Royal Enfield fires a shot: New five-strong Bullet range expected for 2024

Royal Enfield are gearing up to reveal a revitalised Bullet range for 2024, with five new models being teased online, for a reveal on Friday, 1 September.

The new models are a mixture of new and old, including a Bullet 350 and Bullet 500, plus a Bullet Electra, and Bullet Sixty-5.

These will all likely be air-cooled singles, with all four names previously seen in Enfield’s line-up in the past, and it’s likely the 350s will use the chugging long-stroke two valve motor currently found in the likes of the Classic 350.

An air cooled 500cc motor has not been seen in the UK since 2020, when Enfield introduced a Tribute Black limited edition version of their Classic 500, costing £5499. Just 210 arrived in the UK and marked the end of the motor’s use, having first appeared in 2008.

Despite the name and the rumours which have circulated the brand all year, the fifth model being teased, the Bullet E, is sadly not the company’s first electric bike. This is despite Enfield’s parent company Eicher Motors Ltd invested €50 million in Spanish plug-in off-road firm Stark Future SL in early 2023.

It was reported at the time Royal Enfield had ‘several ideas in advanced stages of testing’ when it came to electrification. This tallies up from reports in India, with several outlets claiming to be in possession of a battery-powered concept called the Electrik01, complete with girder forks and classically styled lines.

Royal Enfield CEO, B Govindarajan said: “While they are scaling up and planning their market entry soon, we will support Stark in the industrialisation process.

“We at Royal Enfield will draw on these capabilities for developing our EV platforms and will also plan to share some EV platforms in the future.”

Royal Enfield, have however, confirmed this new mystery Bullet will be a combustion engined model. To see more about the teasers so far, visit royalenfield.com