Description
Enfield RE125 Flying Flea
3 speed hand change .
Beautifully restored several years ago, everything works just needs some use
A 125cc version of DKW's advanced two-stroke lightweight - the 98cc RT – Royal Enfield's smallest model first appeared in 1939. Known as the 'Flying Flea', it was supplied to the British Army in large numbers during WW2, and when hostilities ended re-emerged in civilian guise as the RE. The unit-construction engine incorporated a three-speed, hand-change gearbox, and this ensemble was installed in a rigid frame fitted with rubber-suspended girder front fork. A banana-shaped exhaust header pipe for 1948 and a telescopic front fork for 1950 were the only changes of significance before the RE was extensively revamped for 1951 with a new, much improved engine and loop-type, full cradle frame. In this form the RE2, as it had become known, ran on into 1953 before being dropped, although the 148cc 'Ensign' version continued.
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