Royal Enfield Hunter 350 First Ride Review | The obvious choice for young riders? 

Even though I'm over here in Scotland I always watch Zigwheels for the latest news on Royal Enfields. Another great review. 👍

Zigwheels: This is meant for the cities. Guy in India: Main isse Ladakh leke jaunga.

Man a perfect review. I was never a RE fan, but now I know my next ride from FZ. If the riding dynamics are as good as Yamaha, i'm jumping ship.

Love the look of that, although I'm sick and tired of retro-style bikes being completely blacked out; but then I'm old and remember the bikes these new ones are styled on..

The best short review of this bike I've seen so far. Great bike for Bangkok, and an honor for us BKK residents that RE chose to launch here. I already own an Interceptor 650, but of the three 350s launched so far, this is my favorite.

That closer shot at 3:01 is awesome guys. Kudos to cinematography unit.

You are probably the first youtuber to do a proper review about this vehicle, congratulations 😇

I am prefer to Tvs Ronin.. because.. a lot of features, fit & finish superb, modern looks & Tvs always provide better services compare to RE, Honda & Bajaj. Yes, it is facts.. Tvs is the only brand in India. They spend big money in research & innovation in bikes.

The Hunter looks good. I can't wait till it comes to the US!

Excellent review! I hope both versions come to the USA, I think it will sell well here!

The way you explain and analyse the things, always hit 🎯 the Bulls eye. Super explained. Love 😘 your videos man, keep rocking.

You nail it right in the middle of the head by saying small capacity engine with high power would had made huge positive change.

Karthikeyaa zigging as always 🥳💥🔥💥🔥

Perfect review✌ As usual zigwheels you have done the job !!

Perfect for youths who have just got their driving licence and are new to motorcycling but love REs. A great first bike, expecting it to sell like hot cakes cuz of the pricing.

I have an interceptor 650, but I'm inclined to get one the these when it come out here in Brazil. Awesome review!

What about the ground clearance? It's just 150mm. Which is not good for the Indian roads at all with all road breakers and bumpers

Excellent to the point review, cinematography and editing. Also thanks for keeping the background music (dare I say Noise) to the minimum. As for the bike, my best wishes to the potential buyer's.

"Basically it’s meant to be friendly" 👌 Great tag line 😃

Good camera work and great review as always

Honestly, the lack of rider modes and other features is a bonus, not a flaw. I wish my Triumph didn't have them. I don't use them, and would rather have taken $500 off the price.

Thank God someone is honest about the engine... Cannot keep applauding the same engines for years.. one engine and how many versions of chassis are giving out products. It is the Honda CB350 that nobody is mentioning in the reviews. It is not just a hollow threat but truly a superior motorcycle to RE 350s by several ranks

Totally agree with kartikeyas point that this should have been a lower CC (250 cc) with increased power. It would have upped the fuel economy which is paltry for the hunter. RE is not ready to do anything new. Using the same engine for three bikes is unacceptable.

RE should have added mono shock suspension. It would have been great, may be additional charges for it for updated upcoming model. I think upcoming Bajaj triumph collaboration bike has mono shock suspension considered, that would be plus point for Bajaj triumph bike, considering long rides.

This is the best Hunter review so far.

This, or the MT-15? The small compromises on either makes it a bit confusing now: heavy clutch and lower mileage vs complicated switchgear and no pillion space. Also, while we keep waiting for the Zigwheels' style Activa 6G "fun" review, there is apparently new Activa coming soon...

Man thanks for this test. I'm gonna try it out as soon as this is available here. I don't need that much power in our crowded streets, i like more reliability, and, especially in these days, the good fuel efficiency. But at first place, i like how its designed. Very well done, very good looking. Much much better than competitors, maybe except the Honda CB 350 RS...

Dual disk and ABS is essential, they shouldn’t have compromised on that.

This motorcycle is beautiful! It just needs to come with a 500cc and it would be perfect. Hopefully it gets released in US as well.

Ground clearance was very low than classic 350 and jawa 42. It's so upsetting( speed breakers in India), other than it was one of the best bike in town

Tvs Ronin is lighter at 159kg, sounds way better than this and has higher ground clearance - 181 mm. Choose wisely.

It will definitely sell better than competition 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 If I could at this moment buy it, i would have!!! 🔥

Thanks for this brief review and endorse your views for lower capacity RE. Would appreciate if you can advise whether Hunter or Ronin would suit a 5.6 feet person aged around 60 years.

Zigwheels, this is the perfect review of this bike, the other guys missed lot of details but you got them all, Thank you karthikeya..

Very refreshing review by Karthikeyan sir! Watched many reviews but loved only this from Zigwheels and one from Autocar! 😊

Its a better option of course than TVS but I'd still go for Scram by adding extra bucks to enjoy both city touring and off-raoding taste...

Looks absolutely cool. Best 1st hand review out there now!! But, it clearly shows RE released a model to rival Honda Highness, and when you look at the specs and refinement, Highness seems to win here! Waiting for Honda's answer to RE with its Brigade edition.

Superb yours way to explain things, makes everyone to buy this beast !

What an aesthetic and pleasing review ❤️🔥

I don't know why but I feel RE should have gone with a brand new 250cc engine for the Hunter.

Hunter looks awesome and youthful :-) A winner is on its way.

Ronin will be a wiser choice. More power, lighter, more features.

Great video and shots!! ngl, as an xsr155 owner, got triggered by "xsr155 killer" line.

A good motorcycle can do city to interstate to intercontinental, it can handle paved roads, gravel and light off road, it's durable and has great mileage, it's stable and agile at slower and higher speeds this is so you as an owner have a choice of how YOU can use your motorcycle. If you are to listen to RE's classification for The Hunter 350 it tells you that this motorcycle does not meet the versatile criterias that a good motorcycle needs but every other RE motorcycle does, this is something you should think hard about before you get the Hunter 350.

Don't see why lack of ABS on a 180kg bike making just 20 bhp should be a deal breaker.

If i was in place of RE , would rather asked to developed square or over-square engine instead of long stroke. Apart from heritage it has nothing to serves, cons outweighs pros. power, refinement, weight everything gets compromised heavily.

Why no one is talking about the ground clearance which is just 152mm

Aside Hunter, Kartikeya, I am learning gradually as why? YOU are the reason for ZIGWHEELS.. YOU are YOU when it comes to represent any Vehicle on ZW, Best wishes 👍

I am so glad Royal Enfield embargoed all vloggers and the likes before Kartikeya and the more seasoned and experienced riders reviewed the Hunter. Even if they were just short first-ride videos. Now that these are out we will see an endless number of drag races videos from desi boys without proper riding gears.

If the body parts are not plastic, the price may be expensive. The engine is still the same as the Classic 350 and Meteor 350. That's why the Hunter 350 is very light when controlling, with the sportrim 17 being low enough front and rear, it's easy to handle whether on the road or off road. For 17 size tires you can use Pirelli Scorpion Rally STR very suitable for hot and rainy weather or even off road. 🤞🏻🏍🏔

350cc with twin cylinders and 35bhp+ power 35nm+ torque is what RE should concentrate on developing.

When is it coming to Europe ?, I think there will be a lot of interest.

Good night and good luck ronin!

Appreciate this review. Very well articulated! And covered all the bases! Good job Zig Wheels Team!

I am on to my third RE. What is modern about the Hunter? Certainly not the engineering and performance; nor the features and components. Just about every 150cc on the market today has better specs, ride and handling, build quality .And if you compare apple with apple - the Honda CB350 RS is head and shoulders above what RE has to offer. News percolating out of Bangkok is that the suspension is 'rudimentary' at best, the engine characteristics is 'typical' RE and to keep costs to a minimum it comes with compromises eg. no main stand, no LED lights (standard on all modern bikes today) etc. Yes RE sell cheap bikes. But most importantly the cost of ownership is another matter altogether!

we want Comparison between hunter 350 , Jawa 42 and yezdi scrambler classi 350 and Ronin

2:43 why does the caption says HONDA 350

Could you guys try to make a detailed comparison between the Hunter, the MT-15 v2 2023 and the Ronin? Try to do something like a Friday workday and a weekend outing to get a better outcome for a clear verdict. Honestly I'm really confused because all 3 of these bikes are very similarly priced with unique USPs and shortcomings.

Best review always!!!

Seeing all its +ve and -ve, I would say skip this bike. Rather buy a Honda CB350. I covered the whole south India on it recently (15000 Km in 3 months )and can say that Honda is class apart in terms of performance, reliability, off roading, top speed, and I was riding at 120kmph most of the time, with zero vibrations. ❤️

this bike is for young college going kids and only for city use. ground clearance going to be issue as per indian road conditions, bike looks small foot pegs for rider are way backwards than TVS Ronin(which offers comfortable posture ) i will prefer Honda highness 350 or TVS RONIN( if bigwing showroom not available ) than hunter

You are the best reviewer by a huge margin 👏👏

It's a pretty good RE motorcycle for first time RE rider but if i compare with classic and meteor comes with same engine, won't recommend at all coz of plastic bike. Quality is not top notch if i compare with meteor and classic. Still as per price, we can't complaint. So thumbs up 💥

Excellent review and thanx 👍 I love RE bikes, and as a 50 years old total beginner I've tried the Meteor but because of my size (1,83 cm high with 110kg) i think is little bit small for me. So looking forward for the Hunter as my first bike for town and some touring. Did you tried duo!? Thanx and cheers from Serbia 🇷🇸✌️

So i guess now it's time for the Hunter vs Ronin comparisons....

Another great review, come to you for all my RE updates, thanks.

Feeling sad for those who have opted Ronin over this 🤓

Ohhh boyyy, I am so gonna this front alloy in my interceptor and Blast my way through

Looks like the Ducati sixty2! Love it! 😍

In September RE bumped up the price of their bikes here. I feel they made a mistake. £4k for the base fireball meteor? The competition has a lot more tech on the bikes and they go quicker. RE had the nice retro looks and the price going for it but slowly the price aspect is disappearing. The price of the meteor now has totally made me look at the competition.

RE always teasing, Why not a Hunter 650 and when will they drop the Shotgun 650. it looks pretty damn hardcore.

Hunter VS Ronin, any suggestions ?? looking to buy this month and i m super confused

Need a review comparing all RE 350s with J platform engines

I don't think this bike needs more power. If Royal Enfield designed it with more power it would need to be liquid-cooled & have an over-square bore & stroke. It would cost more, have less low-end torque & rev higher on the road. Bikes like that already exists. Honda CB300, Yamaha MT-03, Kawasaki Z400, KTM 390, etc. All more expensive. Royal Enfield knows what it's doing.

One of best from RE

Got to confess the Hunter did nothing to stir my soul. I was disappointed. I guess if one is upgrading from a 150cc it may appeal to that segment. Ive been riding RE from 1982....and now have the 500cc. The pick of the RE's in my opinions is the Classic. I wish that they had not discontinued the 500. I like the classic paint job as well and the chrome (just wish it was better quality and not prone to rusting) and the neutral riding ergonomics.

I think Bangkok was chosen so that THE ISSUE WITH GROUND CLEARANCE of 150 mm which matters a lot in India doesn't get noticed

The all new Bajaj -Triumph which is undergoing testing will eat into RE's market especially the Hunter.

The best colour by far.

I have cb350, meteor and next gen ..cb350 takes the cake

i think if I had the choice I would have gone for yezdi roadster or jawa 42

Fun looking Hunter... & Fun videos ❤️👍

Can the hunter do a little bit SCRAMBLING JOB?? Many of us are expecting so?? Plz reply. Or make a COMPARISON VIDEO to show it.

Front upright mud guard like Himalayan,, and off road typers,. Oh damm☀️🔥🔥.

Test rode the bike today.. A good nimble bike.. loved the sound 🔥

ground clearance 150mm only

After seeing Gagan, Faisal and Sagar I can feel that this is the best video of RE hunter 350.. and I m gonna share this.. to my new RE friends..

All in all good bike, excellent review, but still feel RE need to tune up engine to squeeze 30bhp for a persausive second city bike

Thank you for your wonder full review sir

I rode it , i love it , but i bought it before everything 😂, it gives huge amount of confidence to new riders . They are like " i rode an Enfield, how the hell was it easy ? "

Looks can be deceiving. Ronin steals the show in terms of practicability. And meteor still remains the best offering from RE.

Why dont RE work under 350cc, it can grab more buyer. RE should work to decrease its weight near to 160

Excellent review

This is very kinda modern classic & has everything that modern men wants...some amount of sportiness & classic at the same time...damn!!!...and yeah also looks like whoever is riding is going for some bounty hunting

Thank Goodness you took the Name of Triumph Street Twin look alike, since 2-3 days watching all those walk around, No One took the Name , I thought RE might have Gagged all of you 🙌🏻🤠

Need to compare with other city bikes including Husqvarna. How and where does it stands?

The sad part is that with a few more HP it could have hit free ways here in the U.S.

When I turn on the ignition of my Hunter 350 it shows 10201 just after the swipe, recently a friend bought one it shows 10301. What does it mean?

it has got that street twin taste at 1/5th the price seeesh,handsome

Will buy when they build a 200