Royal Enfield Meteor Custom "Chimera": the best-seller becomes hard and pure
Making a special from a collection champion is always a risk, but the desire to upset the Meteor 350 It was too strong. Here is our "Chimera"
There Royal Enfield Meteor 350 It is one of the motorcycles of the moment: it has brought the Indo-British brand in the top 10 of the sales charts of the Italian market, which has always been known to encourage large displacements, and is one of the best-selling motorcycles in Europe.
There Meteor 350 opened the doors of the Cruiser segment a Royal Enfield With a reliable motorcycle, with an affordable price, but with defined lines. In short, the right means for those who want to be an EasyRider also in the home-work journey, starting a real family to which was added a few days ago the Super Meteor 650.
Chimera: the cruiser becomes Bobber
Even the smartest, versatile, fun and easy bike can be improved with a project designed to increase its style, driving pleasure and therefore character. And that's what we did by creating our chimera, just on the basis Meteor 350.
The idea was born from the shares of the Cruiser of Royal Enfield, more precisely from the measures of the wheels: the coupled with the 19 "front and the 17" rear, perfect numbers to create a bobber, naturally under the sacred commandment of the "less is best", always dear to customizers from all over the world.
And in fact the first operations that led us to create the Royal Enfield Meteor 350 "Chimera" focused precisely on the elimination of elements such as the Paraphanage group, the frame of the passenger saddle, the handlebar, but also of the original instrumentation and the handlebar blocks, direction indicators, first equipment tires, hopes and all the optical groups.
Royal Enfield Meteor 350 Chimera: how it has changed
In practice we undressed the bike and then covered it, but always thinking about the total reversibility of our operations: our chimera will in fact be able to return at any time one Meteor 350 "standard".
First we donated new "shoes" to this special, choosing to mount a pair of vintage classic -style tires on the original circles; Then we went to streamline the sides of the chimera, removing the original Airbox case and mounting a new Slim battery with the fuse group and an external air filter "soap" that has incact the Meteor, improved its performance and made it possible to use the side panels of the Royal Enfield Bullet 350, smaller and more compact.
To underline the metamorphosis of the Meteor 350 Of Cafe Twin There is a really bad forestry: reversed Sportbar handlebar, external springs on the 41 mm fork reminiscent of the old Springer systems, and Faro Daytona Sport positioned below. A detail that recalls the Italian design, given that it pays the right tribute to the legendary "Low Lighthouse" Vespa.
The B side of the Chimera instead found a single -seater saddle with a rack grid on which 2 Kellerman Bullet 3 in 1 were mounted which condense position light, stop and direction indicators. To put the exclamation point the two -tone coloring of the original tank and the Faro base, but the real gem is in the technology of the Royal Enfield Meteor 350 Chimera, which makes it true to the vintage aesthetic of this one-off.
In fact, to create a "timeless" special we decided to serve the most recent technology that equips today's motorcycle electronics: instead of the mechanical key, in fact, we have included, in the appropriately modified original housing, a Motogadget Motogadget electronic key Lock; Even the original instrumentation was scrapped in favor of a mini Motogadget Tachimeter with Spies. A modernity that translates into the handlebar blocks: removed the originals, we have installed an Axel Joost D-Box mini control unit connected to 7 buttons that perform all the functions (clacson, dazzling, start/stop, start, arrows and control selection) .
Royal Enfield Meteor 350 Chimera: the result
We are truly proud of this special, because condensing everything we try to bring to a unique bike: there is practicality, since we have maintained driving comfort, the design that uses the original lines of the bike but revolutionizes them, the Minimal but rich in style approach, improved performance and a sound that is recognized among a thousand other bikes.
Do not you believe it? Come and visit us in via Mesula 12 in Rome and you can judge with your eyes. We are waiting for you!
