Hey, inmates! The good guys at Motorcycle.com got their hands on the new Royal Enfield Hunter 350… and we didn’t. And we’re jealous.

When this bike launched in India in 2022, we told you it was “A straight-up retro bike based on the same engine as the Meteor 350.”

That means we will get a long-stroke air-cooled, fuel-injected SOHC thumper, making 20 horsepower at the crank, at 6,100 rpm, with a five-speed gearbox. Not enough to thrill the jaded North American buyer, but this would be a big bike for the Indian market. Royal Enfield also uses this engine in the new Classic 350. ABS will be standard in some markets, but perhaps optional in the US and Canada. Same for the Tripper GPS add-on gauge, and LED turn signals are also optional. Somewhat confusingly, an LED taillight is standard, but Royal Enfield went with an incandescent bulb for the turn signals and headlight. Someone please explain this for us?

Although some outlets in India are calling this an “urban scrambler,” it rolls on 17-inch wheels front and rear, instead of a 19-17 arrangement.

While that might not sound ADV-friendly at first, I guarantee you that touring companies will be flogging these through all sorts of Asian destinations soon, if they aren’t already. Royal Enfield has a much bigger chunk of the adventure riding market than many North Americans might realize, although the Himalayan is obviously the first and best choice for that kind of work.

Because we expect you’re curious about the machine like we are, there’s a brief summary of what Evans Brasfield had to say about the bike in the captions below. You can read Evans’ full review here—Ed.