Classic & Vintage - bike parts

Hello bought a Royal Enfield frame for 4 pounds and found that it had huret gears but with smooth jockey wheels.Searching on the forum there seems to be a consensus of opinion that this mech is not very good is that the case?.
The handlebar stem is a cadet make but I could not find out any info on the forum, seems a little bit different with the :hole; in the top of the stem. Funny because I bought a dawes frame as well and the stem on it also has a hole at the top of the stem but is not named. Cheers.

Looks like a good candidate to add to Velobase (http://velobase.com/Default.aspx).

Nice look.

The Svelto was actually a pretty decent derailleur; better than the "Alvit" used on so many Schwinns, and an impressive feat of sheet metal folding. The basic design of the Svelto was later used for the high-end "Jubilee" rear derailleur (http://www.velobase.com/ViewSingleComponent.aspx?ID=43D5FE85-6792-4E42-96B9-1243FEB84291&Enum=108&AbsPos=1), which 30 years after its introduction is still one of the lightest (if not the lightest) production derailleur ever made. Furthermore, the Svelto is endorsed by no less a luminary than Yellow Jersey's Andy Muzi (http://www.cyclingforums.com/archive/index.php/t-192611.html).

Your "Royal Enfield" look like a nice find; in the late 70s Royal Enfield moved production to Taiwan and the bikes were generic department store crap.

Keep a close eye on that stem; its design is alarmingly similar to the infamous AVA "Death Stem" (http://www.sheldonbrown.com/velos.html), although if yours is steel rather than aluminum it should be fine.

looks like a great find for a rock-bottom price. I'd be a little leery of that stem (seems close enough to the AVA break-away style to inspire no-confidence, until someone with experience can confirm). And now to hijack the thread: I've only seen Huret use the non-toothed pulleys and never noticed anything either positive or negative around that choice...yet everybody else that makes (made) derailleurs chose to put teeth on their pulleys. Anybody have insight?

Most derailleurs used non-tooth pulleys until the 1960s anyway.

Hello Thank you for replies the other components on this frame were as in photos a nice cottered crank 5 speed ofcourse and weinmann centre pull brakes. To the respondent who stated svelto I was thinking in french 5velto then again being scottish I have problems thinking/writing in ENGLISH at this moment in time saturday night it is either no more beer or no more typing guess what wins GOODBYE Cheers