A roadster, Hunter 350 has a smooth profile compared to different 350cc Royal Enfield bikes like Basic, Meteor and Bullet

As a part of its long-term plan to introduce a mean of 4 merchandise yearly, Royal Enfield will quickly launch Hunter 350. The bike shall be borrowing many of the key elements like engine, chassis, suspension and braking equipment from Meteor 350. Nonetheless, Hunter 350 has distinctive design and styling in step with its positioning as an city roadster.

There shall be two variants on provide, Hunter Retro and Hunter Metro. The distinction between the 2 variants encompasses color choices in addition to gear checklist. Whereas Hunter Retro will goal customers with restricted funds, Hunter Metro is for people who need entry to all of the accessible superior options.

Hunter 350 options

Whereas it appears to be like completely different in relation to Royal Enfield’s customary design philosophy, Hunter 350 continues with the signature retro bits similar to spherical headlamp, rear view mirrors and tail lamp. Gasoline tank has a pointy profile with devoted indentations for comfortably accommodating the knees. Different key options embody sporty graphics, single-piece saddle and compact exhaust. Will probably be fascinating to see the aural expertise this bike has to supply.

Customers can anticipate a snug using stance with centrally positioned footpegs and ergonomically positioned handlebar. With its compact proportions, Hunter 350 will enable improved dealing with throughout metropolis streets. For reference, Hunter 350 is 85 mm shorter in size and has 30 mm much less wheelbase compared to Meteor 350. Hunter 350 has seat peak of 800 mm and floor clearance of 150 mm. Gasoline tank capability is 13 litres.

Hunter 350 variants

Speaking about variant-wise options, entry-level Hunter Retro mannequin has wire-spoke wheels, disc-drum brake combo, single-channel ABS, outdated Basic-type deal with swap, primary instrument cluster, halogen tail lamp and oval-shaped flip alerts. Whereas each Retro and Metro variants can have 17-inch wheels at each ends, Retro variant can have 100/80 entrance and 120/80 rear tyre. As compared, Metro variant can have 110/70 and 140/70 tyres.

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Hunter Retro variant weighs 177 kg, as in comparison with 181 kg of Metro variant. Retro won’t get foremost stand. It is going to have two color choices of Manufacturing facility Black and Manufacturing facility Silver. As compared, Hunter Metro variant has color choices of Dapper White and Dapper Ash. A 3rd color choice of Dapper Gray shall be supplied by way of RE’s MIY personalization platform. A Metro Insurgent model may even be accessible, which can get color choices of Insurgent Black, Insurgent Blue and Insurgent Purple (MIY).

Hunter 350 Metro variant can have alloy wheels, disc brakes (300 mm / 270 mm), dual-channel ABS, LED tail lamp, spherical flip indicators and Meteor-type deal with swap and instrument cluster.

Royal Enfield is anticipated to launch Hunter 350 at an introductory value of round Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 1.7 lakh. This makes Hunter essentially the most reasonably priced 350cc bike within the nation. It is going to major rival just lately launched TVS Ronin.