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.

For a company so proud to embrace its legacy, the Guerrilla 450 comes across as something even more invigorating and distinctive than the Himalayan 450 - the motorcycle it’s based on. This whole platform is an entirely new direction from what Royal Enfield has traditionally built its reputation on. It’s a direction towards an exciting future. This one you see in the pictures is the Guerrilla 450 Apex, the new version of the Guerrilla 450.

The TVS Apache RR 310 has been around for nine years now. While it maintains its original look and the BMW-derived 312cc reverse-inclined, single-cylinder engine, the bike has gone through several updates in these years to become better. But is it really good enough?