," Kullman explained. "So the tree has a very long life expectancy."
Radiocarbon Dating
Bristlecone pines in the western United States are generally recognized as the world's oldest continuously standing trees.
The most ancient recorded, from California's White Mountains, is dated to around 5,000 years ago.
Bristlecone pines are aged by counting tree rings, which form annually within their trunks.
But in the case of the Norway spruce, ancient remnants of its roots were radiocarbon dated.
The study team also identified other ancient spruces in Sweden that were between 5,000 and 6,000 years old.
