The Classic 500 re-classifies the Royal Enfield motorcyle, from a rugged beast of a machine to a more classy, uber cool magnificent piece of machinery

It's one heck of a headturner, and everytime you spot one roaring down the road, slicing through the traffic, it gets an instant standing ovation and a thunderous applause. Such is the power the Royal Enfield wields and the enormous respect it commands. And this Friday morning, the ‘sexy beast’ of a machinery made a comeback, one that boasts of more power, efficiency and style reviving the romance of post-war motorcycling. With a bold appearance and cutting edge technology, the all-new and ‘perfected’ Classic 500 and Classic 350 truly are magnificent pieces of machinery.

“Five years ago, we set ourselves the task styling the Royal Enfield Classic, and the major challenge was in infusing the romance of the 1950s and Royal Enfield’s British character with the latest engine technologies. The all-new Classic 500 has an open out design philosophy this can be attributed to the inspirational ‘Clipper 250’, a popular Royal Enfield of yesteryears,” comments R L Ravichandran, CEO, Royal Enfield.

One look, and you can’t take your eyes off the bike that stands for ‘leisure motorcycling for over a hundred years’. “It was the demand of our customers for a new look, and we along with Classic 500, introduced the Classic 350,” says Shaji Koshy, Head-Sales and Marketing, Royal Enfield adding how the Classics are imbued with ‘Selfism’ because the “relationship between the

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