The Royal Enfield Meteor has been spied
several times in the recent past. We know that it has a silhouette of the Royal
Enfield Thunderbird and will share various parts with it. However, now with the
bunch of latest spy shots, we get to have a closer look at the upcoming bike.
The Royal Enfield Thunderbird successor
will feature a newly designed round headlight. Unfortunately, it would be a
regular halogen headlamp only. To compensate, Royal Enfield has added an LED
DRL that runs around the circumference of the headlight. While this is just a
prototype, the production model may feature a projector unit, just like the
Thunderbird.
The Royal Enfield Meteor will get a
single-pod semi-digital instrument cluster that will feature an analogue
speedometer. The small digital display is located at the centre and would
include the functions of a fuel gauge, odometer, trip meter, clock, etc. Below
the display are the tell-tale lights. In the new spy shots, the right side of
the instrument cluster has an empty round space. We suspect that Royal Enfield
would fit in a digital amp meter there.
The left-side switchgear on the new Royal
Enfield Meteor would consist of rotary-type switches to control the high/low
beam of the headlight. These switches would also add a retro touch to the
motorcycle. On the right-side switchgear, there will be an engine kill switch
and the self-start button.
Earlier, four Royal Enfield Meteor
prototypes were spotted in a parking lot and they had a chrome exhaust. Some
previous spy shots and now these latest ones suggest that there would be a
black exhaust with a chrome heat shield. This means that there will likely be
two Royal Enfield Meteor models - a smaller capacity model and a higher
capacity model.
The Royal Enfield Meteor launch is
expected to happen sometime during mid-2020. The Royal Enfield Thunderbird
successor is expected to carry a starting price of around INR 1.80 lakh
(ex-showroom).
