Motoring Pulse

This comparison between the Royal Enfield Guerrilla 450 Apex and the Triumph Speed 400 (350cc) is more important than many people might realise. Although the Guerrilla is RE’s second motorcycle with the 452cc liquid-cooled engine, it still is the company’s first ever liquid-cooled engine so far. And it’s going up against a company that has decades of experience in building one, even though the Speed 400 is part of a completely new platform.

Triumph took an unexpected decision of downsizing its 400cc engine to 350cc (349cc to be precise), take the benefit of the lowered GST, and reduce the prices of its entire 400cc lineup as a result. As controversial as it may seem, building and selling motorcycles is about running a business as much as it is about passion, especially in the lower segments. This is our first-ride review of the updated Speed 400 with the new 349cc engine.

The Speed 400 is one of the two motorcycles which was the first to be introduced on Triumph's new 400cc platform. The other is the Scrambler 400 X. The Speed 400 gets an all-new 398cc single-cylinder, liquid-cooled, DOHC, 4-valve engine which produces 40 PS of power at 8,000 RPM and 37.5 NM of torque at 6,500 RPM.

Harley Davidson and Hero Motocorp have launched their first motorcycle, X440, in India. Should Royal Enfield and Honda CB350 worry?

Triumph and Bajaj have launched their first motorcycles; Speed 400 and Scrambler 400 X in India at an incredible price. Read more...