Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 Review - A Classic 350 With An Extra Lung! 

Thanks for sharing. by all means check out my 75 clip playlist on this ride in the description section

yeah i think owning the 650 and the 500 has you covered pretty well there...even the 650 with a 350 works fine too. so a single for the fun factor and the twin for the longer hauls

​@ridewithwarro Well said both together make a perfect combo.Perfect pair ❤

thanks for sharing. i think i will have to source more info on the classic 650. great to hear you enjoy the channel too all the best!

that classic 650 side sounds interesting although i think i said once i'd never buy one BUT thinking it over i just might! each time they release new enfields i get notified as ive owned roughly 20 of them. if it happens i'd just have to make sure i keep my 350 red/chrome for the old school looks...lol a month ago i was thinking of buying one of the new colour interceptors but decided to pull out and ordered a watch instead so this 650 classic idea may now be on the cards

that guy was talking when the 500 ruled but now its replaced by the better 350 unit

@@ridewithwarro I haven't ridden the 350 but I love my 500 and have no plans to replace it even if the 350 is better.

@@ridewithwarro No worries mate.

Glad it helped. i think i'd do that just for peace of mind and a very small outlay. all the best!

yeah i think its well worth looking into if one owns a new int650 or the gt. virtually the same bike different bars.

thanks, my flyscreen tests were interesting in that run of tests too.

great to hear, never owned a harley but at times did think about one. i think the weight side would stuff it up for me. all the best and more reviews to come

must admit lots of stuff you see on youtube in mods is click counting but when i order those spacers for $50 and easy fit and took the bike over a very rough stretch of road.....great results for near zero outlay. so owners on a buget of just want something that works on the cheap...go for it. unlike the expensive engine oil which was just a total waste of cash-time and effort

The 2019-24 model Speedtwin 900 are 64hp & 80Nm so up from 55hp on 2016-18 model. So a bit more HP & same High Torque of 80Nm. The T100 Bonneville & Scrambler didn't get the 64hp engine untill 2021. Speedtwin 900 has 4pot Brembo up front & same weight as Interceptor but lower center of gravity & alloy wheels & 1clock..T100 is 14kg heavier & only has a 2pot Brembo up front & has spokes & 2 clocks.

I get my bikes delivered & live 60mins from Dealership in either direction.They delivered them for free to but I did just buy a new bike off them.If I had to get it picked up for any reason other than a warranty issue cost me $60.I like to get new bike delivered so I can gently run in them in doing 15-20km stints with atleast 25min rest between rides.I'd have to stop 4times atleast for 25mins each time & take about 2½-3hrs to get home.

yeah i like to run the in easy myself. similar way to you. ive had bikes dropped off for free locally but on buying in sydney even when i bought the new triumph street scrambler 900 -delivery cost were $400 va a private bike courier or $500 from the dealer. as for warranty claims no free drop off there either so i usually got the part and if possible fixed it myself. plus its great to hear they look after you well over there.

great info for the triumph guys there.

@@ruahinesrider you ordered that Triumph yet?

yeah they were pretty good bikes but maybe now the idea of the 650 classic may appeal to me. once not the case but now maybe...lol

Thanks for the info!

my review on the cb500x will come shortly in condensed form when i will include all 4 units i owned in the one clip 2018/2019/2021 and 2022

all good there. always like ducati ever since i saw a desmo 450 in the mid 1960's i think. back n the day when i had my suzuki gt750 my ex brother in law bought a new laverda jota 1000 he said it was a really good bike but i never got the chance to actually ride it. prior to that he had the yamaha 650 twin and what a shaker that was...lol. about 8 years ago i spoke to his youngest sister and believe it or not- he still has that laverda

Always loved the Laverda bought Mrs Tree a Ducati gtl 500 years back had a parallel twin laverda motor, nice bike. The monster vibrates like a bugger if you don't get revs right so not real smooth but handles,fast and light, think I'm getting 2 old for it so back to RE haha.@@ridewithwarro

over the past 12 years ive ownes heaps of new classic 500's uce350's/ classic 350 reborn/hunter 350/himalayan/interceptors/535gt so roughly 20 new in total i plan to run reviews on some of them with lotsof other bikes so many more reviews. all the best!

i may be bent in buying the 650 classic if i think it looks close. that way i'd still have the 350 reborn which i do like so that alone is better than nothing.

as far as i know not sold here. all the best!

thnks and will do

quite possibly too...lol

never seen one but on the cheap you can always put stock classic 500 shocks on the 350 and add touring seat. that improves the ride quality over stock unit

yeah...lol happened very quick that channel pull down. this watch guy i was checking out i;d say he used the :F: word at least 50 to 100 times in his last clip and they just laughed abot it. i too thought it was funny myself but thats how it goes. never use that F word now...not on channel...lol back to the red. after say 10 or more new 500's and that day i got on that interceptor 650 it was like a dream come true....lol it was really that good, i actually found it hard to believe i was on an enfield...lol now say you owned a classic 500 and bought a 650...to me that means not a great deal apart from good choice BUT if im my position you had owned ever year model 500 from 2012 to 2020 and then get on that newly released 650...wow what a bike! santa had finally arrive wth the goodies and it only took him/her 8 years to deliver he package...lol and what a package. the enfield i always dreamed about!

not much i can say there as i still have that red/chrome 350 and apart from more effort to to just keep it clean( which i must admit i dont like doing as its a dirt road runner) when clean it does look the part. all the best!

@@ridewithwarro How do you think the Interceptor dark, with its all-black motor, would handle infrequent washing? The polished finish on the original Interceptor and its cleaning regime' doesn't really light my fire.

@@dashamac ive never been keen on the black painted motors even from the early 500 days. i think the first one i bought in enfields with blacked out motor was the despatch 500 and later the pegasus. had issues keeping them looking like new and they aged/faded quick. plus i only clean my bikes with washing up detergent and some get excited with that but believe it or not i used te same on the high end cars too. id like to see enfield drop these silly backed out motors and just go back to the old unpainted days.

yeah i see your point there. speed limits are much higher your way and they move along quick. say you were caught riding/driving along here at 90 in a 60mph zone/160 against 100 kph once pulled over your license is taken immediately and you walk from 3 to 6 months. no second chane ...your gone...lol plus the speeding fine. could be well over $2000 and that depend upon if it was a public holiday and if so any offence is usually a double up $$$ fine. so i can live with the classic 350 here which is a very good bike but in your area the int650 would be the far better choice all the best!

I have ridden a 350 Meteor in Germany for a year and a half, including in the Autobahn. The Bikes are perfectly safe on faster roads, and most of the speed limits in the States are lower than here. They are fantastic commuting bikes and a joy to ride. Try one out before you say they are no good!

ref to bike - let me see if i can get you some info on the issue

my mate said try these Spark Plug Cap - 10mm-12mm - 102 Degree - Terminal Stud - 5k Ohm - Black now hers his reply and he knows heaps Oh yes brother , your in luck . I just had a similar problem with me 650 . Lol ! The spark plug boots are crap ! The cap that goes onto the spark plug that is . They are resister type caps … they have resisters in there to quell electronic noise . And … those resisters in there can and do go bad . Burn out basically from the heat . Hot engine , hot outside , and .. the stock ones have a big rubber thing on them , that seals the spark plug hole so rain don’t get in . But it’s crap and hold the heat in . So .. I would tell him to remove the spark plug caps off of the spark plug wires … just unscrew them. And check the resistance through the stock spark plug cap , it should be 5k ohms . If the resistance is much higher then that .. or there is no continuity through the cap , then it is toast . And I would get some NGK type caps , with 5k ohm resistors . Bad spark plug caps will cause misfires and running on one cylinder, or no cylinders if they are both bad and etc .

Wow, you're good ! Between your mate and you, my issue seems correctly diagnosed, thanks and HURRAH ! The sparkplug cap on my misfiring cylinder 1 (right side), indeed measured just over three times the expected resistance (16k Ω versus just under 5k Ω on the left one). I am so impressed! New sparkplug caps have been ordered (and my fingers crossed that's all there is to fix). I forgot to mention that the right exhaust showed heat discolouration by the catalytic converter and so I fitted Hitchcock's cat-free downpipes (to my already cat-free peashooter style silencers). Then I renewed sparkplugs to iridium ones, emptied and cleaned the fuel tank, ran 30km on fresh clean petrol with injector cleaner added, set the Fuel-X Pro to it's third setting (ie with it off) and then, out of ideas, took my bike to my Royal Enfield dealer, which was no help either. The last thing I did, was to mention my issue here because, well, you never know... ...and whaddaya know: a) you didn't just chose to help a total stranger but then even b) asked another for help on my behalf! THANKS ! I feel rather humbled... :)

@@FrokieKlarth-qe3ei well im really just someone who rides a bike and has a go BUT that guy i emailed in the USA is better than an actual motorcycle mechanic he now runs a big bore kit on his gt and he does all the work himself he been in bikes all his life where me......im really a car driver crossover...lol

Thank you, real car driver, for crossing over. :) Update / for your interest: My new NGK sparkplug caps have just arrived, I screwed them on to the sparkplug leads, started the bike and it immediately sounded better/smoother, THANKS ! I just need to raise tickover and all will be well once more ! :)