Royal Enfield is an aspirational motorcycle brand in India. People aspire to own an Enfield owing to its classy retro looks and signature thump. This Madras-based Indian two-wheeler manufacturer will soon launch multiple motorcycles in India. The current RE portfolio includes the 350cc Bullet & Classic, Himalayan 400 and the 650-twins. The Thunderbird line-up will soon be replaced by the Meteor 350 Fireball and the bikemaker has also trademarked four new names for its upcoming motorcycles that will join the company's portfolio in the coming years. Recently, a test mule of an RE motorcycle has been spied on test in India and it is probably the upcoming Royal Enfield Hunter motorcycle.
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First of all, let me tell you what are the four new names that have been patented by the company. So, Royal Enfield has trademarked Hunter, Roadster, Sherpa and Flying Flea names for its upcoming motorcycles. The Sherpa is expected to be a dual-purpose motorcycle or can even be a Scrambler while the Flying Flea is expected to be a lightweight model. Then we are left with Hunter and Roadster names and since we don't have any news flash on Roadster as of now, reports suggest that the test mule is of the upcoming Royal Enfield Hunter.
The test mule of the Royal Enfield Hunter has been spied on the Chennai-Trichy Highway. It has been internally codenamed as J1D and will be based on an all-new platform that will be more modular and improved compared to the current platform that underpins Classic and Thunderbird series motorcycles. While the test mule was heavily camouflaged, it reveals some details like it gets a big round LED headlight with LED DRLs. The motorcycle also gets big disc brakes at both the ends and the rear gets a LED taillight flanked by halogen turn indicators.
Powering the Royal Enfield Hunter will be the same 350cc mill that is also expected to power the upcoming Meteor 350. This new engine will be a BS6-compliant 346cc, single-cylinder, air-cooled, fuel-injected motor that will develop around 20.07 PS of maximum power at 5250 RPM and 28 Nm of peak torque at 4000 RPM. It will be coupled to a five-speed manual gearbox. The bike also gets a single-pod instrument cluster which we believe is an all-digital unit and might get new connectivity tech including app-based smartphone integration, Bluetooth and turn-by-turn navigation system.
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Talking about the launch timeline, we expect the upcoming Royal Enfield Hunter to hit the Indian showrooms in the first quarter of 2021 as currently, the company is trying to get back on the track after such a long break owing to the coronavirus pandemic. The bikemaker is also prepping-up to launch the Meteor 350 Fireball in the near future and we believe that the Hunter will be the second big launch from the company after the Meteor and it will be targeted towards the younger audience.
