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Posted: 22:37 - 08 Nov 2020 Post subject: RE Meteor 350 |
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https://www.royalenfield.com/in/en/motorcycles/meteor/
Probably not news to RE fanbois but the rumour mill suggests this will get sold in Europe. Replacement for the Bullet 350 I guess. ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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Posted: 23:23 - 08 Nov 2020 Post subject: Re: RE Meteor 350 |
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Eurgh, that's a horrid-looking fat thing. Still they seem to have upped the power by 25% over the last 50 or so years. |
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I suspect it's mostly for the Indian market, they do like a 350. A lot will depend on what they're knocking them out for.
What I find odd is they just released a Continental GT which is a 650 paralell twin when the original Continental GT was a 250 single.
Now they've released a Meteor which is a 350 single when the original Meteor was a 500 paralell twin.
This upsets me. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles. |
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Posted: 03:34 - 09 Nov 2020 Post subject: Re: RE Meteor 350 |
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I read the info in the link.
I don’t know? I quite like the look of that?
Not sure if I’d swap it for my Hyosung GT250r...... nah, maybe not. ____________________ I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now! |
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That looks quite cheaply built & finished.
However it does come with a sari guard .
I think the new Enfield looks a better bet? ____________________ I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now! |
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Polarbear wrote: | I suppose nostalgia for RE's only pays in the UK with old farts liking them. Their main markets just want modern bikes albeit easy to work on. |
Forums are pretty active in the US and Oz too. They are actually a bit more progressive, the Yanks rather than have the seemingly British obsession with modifying them to be worse have got UCE 535's putting out almost the same power as the 650 twins. The REOC has an active branch in Greece. Though all those international sales probably don't touch upon a months worth of domestic sales.
The Classic 350 did get updated for India's BS6 emssions laws. https://www.royalenfield.com/in/en/our-world/media/news/product-launches/royal-enfield-launches-bs-vi-compliant-classic-350/
The 500 isn't though, I think it's just not very popular in India, something to do with taxation apparently. As far as I know there is no noise about that updated 350 making it over here. If I was the importer I wouldn't bring that and the Meteor, be splitting your own market. Also I suspect their ambition to launch alot of new models will be using the Meteor platform and the 650 twin platform and then spinning off variations on each (standard, cruiser, cafe, scrambler, etc). Maybe they have learned form the Brit Industry failing and know they need to keep with the times, Nostalgia to you, Retro to me, heap of shite to someone 15 years younger than me. They need to care about that bloke 15 years younger than me and get him to buy in to the brand. |
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pepperami wrote: |
That looks quite cheaply built & finished.
However it does come with a sari guard .
I think the new Enfield looks a better bet? |
Yes; the castings look rough, the finish the barest minimum and the components cheap. However, as a new Honda for 1800/1900 quid, I think it will get a significant although lesser market share. I agree, RE will get the lion's share. However, it's all twilight zone stuff. I heard RE's statement on its strategy moving forward, and they are well positioned to exploit the market over the next few years. They wiĺl enable dealer customisation and will churn out lots of low capacity new bike variations. |
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Courtesy of Yammie Noob:
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 3 years, 89 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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