Royal Enfield Hunter 350 - Ride Review

Royal En-field Hunter 350 Ride-Review:

The Royal Enfield’s new Hunter 350, a retro motorcycle comes with 3 trims as Hunter Retro, Metro and Metro Rebel. Notably, there are no big downsides to degrading the Retro trim with the Metro trim except tubeless tyres with alloy wheels and a dual-channel ABS and a few minor lavishes as LEDs and rotary switches with the Retro trim has. Other than this the majors are the same.

At the heart of the bike, I t produces 20HP at 6100 rpm of maximum power and 27Nm of maximum torque at 4000 rpm with the 349cc air cooled fuel injected long stroke J-engine which is adequate for long rides and more for daily commutes.

Also, it will be a great pleasure to ride it on its mid-range rpm where you can feel the refinement of the J-engine is less vibe than ever before to get relief of higher fatigue.

The twin downtube spine frame offers more rigidity and a lower centre of gravity which makes navigation easier than before, it may be stop-go-stop traffic or on the motorways the manoeuvrability is enhanced greatly by the tight packing to keep everything inside the chassis.

The Braking performance of a Retro trim is enough and more is needed to achieve effective stooping and the Metro trim full-fills it.

The well-calibrated front suspension won’t let the shocks reach the handlebar mostly and the rear performs well with a pillion and is stiffer for the rider-only situation. The overall feel of the suspension is chilled Juice after a long hot ride.

The rider ergonomics are great for taller and shorter persons, but not for the taller pillions of height ranging above 6 feet.

The mileage is around 36kmpl, it will ask a few stops on the motorways and is less fuel efficient on the urban roads.

This Retro motorcycle has its styling elements like gaiters, fenders and a round shaped speedometer and a headlight which completes the Retro motorcycle aesthetics to convince a Royal En-field fan to pay an INR 1,66,901* (Ex-showroom Chennai).