IMO, the Meteor 350 is joy (of riding) pure. The absolute quintessence of motorcycling.

Awesome TAYM, you finally got to see and feel what the amazing Meteor is all about ! The thing about it is, within a couple of miles of riding one, you feel completely relaxed and at ease with the bike. I'd never ridden a cruiser before, nor had I ever used a heel and toe shifter. But like you, within a couple of miles I was like "ok, that's how how it works, fine !". After that, no nasty surprises, everything just falls to hand or foot, a totally relaxing and stress free riding experience, even on a brand new bike ! I have done over 300 miles on a tankful, so it is indeed possible. The mpg is usually over 100 with my usual mix of riding. With regard to the turn in, that's why you have wide bars on it. Just give them a good shove and the front falls into the bend. I think that's how people manage to hustle heavy cruisers like Harleys. You use a lot of counter-steering to get the front to get on the edge of the tyre. And of course, as you say, if you want to press on a bit, moving up towards the tank puts more weight on the front and also helps. Thanks for the mention ! Yes, I have now turned my Fireball into a baby bagger, adding practicality and even more of a cruiser vibe to what was already a beautiful looking bike. I like your senses test....I think you should lick every bike you test, just to see how it tastes though, personally 😜 Once fully run-in the Meteor has all of the performance I need for a relaxing weekend ride in the mountains. Why pay more for more power I will hardly ever use ? And of course, with petrol prices as they are, I can still afford to ride it as much as I like, thanks to the amazing fuel economy. For my use case, the Meteor is the perfect hobby motorcycle. As soon as I sit on it, I feel totally at ease, at home and every ride is just stress free, pure enjoyment. And then of course there is the low price of entry. It really is a fantastic motorcycle and deserves the success it has had. It has some "magic" about it. Once ridden, smitten ! My Meteor now has 6000 km on it ( in 11 months ) and has not had a single issue and still looks brand new, so the quality is there ( although of course I am a fair weather only rider 😂 ). Really enjoyed watching you enjoy the Meteor TAYM. I could relate to everything you picked up on. It is indeed splendiferous !!! Cheers sir, you are a man of excellent taste. ER.

Offers a lot for the money. A very enjoyable video mate. got my like. :)

Some good thoughts on the Meteor. Better than most reviews. It is a unique motorbike, as you point out. Another winner from R.E.

Simply marvellous mutter. RE are on a roll, I love my Classic 350.

You really bring me down to earth in the best of ways!

I am lucky enough to have a RE dealership 4 miles from home. I’ve had mine about a month now and loving it everyday! I would definitely consider buying the Himalayan as well. I love the sound of my Meteor when I start it up. Pure joy! Nice review 😎

'...It's about the price of BMW Luggage' Yup that is bang on the money!

Marvelous, the meteor seems to surprise everyone that rides one, think Enfield have hit the bulls eye..

Brilliant video, very helpful. Thank you!

I can see you are so happy with your Royal Enfield Meteor 350cc...in cloud 9!!! I feel so pleased for you!! I have a Stellar 350 cc..and I love my bike same as you!! Keep enjoying your bike..and thank you so much for your fab enthusiasm and total joy for your pride and joy Royal Enfield!!!✌️✌️

I rarely take mine over 55 ( even though it will do 70) . It's so comfortable you could ride it to the moon . I love mine 👍ps I do get 300 miles per tank so start looking for fuel at 250 with no problems. It's also worth noting that the rear suspension is a bit too firm from new , I thought I'd give mine a few miles and see if I felt they needed to be swapped out , but I found after 5½k happy miles that it settles in and is now fine .

I'm glad you talked about the heel/toe shifter. Like you, it took me about five minutes to get used to it. Once I did, I wondered where has this shifter been all of my life??? I appreciated your fun and informative review.

Splendiferous review, bloody marvellous! They have a matt green one now, though not sure it'll be available here. I think the choice of colours is more limited in the UK. I too love the switches, they are like the honda XR dirt bikes of the 70's. I like it in red, but the blue supernovas are nice too. Hard choice.

Black Jacket and Brown gloves? Dear lord man that's very aventgarrrrde!

I just watched your video again 😊 nice watching you ride ‘my bike’ 😂 around the England roads 😊 marvellous

These Royal Enfield's seem to be a bargain, plenty of happy owners!

Splendid TAYM

splendiferous

Great video

Nobody has yet mentioned the "C" [CHAIN] word. Because the Meteor delivers it's power smoothly and doesn't have a massive amount of top end power the chain doesn't get; stretched, damaged "O" rings or need attention every three days. It's just there, and a modicum of maintenance and occasional re-tensioning will keep it happy. That's unlike snatchy, dump the clutch at high revs, superbikes.

Another spiffing mutter. I fitted the heel & toe shifter to Jemima, the leaky classic 500 because my size 11 boots kept getting jammed under the standard shifter - it worked a treat!

You know what that village was missing? Cricket match on the green. Like that bike in bronze.

Love Haywards I’m often there

As an owner of a classic 500 you’ve said everything, “the Meteor is marvellous, but it’s not Bertie.” The Meteor gets close to the classic, but it doesn’t match it. Riding a classic 500 it’s magic.

Bulbous ! 😀

I love those switches on Reg my new Classic 350 😊

Switch buttons? You mean rotary switches that have been around for a century or so? How innovative! That said, my test ride was enjoyable, the bike handled well, and the balance between power deficiency but enjoy efficiency (coming from a Triumph Nightstorm 1700 and a BMW F800ST) was a big net plus for the Meteor! Thank you to Newcombe Bros Chelmsford! Awesome folks there.

Enjoyed the ride, If you had to choose between the Meteor or the Himalayan for an all year round bike which would you choose?

This video started playing on my KZfaq after watching a similar one. I've seen it before when you first put it on and what shocks me is your voice sounds completely different to now 😮,or were you just trying to talk a bit posher back then 😂😂😂

That's what we call em here in NZ.Baby Harley's,wild piglet.You can get a heel & toe shifter from India aftermarket for Classic 350.The Meteor one doesn't fit.

I was at Haywards yesterday to book in for some work on my bike and it was pretty busy. Not sure how the Meteor would fair on the dual carriageways west of Dry Drayton on my irregular commute. If the Interceptor came in black engine as an option, like most of the Meteors I'd be sorely tempted.

If you want cheep check out the gear linkage and no stone protectors on the forks, great bike but just a couple of little bits which RE should have addressed imo

Why is the part of the road at 6:38 blocked about 30% of the way? I recall having seen such obstacles in other videos too. Isn't it too dangerous to have the road width suddenly reduced? I guess there would be warnings sufficiently in advance to help slow down, but still...

Very easy rider 😀

Haywards Barbe Q again Saturday came round quick. I’m going if weather is ok?

Meteor fireball £3879

Too speed 75 mpg