On Saturday Im receiving an Enfield Mini Bullet. They were made by Enfield India in the 70's. They have a tank with chrome sides & use an enfield version of the 197cc Villiers motor (great motors but quite turtle like by todays standards - does anyone remember them?)
My understanding is that the mini bullets are pretty rare. The enfield encyclopaedia just gives them a brief mention, and even enfield enthusiasts dont always know that they existed.
It was sold by Golding Spares in Khyber Pass in the 70's (Rambler Spares - I used to have a Rambler & I remember Goldings having bikes for sale - I think just as a sideline they sold one or two at a time). Goldings has long gone - they had old ramblers sittin out the back in the long grass - man Auckland has changed!
Anyway Im planning a kind of resto on it but with some improvements/changes to the original (will just keep any orig parts put aside somewhere)
Hoping to have a photo soon so will post when I have it.

Found this pic on the interwebular, it's this model

from wiki.....

Motorcycle with a enlarged 200cc Crusader engine. It was a favorite amongst racing enthusiasts in India.

I can ask some of my guys in India if you need to find any spares. It looks more like a Suzuki than a Villiers motor though. There's thousands of old Villiers motors in the UK. They were used in a lot of different bikes.

just got the pics now

it has a Villiers piston in it. yeah i think Enfield India put different engine cases etc
hey if you find anyone from India that knows anything about spares or anything else about them that'd be great. It goes well so that's a start. It's coming from my sister who found that not even Enfield agents knew anything about them, and they said they couldn't get spares. Enfield India dont supply anything for them either.
Im thinkin to change the rear guard, exhaust, seat, taillight, maybe bars, & do a resto on other stuff on there. Along those lines. I think the tank sides have survived pretty well so that's a bonus.
Have to go finish the kitchen renovation first...

One of the guys working for me is going back to Dehli in a couple of weeks so I'll get him to check it out.

got it here today. this is what it looks like. I feel it needs at least a change of seat & rear guard for a start, so i did a mockup. but im gonna get the vinning done first before I customize.
i think it needs like one of those old honda rear guards(cub?) & a scalloped or british looking seat. peashooter exhaust. straight bars. etc.

Brit cafe racer seat with a hump and a jap front guard cut down and put on the back with a small tail light.

I can hook you up with a guy that sells tail lights, But he's pretty expensive.

hey Jon y'know those old vincent tail lights & lucas mt211 tail lights, i'd like to put on one of those, im thinking to see if anyone does a repro numberplate/tail light bracket like what was on those old bikes. anyone know? not sure where to start lookin for seat either? any ideas welcome

hey also...anyone know much about options for mufflers when it's a single cylinder two stroke? apparently the muffler on there is a kind of expansion chamber & is quite important to maintaining power. I was gonna put a peashooter on there. Did the villiers ones have to have a certain type of muffler?