---
title: "Royal Enfield Concept KX Brings a Shot of V-Twin Muscle to the Brand"
description: "If it sees production, this would be the first V-twin Royal Enfield since the 1930s."
date: "2018-11-07"
modified: "2019-05-23"
authors:
  - name: "Eric Brandt"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/eric-brandt"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/motorcycles/24757/royal-enfield-concept-kx-brings-a-shot-of-v-twin-muscle-to-the-brand"
categories:
  - "Motorcycles"
  - "News"
  - "The Garage"
tags:
  - "concept"
  - "concept car"
  - "cruiser"
  - "EICMA"
  - "royal enfield"
  - "royal enfield concept kx"
  - "v-twin"
---

# Royal Enfield Concept KX Brings a Shot of V-Twin Muscle to the Brand

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2018/11/concept-kx-2.jpg>)
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Royal Enfield is a brand best known for its [light- to middleweight bikes](<https://www.thedrive.com/motorcycles/21213/2018-royal-enfield-classic-500-mechanical-visual-upgrades-keep-the-classic-modern>) that is only just recently getting back into the world of two cylinders. As we await the arrival of the new twins in dealers, RE brought a stunning new concept to the EICMA motorcycle show that’s a different kind of machine. It’s called the Concept KX and it’s a muscular 838cc V-twin-powered bobber inspired by the 1140cc V-twin Royal Enfield KX of the 1930s. Take a look.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp2Es4IFu-U

To this day, the original KX is the largest-displacement bike Royal Enfield has ever built. It was in a brief time when RE was trying to compete in the big-bore cruiser segment which didn’t last for the brand. Now that RE is going through a resurgence, it just might be a segment it’s considering once more.

![message-editor%2F1541611670167-reconceptkx.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1541611670167-reconceptkx.jpg>)
*Royal Enfield Concept KX (left) and 1930s production KX (right), *Royal Enfield**

The Concept KX has some clear inspiration from the antique it’s based on. It’s very long, has a prominently displayed V-twin, and even has an old-school green and gold paint job with a brown solo seat, though it gets more modern in the finer details. It has a cool LED headlight and a Transformers-esque front fork with no visible suspension. Blacked-out details all around take away some of the charm of the old bike and make the concept downright menacing.

![message-editor%2F1541611738514-conceptkx3.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1541611738514-conceptkx3.jpg>)
*Royal Enfield Concept KX, *Royal Enfield**

Obviously, this bike is far from production-ready and is strictly a showpiece. There’s no license plate frame, no mirrors, no turn signals, and not much suspension to speak of. That said, this is a genuinely cool concept and it makes us hopeful that RE will get back into the cruiser scene with a new V-twin sometime soon.

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