Royal Enfield To Launch WWII Themed Bike In 2018

After launching it a few days ago in the UK, Royal Enfield is now bringing the limited edition Royal Enfield Classic 500 Pegasus Edition to India on 30 May 2018. While only 1000 units will be made available worldwide, 250 of them will be headed to India and only 190 to the UK.

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In terms of design, the Pegasus edition features quite a few cosmetic changes that separate it from the standard RE Classic 500. These include the Pegasus logo on the fuel tank with a unique serial number stencilled on it and a set of military-style canvas panniers. It also ditches the chrome elements found on the stock bike for a more subtle, blacked out theme on the exhaust muffler, engine rims, handlebar and the headlight bezel.

Internationally, the limited edition motorcycle comes in two distinctive military-inspired colours - Service Brown and Olive Drab Green. But considering the olive green paint scheme is reserved for the Indian Army, only the brown shade will make it to India. Royal Enfield will also offer Pegasus edition inspired range of gear. This includes shirts, t-shirts, caps, lapel pins, bags and helmets.

The motorcycle will be powered by the same 499cc, air-cooled, single-cylinder engine that is seen on the standard Classic 500. It churns out 28PS of power at 5250rpm and 41.2Nm of torque at 4000rpm.

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Royal Enfield has already launched the Pegasus edition in England at GBP 4,999 (around Rs 4.5 lakh), with online bookings set to commence from July. With the RE Classic 500 priced at Rs 1.68 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi), we expect the company to launch the limited edition model here for around Rs 2 lakh (ex-showroom).