Royal Enfield's Most Underrated Bike in India Reviewed by Three | AutoYogi 

Is it the best RE bike?

The Interceptor actually is subjected to a dilemma in India. I am a proud Interceptor rider for the last 2 years and I personally believe that the bike usually gets compared to its contemporaries just based on its price, that is people start comparing to something like an Apache 310, KTMs and Dominars of that range. As good as these bikes might be in their respective classes I just fail to understand a comparison between Interceptor and the rest of these bikes cause all of them cater to different set of audiences and the kinda rush that you might get from a KTM 390 is something that can't even be compared to a Triumph Bonneville let alone Interceptor, and that's where the difference lies. The Interceptor is an out and out alternative to something like a Triumph Street Twin and Kawasaki W800, so essentially you're getting a bike that goes toe to toe with its rivals while costing 1/3rd the price of a new Street Twin or W800 and that's where the value lies.

the weight problem only stays with you for the initial days....once you get used to it, it doesn't bother you...there is literally nothing that comes close to the overall package...and that engine...its a gem!

Weird thing is that this bike has more demand than supply in US, UK and Canada. Literally flying off shelves over there.

I rode this bike with pillion without seat modification for around 1800 kms there were proper hills , off-roads, water crossing, rains, slushy roads, and at any point i never felt guilt about the bike and its performance ,only the thing which i felt was seat is not comfortable for long rides, and when luggage is on with pillion then any motorcycle you can loose control while sudden movement , only thing is tough to pull back your motorcycle from road side edges, so best solution is to park your motorcycle at proper level surface , you will always enjoy this beast ...

Bring right people in such discussions, preferably the owners. I own Interceptor for last 3.5 years and I love it. I have done multiple long rides Ladakh, Spiti, Gangotri, Kedarnath.. many more with full of confidence and comfort. For me this is the best RE till now. I also own RE TB 500 and had Himalayan for 3 years before Inti and I can say Inti is the best..

As a owner of interceptor I can say it’s definitely a bike for people above 5:10

I am a Proud owner of Interceptor 650 since the last 3 years...I would like to present some points: 1. Its very painful that RE has completely forgotten this bike after launch... 2. No official accessories have been provided to uplift the user experience for the last few years... 3. I had to purchase Seat, Backrest, Led headlamps, indicators, hazard flasher etc from Third party stores which weren't provided by RE. 4. MOST IMPORTANT: When you take the 650 twins for service there is NO SPECIAL Treatment for the owners as they belong to a MORE PREMIUM segment than Classic and Meteor owners... 5. Most of the RE showrooms are NOT EQUIPPED to repair and service the 650 twins... I hope RE rectifies its mistakes and the bike gets its due respect someday... Thanks Yogi Ji and ICN Studios for this brilliant review...❤🙏🏻

I own 2021 model, it’s an awesome bike, power & driving experience is awesome, u will love it. All those drawbacks like more weight & little heat, seat etc are negligible, don’t care them if u like just go and buy one, u won’t regret

It's an oversquared engine. Not longstroke. I've been owning one since 2020 and i must say this one is an excellent motorcycle.

This is a therapy bike for me. After a stressful day i go on a 100km ride on the highway and its pure bliss ... riding at 100-110 the engine feels as smooth as can be and stress free. It goes to 140 at the twist of the throttle. I did have to change the handlebar to Art of Motorcyle one ...and get a ride on air seat to make the riding triangle work for me. Engine and gearbox - 10/10 Suspension - 8/10 Seat and posture - 6/10 Service and spares - 6/10 Reliability - 8/10 Fuel economy - 8/10 (25 kmpl - Delhi to Gurgaon) Value for money - 10/10 I am eagerly waiting for the Super meteor 650.

Two things RE must rectify in this bike ....that is they must provide tubeless tyres and a good comfortable seat.

This kind of reviews/discussions are more helpful. Keep it up.

Yes , a seat is a problem . However this is an amazing machine I rode this machine 700-800 km a day without any trouble.

Kya interceptor ke gear shifting Mae problem h I mean kya iske gear tight or free ho jaate h phle royal Enfield bikes ki tarah yaa fir button shift smooth gear h iske

Only one problem I have Experienced is the Tube type tyres. RE should really introduce Alloy wheels as accsessory.

Ye 3 wala concept achcha tha 😁 next aise hi karo taaki different riders ki different views pata chale

Looks like these guys don't know what underrated means.. RE 650 is most VFM bike in the market

what should i buy a second hand interceptor or new reborn stealth black ???

Its a fantastically cost effective beast 3.5+0.5=4+ beside outof the showroom you need to spend close to 30-50K bucks to customise the machine for you comfort and I can tell you no other bike in india offer this much value proposition. Im riding backer express from the last one year previously I had TBX350

ICN ka video aaya...pehle like..fir dekho... you are best reviewer yogi bhai...keep making amazing videos like this... Thanks

Amazing twins, I own it since its launch and really enjoy its rides and people ask about it at intersection.

Definitely underrated. Sale kam hone ka ke reason ye bhi hai. I live in Dehradun, capital of Uttarakhand. We went to take test ride of it. They said test ride is only on request so phone karke ana. Hum log test ride book karke gaye and they said koi bike nahin ayi. They only give test ride when someone buys one. And on top of that they kept pestering us to test ride other models and buy them.

Main problem is the spokes wheel.Royal Enfield should provided atleast an option of having alloy wheel. 2.3 lakh metore is having a alloy even in the base model fireball and no alloys even after spending 3.5 lakhs.What a shame

Excellent review - subscribed !!! Thoroughly enjoyed

do they have Up side down suspensions?

Recently saw a video where People from US,UK demandin for 900cc interceptor and gt with 75hb, it seems Royal Enfield really gonna build some higher cc bikes for abroad, i hope they does.

I don't know why you n have not reached million subscribers to now.

I completely agree with you @Vikashyogi that it's a wonderful effort from RE in 650 cc segment. And we should not forget that this bike launched back in 2018. Hopefully RE will learn from this product and come up with more practical product ( Alloys,better seats and pillion comfort) in upcoming 650 cc bikes which might be super Meteor, SG 650. I'm a Royal Enfield fan still riding CI bullet and eagerly waiting to update to a good 650 . I love ur videos and value your opinions and reviews. Thanks for creating such a wonderful content in automobile field . 👍

A good showpiece from RE.... 👍🏻 for Team ICN...

Excellent format

Request you to please have experienced people .....The bike and the discussion going on are poles apart.... Did Raipur - Hyderabad at one go with pillion..with small tea break Also Raipur - jagannath puri recently... This is nearly a perfect motorcycle considering the price point...

Being a proud owner of the mighty Interceptor 650 for the past 3yrs I can say that this machine can do everything you want to do if you have skills and for maintenence part it have some mild issues but won't bother you . The best part is that if you use a 1inch handel bar riser ,a touring seat and a set of alloy wheels you are good to go to anywhere. This machine can climb steep inclines at high altitude above 10000 ft without any sweat and you will fall in love with its capabilities .

Please do new trio of yezdi bikes and jawa. This 3 person style was very good! Keep it up

it's great experience with 3 off u❤

Riding pleasure of the 650 twins is really awesome but owning Interceptor 650 or GT650 is really too expensive,it costs more than the maintainence cost of a honda city car,the service centre guys neither have the expertise nor the spare parts of these bikes. To find its spare parts and accessories it would be like finding a needle in a haystick. Nor will the owner get the resale value of these bikes. So, future owners be aware of these shortcomings. Telling from personal experience 🙄 even after all these problems one plans to buy either of the 650 twins do buy extended warranty to be on a safer side.

How do you take this for long touring? You need to carry lot of luggage and it looks like this bike does not have that possibility.

Very good video...concept was really involving

How much kmpl and does alloys wheels available in market and which brand of alloys and genuine for interceptor please reply your video is so best and genuine

I hope Siddhartha Lal (CEO of RE) should watch this video and he should take immediate action on improving the 650 twins .

Great video sir. Very informative. My height is also 5'6". What can I do to reduce the ride height by 1 or 2 inches. And is it practical to do it. My use is only for city. Highway very rare. Thank you.

sir i am in the mid 40's and had bought this for leisure riding.....the ones you referred to a paratha riders.....i have some comments that RE completely ignored....or maybe their human factor design experts were on leave during design stage. therez really lots of issues in the design of the bike.....apart from the engine, just everything is either cheap or misfit..... bouncy front suspension, not the best seating ergonomics for indian roads or avg height.....one of you pointed this very well that riding in the city leaves you exhausted .

In feb22 i bought interceptor 650 but the bike giving lots of problems just completed 1050km in bike is in showroom

Hiii ....if you help me out, I am really thankful to you ..... I'm facing a problem with the front part of interceptor a cracking sound comes (whenever bike goes on any speed breaker or potholes in the road)from either the shocker or from T. In warranty shocker has been changed as well as T too... thereafter the same cracking comes....i used to put air pressure 28/32 ...pls suggest what to do..... 🙏

I think they should have provided 2 variants of this bike, one should be the exiting one and the second model should have modern features, like alloy wheels, tubeless tyre, a good cooling system with a slightly higher price, then at least people would have option to buy anyone of these

Bhai Honda cb125r Aayegi Bhi Ya Nahi ??

Much awaited from your channel 👍🎁🎉

Everything will do for me with this bike.. no bike is perfect not will be... We have to adjust with the things we have decided to live with. Just one thing which restricts me to buy one is.. Tube tires. I personally don't want to push the bike to the puncture wala in the middle of no where.

Mileage?

sir mea height 5 foot 2inch h kya yah bike mere liye sahi rahega kya??

what do you mean that it's not for the younger generation, I'm in my 20's and enjoying this motorcycle. "matlab kuch bhi"

Just thinking of buying it.. Appreciate the vlog. They used to provide Pirelli tyres, do they provide still now.

Bhai ! Continental GT-650 pe bhi aisa ek video laiye .

Once upon a time re top model 500 cc was priced under 2 lakhs now 350cc goes over 2 lakhs Petrol is expensive Service cost has increased Wealth gap increased

RU-vid is full of mainstream c*rap theses days, and this channel is not one of them. Loved the new idea of 3 people judging the same thing.. provides more value

Because it doesn't come up a tubeless tyre option. Only thing stopped me from buying it.

Very good Review of re Intercepter

mileage ?? missing this point

bro … i did bhubaneswar to mustang in my interceptor…..i think the first interceptor to do that…. i am 6.1 and 105 kg and the bike went wonderfully…. i think people who did atleast 1000 at a stretch can rightfully review the bike not the people who just ride for a couple of kms and review the same

Eyse hi video lao🌼❣️

Continental gt 650 is a dream bike..

video hamesha ki tarah behtareen

I m riding it from 2021 i feel it's an awsm power i m geeting in this segment i just love it and everyday when I used to give a trortle i feel like riding both superbike and as well as classic look also ✌️💗

Silencer heating is a major problem with this & GT variant. there is no safety guard, since many people not use to of left side silencer, this is very risk. otherwise this is a good bike in this price segment.

Best bike, i was used from 2020 feb, i was did 1000 km in 12 hours and that one is good. Till now i was not face any problem.

Hey guys, very very ground reality review of RE 650. I got a chance to take my cousin's RE 650 to hills in the Uttarakhand (my native) in last week of April'22. Total distance I covered from Delhi & back was about 850 kms. I can relate to the pros & cons of bike discussed in your review. And bike is really very heavy, main stand par laganey mein khud ki lag jaati hae :-)

Dude this bike was most selling bikes in 2021, and somewhat in 2022 as well this bike is no joke that's for sure

Hello Vikas bhai... I had a few questions... are we gonna see 500cc twins from Bajaj for the Pulsar line-up??? And I also wanted to know if r3 will come to India.. I'm planning for a twin until June 2023... Interceptor i'm not really sure coz of the weight of the bike.. Any help would be highly appreciated. TBH i watch your videos mainly for the cinematics... :)

लेकिन रॉयल इन्फ़ील्ड की सर्विस बहुत महंगी है मेरे दोस्त के पास है classic कभी सर्विस 7600 or kabhi 6500 कभी 9000 एक 350 cc की बाइक के लिए बहुत ज़्यादा है योगी भाई

RE's new dual touring deluxe (or deluxe touring dual) seat which is wider and scooped off has solved the seat issue, at least up to 300+ km nothing found wrong.

Most Indians never had any access to an “affordable” twin cylinder performance upgradable bike in last 40 years barring RD and Java 350 twin, which were not hits anyway coz of mileage. RE has done a great tribute to the original mk2 interceptor 750 from 69-70 at a great price point. All other global manufacturers would sell their souls to sell their own twin 650s at 1500 units a month in a single country. Did 685 Baroda Jaisalmer run km in one day..using the premium dual touring seat and no complaints at all. Sweetest bike Ever.

The only problem for me is absence of tubeless tyres and alloys, now a days i cant even find a mechanic to repair a puncture in my area. Also i heard taking out tyres disables abs. Only if it came with tubeless tyres which even royal Enfield promised

GREAT ❤ PRODUCT

3 लोगों द्वारा इसके बारे में बताना कन्फ्यूजन नही क्रिएट कर रहा क्योंकि सबके पास अपनी बातों के पीछे इसको चलाने का एक्सपीरिएंस है ।

I’ve same the Color.. and I am 33 and young at ❤.. bike is a beast ..

I have RE Touring Seat and have using for Daily Office commute from Vasai to Mumbai which is 124 kms, also have used on long rides. Heating is not a very deal like Tiger or other big bikes in traffic. But weight and tyre puncture with spoke rims are problems that every owner can relate. But spoke do the off roading really well which I have been doing on Western Highway for 2 years. Rest do not expect like big sports bikes. REST Easy to maintain and ride.

For cornering u can ride on gr...for comfort and long ride interceptor is best

Luna jaisi dikhti h kon hi kharidega, always remember Looks matter.

I have been riding this since 2019, and absolutely loved every aspects of it apart from the seating cushioning. There is a niche market for the heavy classic bike in this segment which is why the numbers are low. Agree, marketing end could not level up with the product. Anyway I am happy to own this beauty❤️

I would love some subtitles...

Nice clearty

If the types of interceptor are replaced by alloys by RE, Can it will be easy to take it to a puncture shop?

First of all it's not an underdog at all. It is the best RE that we have since 2019. The way it is priced, it is an absolute gem of a machine that attracts young and mid aged people. Talking about the price point, it is the most affordable 650 cc we have in the market. As per my opinion, it is the best motorcycle in the price point. 650 cc, classic timeless design, decent mileage, simple and to the point with no nonsense plastic parts, very reasonable service cost, what else do we want? And yeah weight of the bike? Is that even debatable considering the fact that it is made of all metal elements. Weight kum chahiye to dusre brands me jao jo fibre use karte hai apne bikes me.

I too have bought INT 650 orange at 3.55 L onroad

I saw a video a couple of days back where the Vlogger said that he wanted the classic but bought a meteor because nothing was ever available in the dealership. Everything was sold off as soon as new stock arrived. He bought the meteor used with about a thousand km on the clock because its first owner originally wanted the interceptor but could not get one so he got a meteor. Then he sold the meteor as soon as he could get hid hands on interceptor.

Bhai humlog alpha chalate hain khilona nehi khilona jaab school time pe ya college goers ke liye naye naye josh ke saath aacha lagta hain humlogo ka community dusra hain isliye Rider Mania main humlog jane jate hain 🌹🌹

Who ride it only he knws hw is this beast...in india most of the people want bike under 2lack and 55kmpl ..

Enfield launched touring seat for interceptor sir I also used

What are you sayings....this engine is a gem

Probably one the most honest video in RU-vid on interceptor 650. I own both interceptor & ktm adventure 390 2022. After buying adv I never take interceptor because in every aspect I feel ktm adventure is better. Adv has liquid cooling with dual fans I can easily ride wearing boxer chaddi. Performance both are almost same but ktm needed more gear shifting due to initial low end torque but we will get used to it easily. Adv costed me 4 lakhs for which I got cluthlesss slipper clutch with auto blipper, lean sensitive traction control, Dual ABS & OFF ROAD ABS, Cornering control, Electronic throttle which supports cruise control wheel, Can connect phone, Got 12v charging socket, Best display screen which shows phone signal, battery, Call lifting features, music Audio control buttons etc. Ktm service & events are far better than royal Enfield. Both the bikes are value for money. But I was disappointed in how royal Enfield treated interceptor by giving bulb headlight instead of LED, no tubeless tyres, bad seats, oil cooling, wobbling issue at high speed, heating issue are some huge trade offs. If someone plans to buy interceptor 650 & is taller than 5 feet 6 just wait & save some bucks buy ktm adventure 390 best bike for touring, off roading, track bike, best for cornering, fully loaded with features. Best value for money bike 👍

The stock seats are definitely garbage. Try the continental gt touting seats. That plus handle bar raisers= a perfect touring machine.

Best review ❤❤

One of the best bike re has ever built 👍

You didn't talk about mileage

Let them speak to another,it shows that everyone is trying to be better..

New classic j1a is best bike at this moment . If you will compare with old classic

Somewhat.. I just love my Interceptor 650 ❤

“Underrated bike; marketing improve karne chahiyae…!” Common guys…! Internationally, serious 🧐 bikers hv woken up to this bike, n taken a note of it…! Marketing s not secondary, it’s tertiary…! A good product is just that, a good product…! Expand ur minds…

Very good

Interceptor is best vfm motorcycle..i love it