As the new bike buzz in India continues around Triumph’s introduction of the Speed 400 and Scrambler 400 X as well as the Harley-Davidson X440, what of Royal Enfield? Both Triumph and Harley teamed up with local Indian manufacturers (Bajaj in Triumph’s case and Hero in Harley’s), but all this time, Indian OEM Royal Enfield has steadily been working on its own new model introduction schedule.
Back in 2020, Royal Enfield first publicly discussed wanting to release a new bike every quarter for the following few years. With that in mind, Indian business news channel CNBC-TV18's reporting on July 12, 2023, regarding Royal Enfield’s own 300 to 450cc plans for the next few months in 2023 completely tracks.