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Royal Enfield Thunderbird 350 Price, Features, Specs- All You Need To Know

Royal Enfield has been ruling the hearts of bikers since the 1960s. Earlier it was available only in Retro Street and Cafe Racer designs, but now it comes in pure Cruiser and Adventure bike designs. In this article, we talk about the Royal Enfield Thunderbird 350 with details about its price, features, specs and more. 

It’s not just the Bullet 350 and the Classic 350,500 models that Royal Enfield has in its lineup. Its pure cruiser, Royal Enfield Thunderbird 350 is also quite popular and is in great demand. It looks sporty yet subtle. It comes in mean as well as elegant colours, perfect for an off-roading machine. Being a cruiser, it offers better ride quality than the Classic and Electra series. Akin to the Classic 350, the Royal Enfield Thunderbird 350 gets a BS-IV compliant engine, digital meter console and Always-On Headlamps. Also, it boasts of a rear backrest, which the Classic and Bullet do not come with. The bike is priced at Rs 1.42 Lakh (ex-showroom, New Delhi). So, in this article, we explain all the details regarding the bike with details about the price, mileage, features, specifications and more. Read on for all the details.

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Royal Enfield Thunderbird 350 – Price

Price (Ex-showroom), New Delhi) Rs 1.42 Lakhs

The Royal Enfield Thunderbird 350 has an ex-showroom price of Rs 1.42 Lakhs in New Delhi. The updated Thunderbird 350 gets a BS-IV compliant engine and Always-On Headlamps. It’s worth a mention here that it will be soon made mandatory for all two-wheelers on sale in India to have these two new features.

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Royal Enfield Thunderbird 350 – Design Review

Unlike its other Retro Street and Cafe Racer designs, Royal Enfield has made this a modern looking cruiser. In the front, it gets a large round Projector headlamp with disc brakes in the front and ape-hanger type handlebars. It gets a beefy 20 Litres fuel tank with a ‘Royal Enfield’ logo on the tank.  It gets a twin-pod digital cluster with an analogue speedometer and tachometer. In the rear, it gets disc brakes with its silver-plated old-school exhaust flanked on one side. The cruiser comes with spoked wheels, but the alloy wheels come in the latest Royal Enfield 350X and 500X. A lot of people put a copper or brass finish on its spoke wheels.

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Royal Enfield Thunderbird 350 – Specifications

Engine 346cc, single-cylinder
Maximum Power 19.8 BHP @ 5,250 RPM
Peak Torque 28 Nm @ 4,000 RPM
Transmission 5-speed Manual
Suspension Telescopic Forks (Front), Twin Shock Absorbers (Rear)
Brakes Disc (Front), Disc (Rear)

Powering the Royal Enfield Thunderbird 350 is the same 346cc single-cylinder engine that powered the outgoing bike. This engine has a max. power-torque of 19.8 BHP-28 Nm. It comes mated to a 5-speed Manual Transmission.

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Royal Enfield Thunderbird 350 Mileage

Highway 35 KMPL
City 30 KMPL

The RE Thunderbird 350 can offer as much as 35 KMPL on the highway. In city, however, it delivers roughly 30 KMPL.

Royal Enfield Thunderbird 350 Top Speed

True Top Speed 120 KMPH

As the tech specs of the cruiser remain same as earlier, there’s no change in the top speed. Akin to the outgoing model, the Royal Enfield Thunderbird 350 has a true top speed of 120 KMPH. It is seen that, even if it goes above 100 KMPH, the bike does not shake much and cruises easily.

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Royal Enfield Thunderbird 350 Dimensions

Length 2,060 mm
Width 790 mm
Height 1,205 mm
Wheelbase 1,350 mm
Ground Clearance 140 mm
Fuel Tank Capacity 20-litres
The cruiser measures 2060 mm in length, 790 mm in width and 1205 mm in height. It comes with a wheelbase of 12350 mm and a ground clearance of 140 mm. The Royal Enfield Thunderbird 350 gets a high fuel tank capacity of 20-litres, which is one of the many factors that make this bike a good tourer.

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Royal Enfield Thunderbird 350 – Colours

Currently, Royal Enfield is available in 5 colours. They are as follows:

  • Lightning
  • Stone Black Matt
  • Marine Blue
  • Flicker Black
  • Asphalt

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Royal Enfield Thunderbird 350 Features

  • Electric Start
  • Front and Rear Disc Brake
  • Engine Kill Switch
  • Gas-charged Rear Shock Absorbers
  • Projector Headlamp
  • Rear Backrest
  • Spoke Wheels
  • DC Electricals
  • Pass Beam Switch
  • Maintenance Free Battery
  • Digital Meter Console
  • Always On- Headlamps

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Royal Enfield Thunderbird 350 – Competition

Royal Enfield, faces no direct competition as such. It has its own set of loyalists, who would not look beyond Enfield bikes. However, if someone is not a Royal Enfield loyalist and is willing to look at other cruisers, then he can consider the Bajaj Dominar 400 and the Bajaj Avenger Cruise or Street. If seen, Thunderbird 350 also competes with the Royal Enfield Classic, Bullet and Electra series. In terms of price, it is decently priced along with its competitors.

Royal Enfield Thunderbird 350 – Other Details

BRAKES
Front Brake 280mm Disc, 2-Piston caliper
Rear Brake 240mm Disc, Single piston caliper
SUSPENSION
Front Suspension Telescopic, 41mm forks, 130mm travel
Rear Suspension Twin gas charged shock absorbers with 5-step adjustable preload, 80mm travel
WHEELS & TYRES
Front Tyre 90/90-19, 52P MRF Zapper FM
Rear Tyre 120/80-18, 62P MRF Zapper C
Wheel Type Spoke
Tubeless Tyres No
Alloy Wheels No
BATTERY
Battery Type Maintenance Free
Capacity 12V
Voltage 8 Ah

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