2024 Royal Enfield Bullet 350 | Exclusive, Unwrapping and First look UK |

Best unboxing is always another bike.

I don't get this "Bullet is too similar to Classic" saying. They are same motorcycles. Just that one has 80's styling (Bullet) and other has 60's styling (Classic). It was the case with the older UCE one's and it's the same with new J series one's.

The standard looks way better than the all black version. Personally i can't stand blacked out wheels and engine on a retro bike.

May be an optical illusion, but the front mudguard doesn't look as deeply vallanced as on my classic 350.. looking forward to the maroon one.

Not too bad at all, both looked very similar. Is there really a need for the sari guard frame either side of the back wheel?. If that indeed is what it is.
The part where the sari guard 'grill' is likely attached to?
Maybe it is fitted for folks to have some sort of side saddles & panniers on the side.

Can both frame parts either side of the back wheel be removed? thus saving weight.
Will the back mudguard be sturdy enough and not sag?
A good few kg there that can be saved and tidy it all up. Looks like clutter to me.

All in all these Bullets are more of an 'Indian thing'.
The RE Classic has been taken to the hearts of RE enthusiasts in the UK, USA, EU, Australasia etc by now, we have here in the form of these 350 Bullets what for decades & decades has been 'conditioned' in to the bulk of the Indian motorcycle owners minds.

On the whole it is not such a big deal elsewhere as what Royal Enfield & some of its enthusiasts rave on about.
Yes it offers more >>Choice<< which Royal Enfield are amply giving with just a few different engine sizes. So a good thing then if such a vehicle is wanted.

What of cause is wanted is a 'J' Series 500, an up to date 498cc for the Bullet, Classic and a toss up between the 452 liquid cooled engine for a larger capacity Meteor OR indeed a more older looking 498cc 'J' series engine for that more modern looking yet ye oldy looking Meteor bike.

There would be no harm in Royal Enfield having both their new 452 engine and reviving the 500 ranges in the ones I have described.
The OLDER looking engine would suit far better. The 452 liquid cooled engine in a Bullet or Classic would KILL IT stone dead.

Royal Enfield are a multi $Billion company, they can bring out a 498cc 'J' series engine should they wish. (Emissions or not, it can be done and SHOULD BE.
Giving both the older & the newer RE versions in that 450 to 500cc segment to the motorcycle community.
I bet a 498 Himalayan based upon the previous 411 Himalayan would sell along side the new to be released 452 Himalayan.
Maybe after the initial uptake even more would be.

RE having GOT the 411 Himalayan almost spot on from the start. Other than perchance engine performance & a few other niggles some folk do raise.
A 30hp and 30 ft/lbs of Torque 498cc Himalayan, possibly 32hp & 32 ft/lbs of torque if higher compression pistons & a bit of cylinder head flowing, slightly bigger valves etc is utilised, and of cause lightly weighing a tad bit more.
(Though weight saving elsewhere could be attempted to compensate!).

I would offer up both versions, the one based upon the 2016 411 Himalayan and the new 452 one. If only to see what did sell the most over say a 5 year time span.
I would do it for sure. Giving even more choice.
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Great then, nice enough YT video, I did think initially these bikes being unpacked/uncovered were in some sort of almost bare Man Cave, yet we soon did see it was at a RE dealer.
Maybe the presenter runs such a place.
Or was offered the chance to unwrap them by a dealer. Maybe the latter, no great worry either way. It was a fun thing to see.

Also good fun then to be a Royal Enfield dealer in these times.
At most times it is I bet.
BY FAR the motorcycles from India are to me the more EXITING motorcycles on the market.
The big 4 from Japan are these days more of a 'busted flush'.
They have had their day in the sun. In the land of the rising sun & elsewhere.

Went after their golden calf of 'performance' and binned the great 'styling' they once had. Some real nice looking bikes in the 70's & 80's they have produced, fair play to them for doing so.
Now sadly many of their offerings look like motorcycles just been squeezed out of a car crusher, something out of a Superman 'Bizzaro' world, all disjointed and awkward looking, esp in the front frame area.
Vile looking things.
More modern looking, going for the higher performance in many instances = NAFF!
Just bland as eating cardboard for ones breakfast cereals.
One step lower than Corn Flakes then!

There are barely any bikes from the big 4 that I would touch with a barge pole these days, far too overpriced as well. (A few would do, but not many).
They having over time having almost priced themselves out of the market. Even if many do indeed sell the World over.
Too expensive and too 'nothingness' of motorcycle ranges that they offer, reduced ranges I have noticed because they are desired less. Purchased yes, but overall desired & for sure cherished less.

Whereas a Z900 of past or a XT500etc was cherished, far more than these days. The BIKE itself was, not so much the PERFORMANCE of the bike.
Even though even some of the mid 70's & 80's did start to ramp up the performance aspect, it was usually still with style.
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I get the feeling that just as the British MC industry could feel the wind turning with the advent of the great 1969 CB750K series, that with the coming of the Royal Enfield 650 INTERCEPTOR that the Japanese big 4 knew they were going to lose Worldwide sales from an ever growing Indian produced range of motorcycles.

YES, the 350 Bullet looks ok to me, it'll sell well, I would be happy enough to own any of the current Royal Endfield range, not many motorcycle manufacturers for me share that distinction. Maybe sooner have the 350 Classic than a 350 Bullet if only for a more varies colour range, but the 350 Bullet still is nice enough.
And a new 500 Bullet would be even better!!!

Just do it Royal Enfield. It would not be in that cc bracket a massive seller, but still make a profit, taking sales from other RE models but ALSO from your competitors.
All in all a new 'J' series 498cc range, of 2 or perhaps 3 models will sell well.

GIVEN the 'choice' of a 350 or 500 Bullet what would folk sooner prefer?
In the UK, maybe the 500 would sell well. It'd be interesting to see what did sell more.

Nice one Ian, what a scoop 😊, liking the Bullet in standard black, the pinstriping is spot on….

Absolutely gorgeous! I had a classic 500 and the 350 cures all the complaints l had about mine. Currently have a softail Harley ( basically a bullet on steroids 😂) but miss the old thumper!
Seems to be an increase in scrotes going after these bikes after years of RE on the tank being the best anti theft device available, so look out!

Nice Video Ian, thank you.
Royal Enfield have certainly won the heats and minds of many a rider ( probably of a certain age!) Got to be the gloss black for me, interesting that only the mat black has a headlight visor like the Classic 350,
How the quality had improved over the years! I had a new Bullet 500 in 1993, nightmare, bits kept breaking off, got through front brake linings in a couple of hundred miles, inside of brake drum was like a cheese grater.
Got a Classic 350 now which I can't fault in any way. Will be interesting to see how the sales of the Bullet compare with the Classic, both probably appealing to an older demographic than the Hunter and Scram?

The seat and rear mudguard, in the gloss black, make this bike a winner for me. A big shame they don't do it with a 500 engine.

I'm happy with my Red and Chrome classic.
These are just aesthetics same as the desert etc.
The J series is the heart and soul of all these various models and what gives them the character owners love.

I want to know how it felt to do an undressing of the bullet. I will just live through you on this one!

Hi nice bikes and nice music who is it

Are these available in any other colors? Will they be brought here to the States?

Please make a ride review and exhaust note…

Really nice bike , love the look of them 😀 👌

Fit and finish looks first class! They just get better and better don't they. Thankyou very much! I wonder if we'll see them in OZ?

This Black Gold is beatiful.

All of them should have knee pads.