MK1 Interceptor 1963/4
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Technical Spec
Engine: 736cc Royal Enfield Four Stroke 71 x 93mm Bore and Stroke
Carburettor: Two Amal monoblocs
Electrics: Lucas 6 volt Magneto (Standard) / 12 volt Rectifier
Suspension: Front, Telescopic Hydraulic Damping Forks, Rear Pivoted Hydraulic Damping Forks
Hubs: Front, Full Width Light Alloy, Rear, Quickly Detachable

New Features for the 1965 TT Interceptor:
Magneto with Automatic advance and Retard
Seperate Alloy Cylinder Heads
Two Fuel Taps
Easy Release Clutch with 20% More lining Area
Highly Polished Alloy Fork Crown, Mounting Tachometer and Speedo
New Styled Dual Seat
New Headlight Mountings.
"Only Royal Enfield has Automatic NEUTRAL FINDER-Cuts shifting by 50%"
 
TT Interceptor Distributors
Cooper motors, LA
Joe Schotthoefer, Michigan
Shillingford & Son, Philadelphia
Sam Avellino, Massachusetts
Customer's Bikes

The Barber Museum Interceptor

Cristoph Lorenz's MK1

George Semar's Interceptor in Tennessee

 

 TT Interceptor, "Cycle World" Road Test at 120.5MPH

Royal Enfield Records
Ron O'Brien - 1964 Interceptor, 107.13MPH, 1/4 mile Drags, E.T. 12.57 Fontana
Del Shoemaker - 700cc - No Streamlining, 136.5MPH, 1/4 mile Drags E.T. 10.65, Fontana
Jimmie Enz - 700cc - No Streamlining 153MPH At Bonneville 
"Watch Out On the M5! Two 750 Royal Enfield Interceptor Airflow Machines Are To Be Put On The Motorway Beat By Worcestershire Police"


 Worcestershire Police Taking their New MKI's, 2nd May 1963
The Bike on the Right has been owned by BBB since 1979


Phil Sampford's MK1 fitted with a Watsonian Palma Sidecar outside John O'Groats in 1984. The bike has travelled to every county in Britain!

MK1 Interceptors in Our Register
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Frame# Engine# Year GBox# Location   Comments
11085 YA-15021     Alameda. New Mexico USA Original tin, seat, rebuilt? motor
10911 YA-15083   AGD 210 OKLA. CITY USA Rigid, H.D. FRT. END, H.D. Disc Brks.
  YA-15208   ACH 252 Washington DC USA Set of Engine cases
  YA-15212 1962/3   Langley, BC Canada Cases, cams and gearbox only
70553 YA-15214 1962 AGZ 1845 Melbourne Australia Unrestored
  YA-15217 1963   Denver, CO USA  
6162 YA-15271 1963   Clevedon England Twin Carb
11232 YA-15272 1963   Ashby De La Zouch England Ex-Police Model, In need of Restoration
11254 YA-15294 1963 AGD865 Cambridgeshire England Ridden to every County in Britain as a combination
  YA-15295 1963   Ashby de la Zouch England Bought New From Wilemans, In need of Restoration
  YA-15300 1963   South Carolina USA Half crankcase only
11754 YA-15305 1963   South Carolina USA Up and running feebly since 1980
  YA-15308 1963   New South Wales Australia  
  YA-15311 1963 AGS614 Pennsylvania USA twin carb engine/trans only. trans numbered to engine
11779 YA-15329 1963   San Ramon, California USA Very stock, owned since 1973, 17K miles, original Shores
  YA-15348 1963 AGT208 PA USA Complete motor and trans in 'bobber' frame,frame re-numbered to match motor
11808 YB-15379 1963 AGT459 Springfield, Illinois USA Rebuilt at 4000 miles, Runs Fine
  YA-15402     Dallas, TX USA This bike seems to be a mix of years but I believe its a 1963 or 1964
  YA-15429     Essex England Engine Only
  YB-15463     Ashby de la Zouch England Engine Only, Machined Cylinders and Triumph Pistons
11295 YB-15465 1963   Somerset England Off the road for 3 years but back for next Manx GP!
  YB-15570 1963   New South Wales Australia  
11981 YB-15581 1964   Ilmington England Despatched to USA 31/01/1964, Re-imported to Shores 2005.
Blaze red, recently restored.
11318 YB-15598 1965
 		 Chicago USA Arguably the most underrated British motorcycle of the period
  YB-15609 1964   New South Wales Australia  
9958 YB-15620 1964 AGV 702 Melbourne Australia Unrestored...Frame 9958 to replace frame 62956....this frame has been cut and chopperized
11321 YB-15641 1964   Paris France Worst bike ever designed ! Looks good though.
10163 YB-15707 1964 AGX615 Derbyshire England Restored by BBB over 30 years ago. Mk2 chassis.
11342 YB-15723 1964 AGX951 Somerset England Boyer ignition, new concentric carbs
  YB-15774 1964 AGZ3253 Torquay England Being rebuilt at the moment
11369 YB-15826 1964 AGY469 Kent England Owned for 15 Years, Purchased Privately in Robertsbridge
62717 YB-15864 1964 AGZ82 Tisbury,Mass. USA  
62737 YB-15905 1964 AGZ515 Crediton Devon England Awaiting restoration
11382 YB-15917 1963 AGZ500 Torquay England Purchased in 1978. restored 1988 and has been on the road
ever since covering 40000 miles, now only used in summertime
62825 YB-15981 1964   Calgary Alberta Canada Nearing completion by Spring 08
62884 YB-16058 1965   Birmingham, Alabama USA Pictured Above. Now in the Barber Museum.
11421 YB-16063     Ashby de la Zouch England In Need of Restoration
62904 YB-16076 1965 AGZ1515 Cornwall England Original, currently being re-commissioned.
  YB-16112 1965   Derby England US Import
  YB-16113 1965 AGZ1488 Washington DC USA  
62926 YB-16123 1965   New York USA Last registered California 1984 Minor wreck Just purchase April 2008 after 25 years barn storage
63009 YB-16124 1965 Jan AGH401 Wiltshire England Currently a basket case undergoing full restoration. Many parts needed.
62946 YB-16159 1965 AGZ1552 Plantation/Florida USA Owned since 1972 restoring now
63011 YB-16191 1965 AGZ1443 W-S, NC USA Crusty but totally original condition.
63022 YB-16216 1965   South Carolina USA Single carb, not restored yet.
63037 YB-16231 1965 AGZ1640