New 2022 Royal Enfield HUNTER 350! how well does it cope on the motorway & dual carriageways? 

I think a soft state of tune also helps with soft power delivery.

I think they have the fuel injection dialed in also via the computer..

And cause there is no accellerator pump 😁

It's a 350! Asking how fast can it go is being obsessed with performance.. like the MC reviewer out of Portugal that gave the Interceptor thumbs down for not being a rr-rocket.

They also dial in the ECU to work well with the stock components. The moment you change them, say to a high flow bellmouth (airbox intake) and DNA filter, the throttle and engine vibes both get rougher; I know, because I fitted a DNA filter and bellmouth to my Meteor 350, and I noticed the change. Man, talk about JERKY! My Meteor was no longer smooth coming off low or idle throttle. Talk about secondary vibes; I couldn't manipulate the emergency flashers, because my hands were numb! I ultimately returned the bike to stock configuration (i.e. the way RE sent it from the factory), and my Meteor was smooth once again.

Same situation with me. We moved up from Long Island to rural upstate NY three years ago. A small town area where 55 is the top speed on roads and most are 35 or 45. So, although I had expected to not do any more riding (I was 71 at the time), I was seduced by the Classic 500. So, I bought a 2020 C5. A perfect bike for this environment. It feels as lazy as I am but gets the job done. Reminds me of the BSA I owned in 1968. Good stuff.

Great. Another New Yorker is off to infest another state after extracting their own state for all its worth

I’m in MA but camp up in the white mountains. I’m curious how this would fair on i93

Also in NH. I worry about hitting deer all the time.. Moose are pretty sparse in southern NH, but deer are everywhere.Anytime after sunset, I am constantly on the lookout. Which is funny, because I've slowed down for tree trunks near the road, that I thought were deer.

I’m getting mine Mon I too live in NH

Llla

Classic 350

Please test a Himalayan. Am 62, riding since 1976. The Himmi is an engaging machine, very capable and huge grin factor.

Interceptor 650 or shortly Metior 650 is also expected to come ..all for you only, so if you start feeling like 40-45 in the middle of your trip you can go back to that age too. 😄

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Definitely worth contacting Royal Enfield dealer and asking if you can try one out with a pillion.

I have the meteor 350 and it runs great with a pillion, had both the daughter who is on the larger side and the young lad who is thirteen stone and about 5 10, no problems whatsoever.

I test rode both the 650 Interceptor and 350 classic 2 up from Cambridge dealer Haywards, I'm not the only one, they were quite happy for me to do that. I bought the 350, it's hardly affected at all by a pillion, just needed to wind the rear shocks up to mid way to compensate for the extra 9st on the back, 20hp no problem must be all that torque. I've never been told I can't test ride anything 2 up. As far as I can make out the engine and frame are identical (apart from colour) on all the 350s, I think the clever thing is bolting different sub parts on to change the feel of the 3 bikes.

Thank you everyone for the help and comments! 🙏

That's how I veiw the Royal Enfield as well. Fantastic fun gorgeous beautiful motorcycle.

I've been using a Scram as my main training bike for a couple of months now. My students are on 650s and 700s with around 90bhp. Can I keep up with them on the dual carriageway? Yup. Easily. On the other hand, CBT students on 125s and mopeds are easy to toddle around with on the Scram because it is so ideally suited for this kind of riding. As another instructor commented when looking at it - this is the perfect instructor bike.

Light. Not

@@bobhorner901 I'm used to 275kg of BMW, so, yes, light.

@@markellott5620 and I would compete it with other bikes not others muscle power

If it will happily cruise at 60, what more do you want on A & B roads. Sounds like the perfect bike for a day out in the country.

I wish I could find a decent C15 that was 'cheap', my experience has been decent ones are well more than 1 1/2 £k!

What is that in American money?

@@frankmarkovcijr5459 At the current exchange rates near 2000 $ US which probably doesn't sound like much but for me it's 3 months pension.

@@EricThomasHunterSweetland I know what you mean as I am on Social Security disability. I was talking to a guy about my BSA and Triumph collection and this guy overheard me and at another swap meet he said you're the BSA guy I said yeah he goes I have a bsac 15 I got from an estate sale. Came with all the paperwork and all he wanted was $500 for the bike. 6000 Mi all original matching numbers plus a gorgeous alloy tank. Now I like the little BSA 250 singles I find they are a good little engine. Everybody seems to bad about them so I pick them up cheap but I hadn't gotten an English bike for $500 for 30 years. $2,000 for C15 in good shape I would say is a fair price. I'd rather have a C15 or a B25 then the new Royal Enfield. I don't need fuel injection and an exhaust pipe full of catalytic controls and oxygen sensors and ecu's and all that electronic crap on a so-called simple motorcycle. I would keep looking though you never know what you might find. My mechanic was jealous of me getting that bike and I said well I went to the swap meet I told you about it you didn't go. Years ago the local Triumph shop told me they would sell me all their BSA 250 stuff for $250. I said okay and he started to make a pile and the pile got bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger until he said man I didn't know I had this much stuff. If BSA was still in business they would sell as many of these little singles as they could build. Indeed when they were brand new PSA sold every motorcycle that they could build. A brand new BSA 441 Victor was the same price as a Honda 305. I know what which one I would buy.

Possibly, it is very slight only noticeable because the engine is so smooth.

If you bought the Meteor brand new from the dealer, here's a cunning plan to address your "buyer's mistake" situation: Crack on with putting the distance on to get through the running in process (1st service at 250mi), all the way through to 1000mi, and then sell it privately as 'perfectly run in, and ready to rock out' say for 80% of your buy price. And then go back to the dealer and get your Hunter. Because I suspect if you went back to the dealer with hopes of a near straight swap, unless you were in a highly privileged relationship position, they'd default to trade-in terms of only 2/3rds of your original buy price.

@@rhonda-my_honda_cb500x3 many thanks for that, Tim

All reviews of this style, ie., tests of models within a brand, are the same. The latest model is always a little bit better, a little bit faster, a little bit better suited to every body size type, inspiring interest in an upgrade. The Meteor is a different style of bike - more like a "cruiser", than a Rebel "sports bike". Meteor's got a few more quality refinements than the Rebel. If I was back doing courier work, I would buy the Rebel. But I prefer a Meteor around a very, busy town. Good at lane splitting, stable at low speeds, got some thump away from the lights and charming down the back roads up to about 50mph. It is however seriously horrible on rough dirt roads, and I wouldn't dream of putting it on a fast moving freeway. At the Meteor weight I would want twice the horsepower for the freeways.

Glad you enjoyed it! and thank you!

Yes, but that's because of the global lowering of speed limits that is currently ongoing, to allow energy saving for EVs. Didn't you get the memo?

@@stuartfillingham If I did I've not read it

They are growing on me!

Meteor two up with a small Mrs works fine if you are not too gigantic yourself. I wouldn't think about taking mine on a fast moving freeway ... not enough spare speed/power for flexibility. Long runs on dual carriageway can also be a bit stressful.