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2019 Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 And Interceptor 650 Review - First Ride

One platform; two personalities Credit: Photos by Royal Enfield Ever since my interview last December with Rod Copes, President of Royal Enfield North America, I’ve been looking forward to experiencing the new 650 Twin the company developed for the Continental GT 650 and the Interceptor 650. The common engine and chassis underlying these two models represent just one of “several” platforms slated to be released by RE in the next 3-5 years, according to Copes. Additionally, Copes claims that these platforms will all be aimed at the 400-700cc category because Royal Enfield wants to be the global leader in the middle-weight segment, which he thinks is underutilized as most manufacturers have been exploiting the heavy-weight market with its wider profit margins.

2023 Royal Enfield Super Meteor 650 Review - First Ride

Riding Royal Enfield's cruisers through the Indian countryside Credit: Photos by Royal Enfield/Jason Critchell & Chippy Wood Five years on from the 2018 launch of its first ever twin-cylinder models to be made in India, since when over 400,000 examples of the Interceptor 650 and Continental GT 650 have been sold around the world, Royal Enfield has now added the first of a much-anticipated series of spinoff models to its range. Join the Royal Enfield Forum Unveiled at last November’s EICMA Milan Show and already in production at RE’s Chennai plant for global deliveries to commence in March, the Super Meteor 650 is available in two versions targeting different slices of the middleweight cruiser market. Named after Royal Enfield’s first 100mph model launched back in 1955, a 700cc breakthrough bike marketed as a go-anywhere mile-eater which was available for the first time from any manufacturer with its own array of optional touring equipment, these are both powered by the same air/oil-cooled eight-valve 648cc parallel-twin engine with central chain-driven SOHC equipping the Interceptor and Continental GT.

5 Motorcycle Brands With Soaring Sales

Some manufacturers outperformed others in 2017. What will happen in 2018? You know what they say, “Bad news travels fast,” and a few months ago, it seemed like the motorcycle industry was full of it.