RE Goan Classic 350 | Ride Review

This bike is an eye catcher for sure but would you choose an unorthodox bike ?

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The tall ape-hanger handlebar, the bobbed tail section, bullet-style indicators, and the white-walled tyres are some of the eye-catching highlights of the Goan Classic 350. Not to mention, the rims match the bike’s body colour and the brushed aluminium finish is an absolute eye-candy.
In terms of build quality, we feel Royal Enfield has chalked up the standards for the Goan Classic 350 in comparison to the Classic 350. Right from the paint quality and finish to the welds, the switches, and the small logos embedded neatly on the body parts, all of it screams premium. There are other neat and nifty details like the Goan Classic 350 badge on the seat, as well as the brushed finished air-filler valve on the rim which further accentuate the visual appeal of the bike. Fair to say, the Goan Classic 350 makes for a motorcycle to not only ride around town on a lazy weekend but also park in your living room under a warm light if you can.
Since the Goan Classic is based on a pre-existing platform, it uses the same 349cc single-cylinder engine that makes 20.2bhp at 6,100rpm and a peak torque of 27Nm at 4,000rpm. The engine is linked to a five-speed gearbox. Even the hardware for the Goan Classic appears identical to its donor bike and it includes the telescopic front forks, dual rear springs and a disc brake at each end. The Goan Classic 350 is the first Royal Enfield J-series bike to get cross-spoke wheels with tubeless tyres as a standard fitment. This reduces the hassle of dealing with punctures and eliminates the cost of installing a tube as well.
Along with the LED headlight and LED turn indicators, Royal Enfield has offered pretty much the same set of features for the Goan Classic 350 as its sibling. It gets a twin-pod instrument console that comprises the analogue-digital setup for the speedometer, odometer, LCD inset for the tripmeter, gear position indicator, and more. The smaller unit is for the Tripper Navigation that Royal Enfield offers as an accessory. It lets you pair your smartphone via Bluetooth and gives access to turn-by-turn navigation, as well as call and SMS notifications. Not to mention, the bike also gets dual-channel ABS.
Royal Enfield has made slight changes to the Goan Classic 350’s chassis to strengthen it, elongated the swingarm by a small margin and tweaked the rear spring to accommodate the same.
At Rs. 2.35 lakh (ex-showroom, Chennai), the Royal Enfield Goan Classic 350 sits above the standard Classic, Bullet, and the Meteor 350 too. Its colours, build quality, styling, features list, engine characteristics, and overall packaging is quite laudable.