It's hard not to appreciate what Royal Enfield has done in recent years. The brand's lineup has steadily grown to include a range of characterful, fun bikes ranging from 350cc to 650cc.
Until recently, they'd mainly been air-cooled singles and parallel twins. But then came the introduction of the Himalayan 450, and its all-new, liquid-cooled (!) single. Modern motorcycle development being what it is, Enfield was also very up front about its plans to expand this new engine into a new platform, upon which additional bikes would be based. After all, it worked for the 650cc parallel twin—which, let's not forget, spawned the INT650, Continental GT 650, Super Meteor 650, Shotgun 650, and of course, the newest kid on the block, the Bear 650.
It also worked for the 350cc single platform and the OG Himalayan 411cc platform.
