Pootling Star

Royal Enfield is getting a reputation for decent, sensible bikes. Will the new entry-level Meteor 350 keep its end up? Our man Dowds finds out!

ALAN DOWDS

RETRO RIDE ROYAL ENFIELD METEOR 350 Pootling Star Royal Enfield is getting a reputation for decent, sensible bikes. Will the new entry-level Meteor 350 keep its end up? Our man Dowds finds out! WORDS: ALAN DOWDS PICS: ROYAL ENFIELD I was never a big fan of the ‘old’ Royal Enfields. I borrowed a 500 Bullet for a ‘hipster novice-friendly’ bike test about 15 years ago, and couldn’t believe how poorly it performed. On the roads of the UK, in the hands of this, once SuperBike Magazine journalist, it was the wrong bike in every way – slow, vibey as hell, shocking brakes and the stability of an epileptic blancmange. Even the novice-biker readers who took a spin on it were appalled. It came a very distant last to a Ducati…

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Classic Motorcycle Mechanics (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2021

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