A Motorcycle that Changed Motorcycling The history of the Royal Enfield Bullet gleams as bright as its iconic gold pinstripes. The Bullet made its debut in 1932, on the pages of The Motor Cycle magazine. In 1948, it arrived at the Colmore Cup trials with a revolutionary invention that changed motorcycling forever: swinging arm suspension. It went on to win Royal Enfield its first-ever Scottish Six Days Trial in 1952, with the legendary Johnny Brittain as its rider, before going on to conquer the most tumultuous of terrains at trials across Europe.