The Royal Enfield Meteor is an Indian cruiser-style motorcycle manufactured by

Royal Enfield Royal Enfield is an Indian motorcycle manufacturer, headquartered and manufactured in Chennai, India. Royal Enfield (England), Royal Enfield is the oldest motorcycle manufacturer in continuous production.Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...

. The Meteor is a direct replacement to Thunderbird 350.

Design

Engine

Royal Enfield developed the Meteor codenamed JD1. The 349cc long-stroke single-cylinder engine is now air and oil-cooled and the traditional pushrods were replaced by an overhead cam. The engine produces 20 horsepower at 6,100rpm and 27Nm of torque at 4,000rpm and is paired to a five-speed constant mesh transmission. The bike has a

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of 105.75 hp/tonne. The engine design also includes a balancer shaft to repress the vibrations. The Royal Enfield Meteor 350 has a fuel consumption of around 35 km/l. The

Royal Enfield Super Meteor The Super Meteor was a British motorcycle made by Royal Enfield. It was manufactured for export to the US between 1952 and 1962, when the Super Meteor was replaced by the 736 cc Royal Enfield Interceptor. Development In 1953, the US export ...

released in 2022 boasts very much the same design, but with a 650cc engine.

Frame and chassis

The Meteor comes with a twin-tube spine frame, as opposed to the single downtube frame, which most of its contemporaries in the company's line-up have. The suspension is telescopic in front while in the rear is twin-tube emulsion shock absorbers. Front forks are 41mm with 130mm travel and the rear suspension has six-step adjustable preload. The stock tires of the bike are 100/90-19 inch at front and 140/70-17 inch at the rear. The motorcycle has a 300 mm disc with a dual-piston floating caliper at the front and a 270 mm single-piston floating caliper disc at rear. The bike also features an all-new semi-digital instrument cluster and a

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screen in a separate pod. The Super Meteor 650 shares a resemblance to its younger counterpart, the Meteor 350, but with a more muscular appearance. It features a wide and low-slung seat, offering a relaxed riding position ideal for long-distance journeys. The cruiser aesthetics are enhanced by its teardrop-shaped fuel tank, scooped seat, and robust fenders.

2022 Update

Three new colors are available. In July 2022, it starts at an ex-showroom price of in India. In Germany, it starts at .

2023 Update

In October 2023, Royal Enfield launched the Aurora variant of the Meteor 350. Mechanically, the Aurora is identical to the other variants. Its unique features include spoke wheels, three new color schemes, an exclusive chrome engine, and other retro-inspired elements.

References

External links

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Meteor A meteor, known colloquially as a shooting star, is a glowing streak of a small body (usually meteoroid) going through Earth's atmosphere, after being heated to incandescence by collisions with air molecules in the upper atmosphere, creating a ...