Royal Enfield Guerrilla 450 vs Triumph Speed 400: Why a 40% Tax Didn’t Stop One From Nearly Matching the Other’s Price
Oct 3, 2026The Spec'd take
Why it stands out
- A 349 cc liquid-cooled single with a new head, dedicated cams and taller gearing makes 29 PS and 31.2 Nm, well clear of the roughly 20 to 23 PS of the Royal Enfield Classic 350, Honda CB350 and Jawa 350.
- The tech list is far richer than a classic usually gets: a round 4-inch colour TFT with navigation, five riding modes, cruise control, Optimised Cornering ABS and cornering traction control.
- It looks the part: teardrop tank with hand-painted coachlines, twin shocks, wire-spoke wheels, a peashooter silencer and a round LED headlight with a daytime running light.
- Easy to live with: a 790 mm seat (770 mm with the accessory low seat), a centre stand as standard and a 16,000 km service interval.
- A 14.5 L tank, the largest in Triumph's single-cylinder family, gives it genuine touring reach.
Worth knowing
- At Rs 2.80 lakh ex-showroom it costs well above the Royal Enfield Classic 350 and Honda CB350, which sit between roughly Rs 1.9 lakh and Rs 2.3 lakh.
- At 195 kg ready to ride it is heavy for a 350, and heavier than the other single-cylinder Triumphs.
- The spoked wheels run tubed tyres with no tubeless option, so a puncture is a slower fix.
- Deliveries of the T40 start from mid November 2026, so for now it is a book-and-wait bike (Rs 4,999 refundable booking amount).
- Triumph's cheaper Bonneville T4 shares the same engine and chassis, so the T40's premium is really for the TFT, the five riding modes, cruise control and the cornering rider aids.



















