Royal Enfield Classic 350 gunmetal grey and Classic 500 stealth black photos
Here are the new Royal Enfield Classic 350 in the fetching new grey colour and the new Royal Enfield Classic 500 in matte black. The new Royal Enfields are priced at Rs 1.59 lakh and Rs 2.05 lakh on-road Chennai respectively approximately Rs 10,000 more than the other Classics. It is extremely interesting that Royal Enfield continues to sell the other Classics without the mechanical updates that are already deployed on these models. In time, however, we expect Royal Enfield to add these to all the Classic models and the prices will rise. Bookings for both the Royal Enfield Classic 350 Gunmetal Grey and the Royal Enfield Classic 500 Stealth Black will start from September 18, 2017 while deliveries are expect to commence shortly thereafter. Royal Enfield has not added ABS to the list of the equipment available in India, continuing to reserve the ABS models for exports. But we expect that to change when ABS becomes mandatory equipment from April next year - another price rise should come with that. Royal Enfield, of course, are also reportedly in the closing stages of acquiring Ducati. And of course, the fans of the Himalayan will be happy to know that the deliveries of the fuel-injected BSIV model have just started.
The Royal Enfield Classic 350 is priced almost Rs 10,000 more than the regular trims but brings in a rear disc brake and swingarm from the Thunderbird
The Royal Enfield Classic 350 Gunmetal Grey headlight bezel and little chapeau remain chrome
The front disc on the Royal Enfield Classic 350 Gunmetal Grey is the same as before. RE is expected to deploy ABS only once the laws make it mandatory in April 2018
This is the 20PS/28Nm 350cc BSIV engine on the Royal Enfield Classic 350 Gunmetal Grey
The badging on the Royal Enfield Classic 350 Gunmetal Grey engine shows that this isn't a new fuel injected unit like on the new 500
The Royal Enfield Classic 350 Gunmetal Grey gets the new swingarm from the Thunderbird 500 which the company says is stiffer and offers a better feel
The exhaust on the Royal Enfield Classic 350 Gunmetal Grey is a chrome unit
The Royal Enfield Classic 500 Stealth Black is priced almost Rs 10,000 more than the regular trims but brings in a rear disc brake and swingarm from the Thunderbird along with the fuel-injected 500cc engine
The headlight bezel on the Royal Enfield Classic 500 Stealth Black is now matte black just like the rest of the bike
The front disc on the Royal Enfield Classic 500 Stealth Black is the same as before. RE is expected to deploy ABS only once the laws make it mandatory in April 2018
The Royal Enfield Classic 500 Stealth Black gets an all-black engine with polished fins that really looks classy
The Royal Enfield Classic 500 Stealth Black engine wears the new EFI-500 badging
The Royal Enfield Classic 500 Stealth Black also gets the new Thunderbird 500 swingarm
The Royal Enfield Classic 500 Stealth Black gets a long matte-black exhaust
Further reading:
Royal Enfield make a bid for Ducati
Royal Enfield launch the new Classic 350 Gunmetal Grey and Classic 500 Stealth Black