2021 Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 | Our First Ride and Review 

You can tell these are getting popular ....every time someone does a review the trolls pop up and start knocking it ....most of which have probably never ridden one ! You know who you are ! I've got one as you can probably tell and I love it , tried everything else and for me this came out a clear winner over everything else , she's a keeper 👍

You are are just remembering and realising that the Interceptor is what lets you know that riding the bike is meant to make you happy..not stressed. This bike is a friend, whose value just increases as you spend more time with it. I am 'stupidly' in love with mine...warts and all😍

This is a handsome cycle that will turn heads as many onlookers will approach you with many questions so I suggest you owners to memories and carry notes with the history of this cycle.

No frills, but lots of thrills. I dont care what the purist say, this is a good bike

I like the Interceptor mode it is "HAPPY MODE"

At 0.20 in the list of specifikations you write 34.9 BHP@ 7150 rpm. Thats wrong! She has 34.9 KW (Kilowatts) , and about 48 BHP.

I thought it had 47.3HP or something, just under the 48HP limit for learners etc. Love my bike, still going well after two years, plus I have an R1200RT as well, and find the 650 more fun on rural roads. The Beemer for two up riding and touring.

When I started riding in the 60's if you had a 650 twin you had the fastest motorcycle on the road. I've owned smaller and larger bikes, one 900cc Honda dohc 16 valve 4 carbs that was too fast. But I think the 650 twin is the perfect size. It has the grunt and the sound. I love the old BSA's and Triumphs but for the money you just can't beat the new RE twins. You get a 650 twin with EFI, ABS, counterbalanced engine, and a three year warranty for about $6000. You don't get any of that with an old re-done Brit bike. Royal Enfield is the way to go. I would own a INT650 myself but my wife rides with me and she has battled cancer nine times. After the cancer went to her brain it caused seizures and we went to a trike. Our thoughts are if she had a seizure on a two wheeled bike it might cause us to wreck injuring both of us and maybe others. On a trike I think I could get pulled over and tend to her needs. If it weren't for all her health issues I'd have a Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 in my garage right now.

I'm in my mid 40s and have always liked (gravitated) toward the standard/ujm/modern classic style motorcycle. Although I'm American, I don't find cruisers to be the iconic motorcycle as much as a standard style bike. They are versatile and can be tailored to the riders preference at the moment. Sure they aren't fabulous at any one thing but can be great at most anything. Want to just cruise around leisurely they sit comfortably. Yet they aren't so relaxed sitting you can't ride them spirited in the curvy sections and are neutral enough to ride on some reasonable maintained fire/forest service roads. They don't have a lot of body work to get in the way of maintenance or damaged with a tip over. Just a good simple motorcycle to enjoy the experience of riding. I feel the adventure segment is like the new age standard and my next bike will likely be either a modern classic or Adventure style. And yes, over the past few years I've started enjoying a slower pace of riding most of the time.

Haha, I like the comment about carbies. In 1963 coming back at night from fishing in Staines to home in St Marylebone, my old 250 Matchless kept stopping. I took the side of the float chamber off to check to fuel flow and needle and dropped the little plastic piece the float pushed against to stop the fuel, I just couldn't find it. Then I discovered the reason the fuel was stopping was the little breather hole in the petrol cap was bunged up. So rode all the way home from the Staines side of London airport with the cap off and reaching down with the left hand to turn the fuel on as the engine faltered and off when it squirted out of the top on the carburetor when full.

I just sold mine and bought a Suzuki sv650x, which is fantastic in comparison. I don’t miss the clocks misting up and the wobbling at high speed and it’s poor ability around the bends. I enjoyed the ownership of the bike which involved constant polishing of the aluminum engine cases to maintain the presence which the bike deserves, but in the end it wasn’t enough for me.Thanks for all your hard work and entertaining reviews.

At 3:29 when you say the traffic is heavy, as an Indian , I chuckled a little. It really puts into perspective why most people prefer a bigger bike for anything other than back roads. Over here a 650 will hardly have room to go full throttle for more than 20-25mins and that too in some very specific stretches of the newer highways.

Absolutely mind boggling 🤩🤩🤩✨

Good review there chaps. My Interceptor is coming up for 2 years old. I've also got a BMW RT for serious miles, but for just going out into the countryside for a morning and putting a smile on yer face it is brilliant. I'm old enough to have grown up around British 650 twins and this is everything they should have been. It has stood the test of time well and still looks like new. For £5600 new (when I bought it) it is brilliant value too.

Very good review. I have one and am very happy with it. It's almost 2 years old.

You gents do a right nice review of the bikes you take out. Cheers.

Enjoyed the review lads. You’re quite right when talking of enjoying the old school experience of these style machines. Like you two I ride a GS for touring and weekends away, but for running around town or day rides I’m out on my 1994 Kawasaki 750 Zephyr. Now one of these Royal Enfields could also find it’s way into my garage as the servicing of the old carburettors becomes more difficult. A lot of me mechanics these days have not had the training on machines that are approaching 30 years of age.

Love from Slovenia 🇸🇮!!!! 🏍

Great review as always

Fantastic video and will be test riding both the meteor and intercepter very soon!

Just upgraded from the original Candy Orange model, which, after 3 years, had some rust issues even though garaged, and never taken out in the rain to a T 100 Triumph and although I loved the Enfield, the Triumph beats it easily in every detail apart from price. I suggest back to back comparison prior to pulling the trigger. I feel the Triumph is more than worth the (considerable) price difference and this will be reflected in future value. Each to his own however.

Excellent review and I’m definitely thinking about getting this or the Himalayan. I ride the R1200RT today which is an excellent bike👍

The Royal Enfield is a nice bike because it doesn't have all the electronic gizmos that are likely to have problems and be costly to repair. The analogue dials are nice. I might buy the Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 but was looking at buying a Honda CB1100 EX or R

Great review guys thank you. 👍

Usually a soft seat covers up for poor suspension, so a hard seat can be ideal if the suspension is good.

For me, the 350 in this part if the world is a bit dicy. Honda's 500cc bikes and Roysl Enfield's 650 bikes are in the sweet spot.

The ‘No Parking’ sign is useful, gives you somewhere to put your helmet!!!!

Your spec sheet is wrong, its 47bhp not 34 as you listed.... good review though, I've got a test ride this week, time to upgrade the Himalayan 🤔

Something that moves your soul 😁👍🏍🇬🇧

Can you please review the Royal Enfield Hunter. The only reason I don't own one yet is cos I can't decide, all the reviews are excellent for the meteor and interceptor and now the Hunter seems to be off the charts popular. Please let us know what you think compared to the other 2. Cheers!

Nice review. I have the sister bike to this one, the GT. At 200kg plus I wish it were lighter but it's OK. I'd pay for a 'which of the 6 gears am I in' indicator if it were available as an option but sadly it is not. Still love the bike though.

Too answer the question about the head light - the reason they left it retro with bulbs is that they are much easier to change wherever you are (the desert, mountain).And on the price I disagree about the price the bulbs are cheeper than LED .

I bought a Honda 900cc Boldor new and hated it, it had clip-on bars and you had to crouch over the tank plus if overtaking at speed you had to drop it down a gear. I sold it after 3 months and bought the best Bike, a Suzuki gsx 1100 E. it had the same style as my old triumph 650 and what you're riding in your Video. Perfect for town or country except the power band was from idle to redline! whatever the gear.:))

Car designers are going futuristic with their designs; while motorcycles are going retro

Funny! I haven't lived in Cornwall (Truro) for 40 years and didn't hear that the bike came from Fraddon, but I knew from some of the roads you were on it's Cornwall. 'Ansome! (Oh I have an Interceptor 650 too - but in Michigan, were I can also get pasties - the local version is just OK)

Definitely old. I’m right there with you.

Good video Toby. As to why you like the Interceptor I think you may have started your menopause buddy.

Man I want one

Just your good taste young man.

Looks nice, but what's the headlight - LED, Halogen,,, some images show 'cluttered glass, reminiscent of old crappy headlights... Cheers

This bike, mine is a 2020 model euro4. defies everything the numbers say. On paper it's a slow heavy ponderous bike. In the real world its lightweight (feeling) Lively and damn good handling, brakes are definitely better than the bikes era styling, better than my old Ducati SS

Good video. Nice bike spoilt by poor dealer service. My friends just traded his two year old Continental GT in for a Honda due to a long saga of problems with a number of dealers.

Just found your channel and enjoy your videos. As many people do I am watching reviews to try to help decide what to go for after passing DAS 🤞. There was a question you asked but don’t think you really answered, that is, would you have this as your only bike? I know this is dependant on personal position but I see a few people in the comments who also have another bike, the GS seems to be the popular other bike. So ignoring sunny Sunday rides, is this a good only bike? Keep up the banter.

You know you guys did a vid of one of these on 6th July 2020 right? So not really your first ride and review. But thanks anyway. I'm thinking of buying one. There is a huge amount aftermarket accessories for these now, suspension, mufflers, seats, screens etc.etc.

Nice review dude your bhp figures wrong it’s 47 bhp or 39 kw your shows 39 bhp 👍🏻

What's the color name, looks awesome

Any road that is so narrow that two vehicles cannot easily pass each other is NOT a road, it is a track, and that seems to be a lot of these English rural road reviews. Seems to me that a good English country road bike would need to be slim, light and agile.

Would this be an OK bike for just causing back roads for a heavier rider around 250 to 300

Really like this review....informative and humorous, thanks guys. The only thing I don't like about the bike is that seat. It looks awful, flat and shapeless. I'd like more of a sculpted and better supporting seat...but I'm getting on and my ass is a priority these days.

Fact Check as others mentioned ITS A 47 BHP BIKE! If you would have mentioned it in a single place then it would have been sort of neglected but you kept popping the specs multiple times and shown the wrong thing, now that’s a big blunder. Now, the engine is a 648cc parallel twin 270 degree crank with a balancer shaft to dampen the vibration, so you did not feel any jittering. Secondly, the bike comes standard with dual channel ABS.

It's not 34.9 bhp...its 34.9 kw...which in bhp converts to nearly 47bhp

34.9 bhp shown in the video, I thought they had 47bhp?

Fuel mix: rich or lean or just right 😊

At last! I thought I may have been the only person who wants a touch of arm to gain perspective with in a mirror. It's something I've always automatically done, whether riding a bike or having 12 metres of coach behind me. It just isn't right to have a disembodied bit of the planet sitting in the mirror.

You are wrong it's 47.5 bhp...34.6

It's 47 bhp, mate - not 34.9

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It’s 47 horsepower. Not 34! Don’t insult the poor bike.

34BHP.....? And the rest, try 47.