The Royal Enfield Classic 350 | Special Enough to Change Your Life

The Royal Enfield Classic 350 | Special Enough to Change Your Life

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In 2020 a bike came out that was in my mind so  perfect i called it when i got to test it a few   months ago the best bike i've ever ridden when  you take everything into account because it had   the magical mix of just enough performance for the  real world a superb superb price point character   looks style and feel good factor everything rolled  in to one perfect package and that was the royal   enfield meteor but what if i want to spend a  little bit more money and have a little bit   more style a few more shiny things and a little  more head turning ability that's where this   comes in the royal enfield classic 350. it is 4400  pounds it's 195 kilos it's a single cylinder it is   20 horsepower and it gets acclaimed well i tested  actually better than claimed it gets a tested mpg   of 78 that's 78 miles per gallon i've been testing  it now for the past week from the very kind people   at k moto in vilnius lithuania and let's give  you a full front to back walk down because   let me be completely honest i've been wanting  to test this bike out for i think around about   six to eight months ever since it came out after  testing that meteor and hearing that the classic   350 was coming i thought very possibly this may  be my favorite ever bike i have been unspeakably   excited about this so the day has finally come  for me to do a proper test review i've tested lots   of situations so let's do it front to back and  before we do let's start with the looks because   it is bite the back of your hand stop in the  middle of the street and collapse good looking it   looks so good everything about it the proportions  the detailing everywhere first things first   this is what you would call relative to other  motorbikes a fairly budget level bike at least   price bracket-wise but don't let the price fool  you because royal enfield have come on so so far   with regards to quality this is a breathtakingly  good quality bike i can't find any area on it   that's not of the highest highest standard it is  a stunningly well-built bike and it's as good as   anything else out there on the market front  to back finally beautiful spoked wheels with i love that that's the sound i want here metal  front fender lovely spoke wheels single disc with   a from a company i have no idea about but it's all  that you need great looking chrome indicators with   this little cap there is a specific name for  that but i can't remember lovely little cap on   the circular headlamp i'll just do a quick sit  on just to give you an idea on my size before i   forget about it because i'm six foot one and about  80 kilos and that's the bend in my leg and this is   how i look size wise it is as close to perfect as  you could ever possibly want the position to my   hands there's there's no weight at all on there  the bend in my legs when i'm changing or when   i'm breaking and changing down the left-hand side  it's all completely perfect it feels like a bike i   could sit in all day in absolute comfort it's the  most beautiful ergonomic position i've i've ever   experienced and the seat that is one of the most  comfortable seats that i've ever felt it's like   an extremely comfortable sofa that you'd have in  your living room with i mean look at that for a   pillion seat that's a proper billion see none of  these ridiculous ones are about that short that is   designed for all day pill and comfort have a look  here monica if i get you to just come into this   bit this is what i will see it's completely  simple if you go for the satin option that'll   be integrated into there turn on the ignition  very simple you get a fuel gauge at the top and   a couple of trips milometer odometer and that's  it nothing else at all but look at the quality   of the chrome and the finish everywhere starter  switch there that's how royal enfields do them   on this and the meter all very nice the switch  gear all of good quality lovely chrome mirrors   it's got i'll just get you to zoom back out a bit  monica single-sided pea shooter exhaust there with let me get the key out because i don't think  i've seen this on a bike yet before i get   to that lovely chrome inserts on the engine  beautiful finned single cylinder engine with metal metal exhaust this is not metal  exhaust metal rear mudguard this isn't   a light bike at 195 kilos it's probably cast  as heavy actually but it's reassuringly heavy   because it's made almost completely out of metal  apart from the side the side panels here and   just the second i picked up this bike everything's  made for ease of use for the rider it's also   is you've got your two tool roll in there  everything else that you may need to check on   but it's all be made so beautifully and the fact  that you just simply open it with a key don't need   to carry a screwdriver around like i do with  a bonneville to undo it it's just ease of use   brilliant it's got a center stand there so you  can work on it yourself without any issue at all   it's got a lovely rear light cluster there  everything about it just absolutely beautiful   while i'm busy testing out the royal enfields in  lithuania my bonneville's at home and i can make   sure that i've got up-to-date tracking ideas of  exactly where it is with my sizzat device there's   actually been a recent story about two quad bikes  that were stolen from latvia and driven on a   trailer across the border to lithuania but because  the owner of the two quad bikes had sizz-out   devices on both of them he was able to get in  touch with the lithuanian police track exactly   where both of the quad bikes are and both of them  were recovered so you've got completely up-to-date   tracking of exactly where your vehicle is you  can go onto the app always check where it is   and of course if you figure out or find out  that it's been stolen you can get in touch   with the authorities and sit up also have a  new business solution whereby if you've got   a fleet of motorbikes or cars or vans you can  track them all on the website see exactly where   every single vehicle within your fleet is see the  routes they've done and keep up to date with the   maintenance schedules of of all of your vehicles  so if you are in the market for a tracking device   whether you're an individual or a business go and  check out sizzap i've been using them for i think   about a year now and i'm extremely happy with it  it's always on my bonneville so highly recommended i was driving down the coastline i was just hoping it would make  me was some kind of contemplation and i was checking every road well here we are in the beautiful lithuanian  countryside and before i chat about what this   bike's like to ride there were four things that  i wanted to quickly discuss that i almost forgot   number one there is as standard a usb attachment  very very cleverly placed i'll just turn it there   monica you probably would never have noticed that  right there so you can see my phone usb quad lock   attachment and that is a standard usb i'll just  pull that out so you can see it how good is that   just with a little latch there brilliant so usb  comes as standard and something almost forgot the exhaust note before i turn it  on this is one of the best sounding   standard exhausts i've ever heard it is  beautiful at at all speeds everything from   from stand still that beautiful single throaty  bubble and then when you get up to about 25 miles   an hour and just give it a little bit of throttle  nothing too much just some subtle throttle   it's just just beautiful beautiful sound so  full of character and just a lovely lovely   throaty bubble exactly how a single should sound  so get ready for this and it's a standard exhaust on tick over and with a few revs oh it's perfect i really hope that comes  out on the microphone because that is   as good as it gets for character pillion comfort tried and tested by monica i hope you heard that are you micked up no  i'll just say in case monica isn't my tap   10 out of 10. she rates this as highly as any  other motorbike she's ever been on as a pillion   and i i see why it's just this better than some cruisers  would you say you know like   there's been some harleys you've tried that that  haven't been quite as good as this aren't there   yes as good as or maybe a bit better yeah it's  as good as i mean it's i can feel that 100   the softness of the seat the bend in your legs as  well it's one of the most natural feeling with two   grab bars one of the most natural feeling pillion  seats that i've yeah and on the back as well   that's really really nice that's just about as  good as it gets and for relatively speaking such   a small bike superb one other thing i wanted  to get to so i'll just plug my my usb back in   okay practicality again something i  noticed when riding around vilnius cut that moniker the one of the best turning circles  i've ever experienced i will demonstrate you can turn i don't know if it showed up in the  video but you can turn it at such a big angle that   is a really really good turning circle one more  thing i'll do i'll get straight on with you monica   lean angle and general weight of the bike boy okay  let me be honest you can feel that's a big oh you   can feel that's a big big chunk of metal i don't  want to lie to you and pretend it's light but   it disguises it very well it may be heavy just as  you're lifting it up but as soon as you get moving   the steering the handling is very very light  and responsive it's a well situated weight   so it's beautiful when going left to right and  just giving it a little bit on the twists and   turns the brakes absolutely perfect the the  exhaust as i said beautiful sound the power   just as i get my breath back monica  may just quickly speed this bit up   this is what people will be asking 20 horsepower  what are the limitations and i know this is what   90 percent of people really really want to know  so the limitations everything well let me just   explain the engine first it is it's a work  of art and a revelation not specifically in   the way it looks but the way it sounds where it  delivers the power and the way it has completely   changed the perception of what a single is in  my mind because you should not mistake this for   some some chinese some chinese singles which just  never feel too strong they always feel too vibey   through your feet and just you don't get that  reassuring solidness and strength coming through   it but this this is on a whole different planet  to any other single engine that i've tried and   that includes single engines that are bigger than  this the 400 cc plus this is completely different   don't discount this because it's a single cylinder  this is exactly the blueprint of how single   cylinders should be it feels strong it feels  powerful it never feels over stressed you're never   ringing it to get the most amount of power it  feels borderline lazy but in a really nice way   it never struggles it never panics it is a a  revelation this engine it's completely changed   my opinion on what singles should be i can't  say enough good things about it but that power   limitation of 20 horsepower if i'm by myself  it is up to 70 miles an hour in the motorway no   issue at all in reality it won't do much more than  about 70 to 73 miles an hour it pulls extremely   well up to 60 then 60 to 70 it will pull fine  but not at the same speed as getting up to 60   but you can sit at 70 miles an hour the national  speed limit on the motorway with no issue at all   there are no unpleasant vibes it doesn't feel like  it's struggling at all it's perfectly pleasant   and with two people on the bike with monica no  issue at all getting up to 60 miles an hour and   it's fairly rare unless you're going touring  that you're going to be doing much more than that   most of the time for most people two up you're  going to be doing coffee shop runs and stuff   and if you're going anything up to  50 miles an hour so with two people   it never struggles anywhere you almost  forget that there's someone on the back   so the riding experience everything  about it it is it's first class it really don't you is know that i forgot what i was leaving   i couldn't even tell you what road  i was on or if i was only dreaming this single cylinder engine is unlike anything  else i've tested at a similar cc capacity   because often when i test out a bike of around  about this level of cc whether it's between two   and 400 cc for example and it's a single i am  almost always not a fan of that single cylinder   engine and i find myself thinking oh it's it's  a good bike but the engine maybe slightly lets   it down this engine is so good this single  cylinder i don't know i don't know what kind of   witchcraft well enfield have done but this single  cylinder is so good that it's actually a selling   point for this bike i would buy this bike because  the engine is so good it's it's superb okay let me   get on to the next bit now which is the classic  350 versus the meteor the meteor is 600 pounds   cheaper it's about four kilograms lighter it's  even slightly more economical and the seat height   is lower so everything on paper tells you that the  meteor is a better bike the only reason you would   buy this over the media is because you prefer  the looks it's purely based on looks nothing else   tangible at all and would i part with 600 pounds  extra for a bike that at least on paper isn't   quite as good and after riding this now for a week  and after having tested out the media a few months   ago i can say categorically without even having to  give it a second's thought absolutely yes i would   pay the extra money for this it's the feeling  that it gives you every time you add it it's like   riding the media but you feel even more special  i mean just coming to the coffee shop now just   just parking it behind me just looking at it just  looking at downstairs from from our apartment   everything about it it makes you feel amazing  yes you have to pay a premium for those looks but   my god they're so worth it i don't know if there's another bike on the market  that offers this amount of charm and character   royal emp would have taken the classic 500 and  they've made it more reliable and they've made   it better yet all of the things that we love about  that bike all of the charm and the character and   the soul all of those things somehow remain  completely undiminished in a thoroughly modern   package it really is an incredible thing that  they've done look the only thing the only thing   with the classic 350 that you have to get your  head around and you have to come to terms with   is the fact that 71 72 miles an hour is the  maximum and that is the only downside i can find   but if you look at the bigger picture look at all  of the positives that it offers the price point   the quality the soul you just have to get over the  fact that it won't go above 71.72 miles an hour  

but there are so many other positive things with  this bike you can judge enjoyment with regards to   a motorbike as the adrenaline rush that doing  a wheelie or getting your knee down gives you   or you can look at it from a far far purer point  of view the simple pleasure of going to a local   coffee shop doing the the week food shop just  poodling around town going on b roads at 40 50   miles an hour this bike turns every single journey  into a genuine adventure it makes every journey   the highlight of your day and more importantly and  i really do mean this deep deep down this spike   really and truly it makes you happy to be  alive and i'll end it on that note i absolutely   love it thank you so much everyone for watching  please do give the video a like subscribe to   the channel and let me know your thoughts on this  bike and would you go for this or save 600 pounds   and pick the media thanks so much  everyone see you in the next one you

2022-07-24 03:48

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