Royal Enfield has finally added alloy wheels to the official accessory list for the Classic (350, 500) and Thunderbird (350, 500) models, priced at Rs 10,000 (Rs 11,000 including installation and taxes). These machined alloy wheels have already reached Royal Enfield dealers in Maharashtra.
The alloy wheels have also been added to the company’s website in the accessories section. These alloy wheels can be used with both, standard and tubeless tyres. This means existing owners of Classic and Thunderbird models with wire-spoke wheels can upgrade to the new alloys. The wheels also come with a two-year warranty from Royal Enfield.
The black 9-spoke wheels with the machined finish highlight on each spoke appear similar to the ones that come as standard on the Thunderbird X models, suggesting these could be the same wheels. The grey bike in the image is also equipped with other official accessories like an engine guard (Rs 3,450), luggage rack (Rs 2,400), knuckle guard and headlight guard.
The alloy wheels will allow the owners to make the full use of tubeless tyres on the Royal Enfield bikes. None of the Royal Enfield bikes with spoked rims offered the feature to use tubeless tyres, which causes a lot of trouble to the long-distance travellers. Tubeless tyres are much easier to repair on the way and also makes the ownership experience somewhat better.
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