Meteor

Royal Enfield first used the Meteor name in 1952 on a 700cc parallel-twin touring motorcycle developed during the British era of the company. It was positioned as a capable long-distance machine and later evolved into the Super Meteor in 1956, with production of the original Meteor line continuing into the early 1960s before the name disappeared from regular production. After a long gap, Royal Enfield revived the Meteor name in 2020 for a new cruiser, the Meteor 350, which was developed by the company’s Chennai and UK technical centers and introduced as a modern easy-riding middleweight with a strong link to Royal Enfield’s cruising heritage. Because the nameplate has been used in two distinct eras separated by decades, it is treated as a model with multiple production periods.