Royal Enfield announces launch of Hunter-350 motorcycle

Kochi: Royal Enfield, the global leader in the mid-sized (250cc-750cc) motorcycle segment, has launched the new Hunter-350, a ‘two-wheeled double-espresso’ for motorcycling.
Engineered and designed for the urban hustle, the new Hunter 350 is a remixed roadster with the character of a Royal Enfield reimagined in a stylish, compact-yet-muscular geometry, that can tackle crowded city streets, suburban back roads and beyond, with aplomb, a release said.
As the motorcycling world shifts from the elaborate and complex to a functional and simplistic one that’s high on design ingenuity

 and self-expression, Royal Enfield tasked itself with building a big city motorcycle that fits perfectly into the planet’s coolest neighborhoods – from Mumbai to Bangkok, New York to London.
The Hunter 350 is refreshingly new but exudes an old school cool and retains that essential Royal Enfield DNA. While it took time to distil, the Hunter 350 is that perfect blend – an incredibly joyful, muscular motorcycle that exudes retro-metro style, that packs in all the intense flavors of pure motorcycling and serves them up in a stylish, city-friendly shot of exhilaration.
Speaking about the inspiration behind the Hunter 350, Siddhartha Lal, Managing Director of Eicher Motors Ltd, said the Hunter 350 is distinctly unique within the Royal Enfield line-up.
Built on the award-winning 350cc J-series platform, combined with a highly flickable Harris Performance chassis, the Hunter delivers agility without fragility on city streets and sheer, grin-inducing pleasure on the open road.
Commenting on the launch of the Hunter 350, Royal Enfield CEO, B Govindarajan, said, “The Hunter 350 is an outcome of several years of insight gathering and consumer studies from across the world.”
It comes in two distinct editions – Retro Hunter and Metro Hunter – both finished with on-trend, blacked-out engines and components. The Retro Hunter runs on 17” spoked wheels and has a 300mm front disc brake combined with a 6” rear drum brake, single channel ABS, an uncluttered retro-styled digital-analogue instrument cluster that displays just the right amount of essential information and a choice of two classical, single color tanks. (UNI)