Top 5 Facts Based On The Royal Enfield Hunter 350 Spy Shots

Ahead of its August launch, the Royal Enfield Hunter 350 was spied at a dealer yard sans camo. While we already had a lot of information on the roadster, the spy shots have confirmed most of them. Here are the top five facts:

Variants

We had reported that the roadster will get two variants in our exclusive story and the spy shots have confirmed the same. In the spy shots, the RE Hunter 350 is seen in two different variants that can be distinguished by the slightly different hardware and colour schemes.

Brakes

The higher variant of the Hunter 350 features discs at both ends for braking, and will also be equipped with dual channel ABS. The base variant, on the other hand, gets a disc up front but a drum brake at the rear, and will make do with single-channel ABS.

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Wheels

As seen in the picture, the Hunter 350 gets alloy wheels on one of the bikes and spoke on the other. The shiny spoke wheels on the base variant give off a rather retro appeal to the roadster. And the black alloy wheels give a stealthy appeal to the higher variant. Both bikes get Ceat’s road-biased tyres; however, the higher variant flaunts tubeless rubbers, whereas the base variant gets tubed units.

Design

The Hunter 350’s design is unlike anything from RE’s stable but is reminiscent of the Triumph Street Twin. Following the retro-roadster styling, the Hunter 350 gets a teardrop-shaped fuel tank with knee recesses. Adding to the retro appeal are the circular headlight, taillight and indicators, along with minimal body panels. Apart from that, it gets a well-cushioned, contoured single-piece seat and a short, upswept exhaust end can. It gets an upright seating position with the high-rise handlebar, and centre-set footpegs for comfortable ergonomics.

Dimensionally, the RE Hunter 350 is the most compact and the lightest Royal Enfield Bike according to the leaked homologation document. Check out our complete analysis here.

Colour Scheme

Royal Enfield never misses out on painting their bikes in a myriad of colours, and the Hunter 350 is likely to get the same treatment. In the spy shot, the higher variant of the Hunter 350 comes painted in a dual tone blue/black and white colours on the fuel tank. The side panel on the bike flaunts ‘Hunter 350’ stickered in white on a blue circle background.  This colour is similar to the Royal Enfield Scram 411’s funky dual-tone colour schemes.

The base variant is parked right next to the higher variant and gets a simple and classy single-tone silver grey colour scheme. It also features a simple, bright red ‘Royal Enfield’ stickering on the side of the fuel tank. 

The Hunter 350 is expected to be priced at around Rs 1.7 lakh (ex-showroom). It will be the most affordable Royal Enfield bike until the 2023 Bullet 350 arrives. The former will rival the likes of the Jawa Forty Two, Honda CB350RS, TVS Ronin, and also the upcoming Triumph-Bajaj 350 bike.

Image Credits: Surendar Jayavelu