Upcoming Royal Enfield Hunter 450 Spotted Testing Again

With the all-new Royal Enfield Himalayan 450 having been launched a few months ago, we are now going to see various motorcycles spawning off this platform in the coming years. One such motorcycle is the upcoming Royal Enfield Hunter 450 that has been spotted testing again. 

The overall styling of the upcoming Hunter 450 is very similar to that of the Royal Enfield Hunter 350 with the round headlight and the rounded tank design. The tank has flat surfaces on either side and that’s where we think the Royal Enfield badging will appear on the tank. The rear-end, though, looks like that of the all-new Royal Enfield Himalayan 450, with the tail light integrated into the LED indicators. The split grab rail design is different from the smaller capacity Hunter. The upcoming Hunter 450 gets a telescopic fork for a competitive pricing, and monoshock suspension setup. We wouldn’t mind not having an inverted fork as long as it is tuned well. The raised handlebar and the mid set footpeg positioning translates to an upright riding position similar to that of the Hunter 350. 

The round instrument console is mostly the same unit found on the Himalayan 450. The Hunter 450 seems to get 19-inch front and 17-inch rear wheels with block-pattern tyres and the alloy wheel design seems similar to that of the Shotgun 650. It will be powered by the same 450cc, single-cylinder, liquid-cooled, Sherpa engine found in the Himalayan 450, where it produces 40.02PS and 40Nm. The engine tuning in the Hunter 450 is expected to be different to better suit the roadster’s character.

The upcoming Royal Enfield Hunter 450 will likely get a price tag of about Rs 2.6 lakh (ex-showroom) and it is expected to be launched by the end of 2024. Its rivals will be the Triumph Speed 400, Husqvarna Svartpilen 401, Hero Mavrick 440, Harley-Davidson X440 and the QJ Motor SRC 500.

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