Royal Enfield Tour of Rajasthan 2015 Flags Off From Jaipur

Royal Enfield has started the fifth edition of Tour of Rajasthan with close to 30 riders participating in the event. Tour of Rajasthan 2015 flagged off from Jaipur on December 12, the riders will cover 2,100 kilometers in nine days and will finally end the trip in Jaipur, the state capital, on December 20. The first day of the trip was for briefing riders about the journey. The tour eventually started today, i.e., on December 13 and the riders started their journey from Jaipur to Mahansar. After this, they will ride through Bikaner, Jamba, Sam, Barmer, Mount Abu and Pushkar. One special thing about the Tour of Rajasthan 2015 is that the riders are allowed to bring pillion along with them.

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Recently, due to floods in Chennai, Royal Enfield lost production of 11,200 units. Its two plants in Thiruvottiyur and Oragadam were down for a week since December 1. Regarding this situation, Eicher Motors stated, "Due to heavy rains and flooding in Chennai, both of Royal Enfield's production facilities in Thiruvottiyur and Oragadam were shut since December 1, 2015. The company resumed production of motorcycles on December 7, 2015. However, due to a high rate of absenteeism by the company's employees and issues with our local suppliers, the company will be running at approximately 50 percent capacity this week, and plans to be back up to 100 percent capacity by next week."

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