When I learned of the passing of the legendary Bullet, the longest-lasting model ever produced, I feared that Royal Enfield would leave a void in that very representative product, the motorcycle with which the whole world has identified the production of the Indian brand at least until today.
After trying the Meteor 350, however,, I understood that I could rest assured and that soon that same mechanism would meet a more fifties style dress. And now I can blame myself because I wasn't wrong: here it is Classic 350!
The mechanics, dicevo, it is in common with the Meteor, but the approach is very different. If I liked the cruiser for its comfort, I was therefore curious to spend a while’ of time with the Classic 350 to answer the question I always ask myself: you can travel with her? I could take a vacation? And something more? After all, the Bullet became famous precisely for the long slow journeys it allowed you to make between one maintenance job and another. Now those times of true but approximate constructions are over and Royal Enfield's new course is made up of other choices and other much more modern products with a decidedly higher level of construction..
In this video I try to answer my questions about the Classic 350 after hanging around for a couple of weeks. And if you're curious to know how it fares in comparison to its direct competitor Benelli Imperial 400 which I tried a couple of years ago, well thanks to my friend Fabio I was able to make a comparison that couldn't be more frank: you can see it here.
Good vision!
Royal Enfield Classic 350, technical data:
- Motore: single cylinder 349 cc
- Power Max: 20 CV a 6100 rpm
- Coppia Max: 27 Nm a 4000 rpm
- Weight: 195 kg
- Capacità serbatoio: 13 litri
- Altezza sella: 805 mm
- Tires: 100/90-19″ M/C 57P e 120/80- 18″ – 62P with inner tube
- consumption: 32 km / l
- Maximum speed detected: about 130 km/h
- Prezzo: 5.000 Euro
