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Guerrilla 450 First Ride Review | Guerrilla Warfare

The modern-retro segment was almost non-existent and uncompetitive a few years ago, enters Harley-Davidson with its X440 and Triumph Speed 400 almost at the same time and suddenly we see almost 100,000 motorcycles have been sold so far. They both launched it aggressively targeting Royal Enfield as it silently watched, not passing a comment on them. The result is their sales did not dip but the Harleys and Triumph in India tasted numbers which they could not have dreamt of with their existing offerings, and mostly thanks to their aggressive pricing. Royal Enfield was preparing for the war and it had Guerilla Warfare in its mind. Cue in the Guerrilla 450 and for the first ride they took us to Barcelona and did a global launch with all the shenanigans. Not just the Indian battleground but RE is also targeting to ruffle up some global feathers and the Guerrilla is another major stride towards it.

Verdict

Its pricing starts at INR 2.39 Lakh and goes up till INR 2.54 Lakh. It is competitive pricing once you think of the additional features it gets over the Triumph Speed 400 which undercuts the Guerrilla. Even as a standalone offering, the Guerrilla impresses because of certain things: be it the riding dynamics, the way it looks or the strong performance from the Sherpa engine. We just wish it had more grunt way down in the rev range to improve its rideability in the urban confinements. Back home, we have already set the ball rolling to bring along the Speed 400 and the H-D X440 for an ultimate showdown with the newest warrior that has guerrilla warfare in its mind.