The Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 and Continental GT 650 make you well aware of their weight on the move but the Bear 650 disguises it very well.
BHPian neil.jericho recently shared this with other enthusiasts:
At the end of a short spin on the Interceptor Bear 650, I was grinning from ear to ear!
Few thoughts
- The bike looks really attractive, especially in this Wild Honey paint scheme! I’m not the biggest fan of that exhaust but from a styling perspective, everything else is absolutely on point.
- Royal Enfield has found the almost perfect formula, to build around the masterpiece that is their 650 cc engine.
- The rider triangle is so much more naturally accommodating than any of the other 650 cc offerings from Royal Enfield. I was instantly comfortable with the riding position, despite the seat being a bit taller than I expected.
- Is it a hardcore scrambler? Probably not but standing and riding is a piece of sumptuous cake.
- While the Interceptor 650 nudges that you have fun when the road opens up and the GT 650 encourages you to adopt a calm riding style, the Bear 650 seemingly wants you to be a bit hooliganish even if you aren’t the type to indulge in such motorcycling mischief.
- It didn’t take me more than a few hundred meters of riding, to realize that this is a bike that I would love to have in my garage.
- The crisp and clear digital screen should make its way into the other 650cc offerings in 2025.
- Where the Interceptor and GT 650 make you well aware of their 210-odd kilogram weight on the move, the Bear 650 disguises it so well that it feels like the lightest 210 + kg motorcycle that you have ridden.
Overall, the Bear 650 is a prime example of not living by the numbers on a spec sheet. All the little changes that Royal Enfield has made, simply seem to work. As long as Royal Enfield doesn’t launch tubeless spoked wheels for the motorcycle, my bank balance is safe! Overall, I was paw-sitively impressed by the Bear 650.
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