Breaking: Royal Enfield Rides In Much Anticipated Hunter 350

After months rolled past with lots of spy shots and the recent arrival of teasers building more anticipation, Royal Enfield has finally launched the Hunter 350 in India and it comes in three variants.

What’s The Price? Who Are Its Rivals?

The Royal Enfield Hunter 350 is available in three variants called the Retro priced at Rs 1,49,900, Metro at Rs 1,63,900 and the top-of-the-line Metro Rebel retailing at Rs 1,68,900 (all prices ex-showroom Delhi). At this price, the Hunter 350 is the most affordable J-series Royal Enfield bike and is Rs 37,446 less expensive than even the Classic 350.

You can check out the price difference between the Hunter 350 and the Bullet 350 in the table below.

Now that it has been launched in the market, the Royal Enfield Hunter 350 will go up against the likes of the Jawa 42 2.1, Honda CB350RS, TVS Ronin and the upcoming Triumph-Bajaj motorcycle.

What’s New? And What’s Unchanged?

The latest bike from Royal Enfield follows the bikemaker’s signature styling with circular headlight, rear-view mirrors, taillight and turn indicators. This coupled with the teardrop-shape fuel tank with knee recesses and a single-piece seat give the bike a proper retro-roadster appeal.

Powering the Hunter 350 is a 349cc, single-cylinder, air-cooled engine borrowed from the Royal Enfield Meteor 350 and the Classic 350. While it does produce the same 20.2PS and 27Nm, it gets revised ignition timing and other small tweaks for a sportier power delivery. The motor is paired to a five-speed gearbox.

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Even the underpinnings of the Hunter 350 are borrowed from its siblings with a split dual-cradle frame at the core of things. The roadster features a telescopic fork and dual shock absorber suspension setup. For braking, it gets a 300mm disc with a dual piston floating calliper up front and a 270mm rotor with a single-piston floating calliper at the rear along with dual channel ABS assist.

The Bike rolls on 17-inch spoke or alloy wheels wrapped in either tube-type or tubeless tyres, depending on the variant of choice. It is the lightest Royal Enfield bike at the moment with a kerb weight of 181kg, 14kg lighter than the Classic 350.

This when coupled with the Hunter 350’s sharper rake and trail angles (compared to the other two J-platform bikes) should result in quicker steering and by extension, sportier handling.

Additionally, It is also the most compact bike in the bikemaker’s portfolio. As opposed to the Classic 350,  the roadster gets a 20mm shorter wheelbase and lower ground clearance, as well as a 5mm lower seat.

It comes packed with a circular semi digital instrument cluster featured on the Royal Enfield Scram 411, and gets a Tripper navigation pod as an accessory.

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The Royal Enfield Hunter 350 for what it is priced at makes for an attractive buy. The design and colours are snazzy and should be quite compelling to the younger audiences and with the J-series’ reliability, it takes Royal Enfield’s entry-level bikes to another level.

Stay tuned to ZigWheels for our first ride review of the Royal Enfield Hunter 350 where we will talk about what worked and what didn’t with the bike in the coming week.