In Photos: Four electric Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycles from around the world

It wasn't long ago when electric motorcycles were a very niche product we didn't hear about very often. But now you can not count the number of electric motorcycles available around the world on your fingertips anymore. While it is mostly startups that offer two-wheeled EVs, mainstream manufacturers like Harley-Davidson and Kawasaki have introduced their own production-spec electric motos. Royal Enfield have also confirmed a number of times that there will be an electric motorcycle in their lineup in the very near future. But custom EV builders have had a go at electric Royal Enfield Bullet in their own way and one of them looks like a near production-ready motorcycle. Take a look.

Hammarhead Volta: Long before vehicle electrification had become a hot subject in the automobile industry across the globe, James Hammarhead built an all-electric motorcycle based on a Royal Enfield Bullet 500 some 10 years ago. The Volta has a BLDC 3-phase permanent magnet brushless motor which delivers 13.4 hp of continuous output and 40 hp peak. Top speed is 120 km/h, with a range of 80 km. (Photo: Peter Henshaw)

The Charging Bullet: A brainchild of Fred Spaven who also rode his creation through the length of Britain, the Charging Bullet uses a donor frame from a Bullet that had spent years on Indian roads. He retrofitted a new electric battery pack and drivetrain, resulting in a power output of 11.4 hp and a range of about 64-80 km in one full charge. Fred Spaven runs an engineering firm that offers conversion kits.

In December 2017, a set of pictures did rounds on the Internet of an all-electric Bullet. The pictures were said to have been taken in Bangkok, Thailand. Not much is known about this electric conversion and whether it was commissioned by Royal Enfield or was it a mod-job by a custom house in Bangkok. The point is though that the idea of an electric Bullet is intriguing to many. (Photo: Rushlane)

Royal Enfield Photon: This is the one we were on about earlier. Converted by Newtown-based Electric Classic Cars who convert classic cars from Porsche, Maserati, etc to electric ones, the Photon was their electric two-wheeler. Royal Enfield were ready to explore the possibilities of a Bullet powered by an electric powertrain and so sent a Bullet as the donor bike to convert. It delivers 15.6 hp and a range of about 128 km, with a top speed of 112 km/h. (Photo: Peter Henshaw)