Royal Enfield Shotgun 650 - Not what I was expecting 

i have a 4 year old interceptor which i 've modified and love, but this shotgun version is great,it looks so compact up close like a small tank....sturdy and solid.

Thanks for this video. Your praise for the Shotgun 650 seems fairly guarded and certainly not effusive! But I have to say I think it's a gorgeous bike, and as you say probably the best 'finished' bike from RE so far. I can't wait to see one in the flesh, and in that colour! Cheers!

The Shotgun is growing on me. I agree, they should have made the clocks into the headlight nacelle. I love the blue.

I like the way it's beyond categorization - it's simply a no-frills, well built, practical all-purpose motorbike. I bet it'll do really well in India, Oz, and the US.

I took a test ride of the Shotgun 650 today and rewatched this video and you were absolutely right Mr.Taym it is a Classic 650 frame and underpinning on which the Classic 650 will be built on,also notice the peashooter exhausts which are the same as the Classic 650.The engine also feels quite different from an interceptor 650 and tuned much differently feels a lot similar to a Classic 350 but in a 650 capacity more torque low down if you know what i mean.Cheers

Morning Mr TAYM. It’s good that we all don’t think/like the same or the world would be a boring place. I really like the shiny casings (easy to clean, no bloody polishing the bare alloy), and even the shroud under the clocks. Like you though, I would prefer a rev counter, with maybe the tripper in between and slightly above. I think we can all agree that the Shotgun will be the basis for the Classic 650, as I mentioned in my review. Think Shotgun with bling, I think it will have forks and nacelle like the Classic 350, plus the mudguards will obviously be similar too. Now if they bring out a Classic 650, with black engine casings, but chrome exhaust, I would be tempted…….that said, RE are tempting me with everything at the moment 🤦‍♂️😂

Good name, skittles, for a bice. I love the green one. Looking as the toughest of all RE. Still want to wait for the classic 650. Thanks taym for taking us down the road again.

Traded in my Hunter 350 (which I'd had for six weeks) for a Shotgun yesterday. Love the Shotgun!

I like that color...it is unusual. In this video you sounded like a skeptic who turned into...less of a skeptic! 😂👍

Thoroughly enjoyed your video! Thanks for taking us for a spin. Love the Shotgun!

I agree, this is the classic 650, that loop in the frame around the side panel is a nod to the old classic. I saw a chocolate colourde meteor in Haywards this morning - lovely.

Beautiful motorcycle, the best lookin Royal Enfield imo.

The 650 meteor wasn't for me but there is something about the shotgun that really appeals to me, 👍

Everyone should have a Royal Enfield in their stable Mr Taym, mine is a Bullet 500 trials, I think that’s enough to slow my heart rate once in a while on a sunny summer Sunday

😊 absolutely love the shotgun !!!

Great review, thank you. How does is smell again? And that blue color is ... , it's so ... so .. , it bewilders me, but in a beautiful way.

The engine doesn't sound like its working had at all as you go through the gears and ride along the beautiful countryside. The motorcycle is lovely and an outstanding value for the money. When I look at it, I just can't find anything that isn't spot on. Someone really did their homework in its design and marketing it for people to enjoy and afford.

Nice to meet you today Mr TAYM at Haywards . keep up the good work .

Hope you got that cup of tea Taym ! ...I turn up once or twice a year at Haywards and the Kettles on (marvellous mug of tea). Love the Shotgun but holding on with anticipation for the Classic 👍

I like it in the blue, & the engine finish to me harks back to a Vincent, & the big single speedo.

Great review taym I like this bike if I had room in my garage for another bike I would consider this one

Good practical review thanks Taym. I’m waiting for the Classic 650. Hoping it will have full guards, Speedo head like classic 350 and spoked wheels. Will probably be heavy but I can live with that. Would trade my classic 350 in on it.

Holding out hopes for a Classic 650! But that is so nearly there!!👍👍

I suspect this would make a superb winter bike!😊

The round switches must be harder to accidentally bump on. I'm always knocking mine and blinding people with high beam or panicking when it won't start because the kill switch is on. Then I feel foolish. If they can't come on accidentally, it's an improvement. Cheers.

When i first sat on one in a dealer a few weeks back i liked the peg position as it seemed to give me more seat to peg distance, always a consideration for my long legs. But then riding it was a different story, the peg position never suited me at all. I test rode the bike for an hour and it started giving me hip pain. Didn't like the clocks, the size, layout, and colours in them made them look cheap imo. 6K mile valve adjustment check is something to consider. But there was a lot i liked about the bike. The way it hid its weight so well, how it handled and its engine were all good for me. The look of the bike as a whole appeals to me more than any other Royal Enfield.

@TAYM great to see you out on a Shotgun . RE keeps on tempting us... maybe I will wait for the classic 650 but will be kean to take one out. We have just been told RE Australia and NZ have an update coming soon when the Shotgun is getting here.....

It’s the weight, it’s the same as the big old litre bikes we used to ride in the 70s and 80s. I can’t lug that weight around the garage anymore and l’m sure it’s not just me. How did you find moving it around TAYM?

Well that's another potential bike for the stable Mr TAYM, you're going to need to sell the house and buy a dealership soon to accommodate them. I do like the style of the shotgun especially that rear sub frame with the pop off seat and rack. Like you the clocks and light surround are a bit odd but it doesn't look bad from the side. It still might take me a few years before I'm willing to give up on power and downsize. I had my daughter on the back of Black Beauty yesterday, those four vehicle overtakes without having any doubt are so addictive 😊😂😂

Morning TAYM I’m not convinced yet with this look but it’s probably a grower… not liking the rear mudguard or the headlamp. I hope the classic 650 is a 350 grown up with classic looks myself without the modern touch 😊😊 Great review TAYM Phil

Morning Mr Taym, nice looking bike, chrome pipes would be good. I'll stick with my meteor 650. Have a great weekend. Chris.

Hi Taym, as you know I am a twin clock fan, it's all about the symmetry. A motor cycle without a rev counter, that's definitely a no no for me! Thanks

Nice looking bike, not sure about RE's I will have to find my nearest dealer and arrange a test ride on a couple to see if they are for me I guess.

Great review, m8. It would be interesting to see it with the classic rear guard and the classic single speedo and head unit.

Morning TAYM, it's a cracking bike isn't it?, on the point with the weight, when I got back to the shop he said what did I think weight wise, and I said you know what I never even thought about it or noticed it! And for a 240kg bike that's weird how it doesn't feel anything like that weight! And I'm a 75kg 5' 6" shortarse! 😅😅 my favourite colour is the Drill green one in that colour it really is reminiscent of the Classic 350 , Cheers Mel 🍻

Morning Taym 😊 Frothy Coffee and jukeboxes, yes, that's me 😅 650 Classic or Bullet 🤔 It needs Tiger eyes 😊

Saw the grey one at our local dealer last Saturday. Looks great. It's also the cheapest too. Feels lighter than the SM when aboard - probably due to the mid pegs 🤔. I'd have one but Mrs PGB tried the pillion seat and it was a firm "No". Narrower and thinner than the Classic 350. She's been spoiled 😊

I must admit that my first thought on seeing you astride the Shotgun was 'I'd rather be on the Harley 883R just in front' which despite the primitive mechanicals oozes cool that the Shotgun doesn't.

Spot on I think it’s a classic forerunner, a few little changes to mudguards and a bit more chrome with different clocks and you are just about there. ( Love the lard arse comment )

Love the Blue Paint Job. Twins will Vibrate it's in their Nature Time for a Naughty Boy Bike Test Soon Hoodlum TAYM?

It looks like a stocking full of that stuff a bitza lol, can’t get my head round the trend for offset dials as on the moto guzzi range etc. I think a proper modern retro is required a royal Enfield Constellation perhaps using the same engine but let’s have some chrome and stainless steel and a classic gold lined paint job and no tacky graphics.

Mr TAYM i spent all my working life in engineering and i just cant get my head around offset clocks,i suppose im just an old fashioned git who likes symmetry.🙃.

That is happening with all REs, mr. TAYM .. When they start to release pics and info on a new model, we all are not sure about it. But when you see it, sit and try it, we are all hooked by then. Don't know how they do it but sure they listen to what people want. Honda use to be like that decades ago, now they do very conservative bikes.

There seemed to be a distinct lack of enthusiasm for this one lol. I must admit 47 bhp and 240kg is not a major recipe for success!! This type of bike with that weight is better as a relaxed cruiser.

I really hope RE make a 650 hunter ❤

For me matt black engine casings would look better and I much prefer separate a speedo and rev counter. 240kg seems really heavy compared to my old interceptor but the build quality is a step up.

Good looking bike

Great review! ❤

Ay up TAYM firstly free the cone you must scale that gate and get cone back where he belongs pls he must be desperate to see the bikes instead of watch stuff grow in the field 😉.I quite like the Shot Gun actually I think probably more than the Super different shocks and change those torpedo silencers and it's all good ,engine cases probably better matt since the downpipes are matt but nice all the same . Cool bike👌👍

I would definitely have it with the single seat and do they do it in black ? Thanks TAYM

Nice looking bike looks much bigger motor wise than it is maybe should have left 650 decal off the tank...bit heavy tho...I always thought Lada should have made a RS (Rally Sport) model.😊 Thanks TAYM.

I'm disappointed it doesn't have the chrome spoked rims, a chrome and aluminium engine and exhaust option like my Classic 500. To spend 12,000 Aud for a bike I'm not 100 percent happy with won't be happening.

Did you find that seat comfy when riding TAYM? I sat on one at my local dealers and found it like sitting on a plank but that doesn't always translate when actually riding a bike. As a short arse I also found it to be not as approachable as I thought it would be because although the seat is low it is very very wide so you end up splaying your legs more so I couldn't quite get my feet flat on it and with the weight of it I didn't find it particularly nice to sit on.

The best RE yet.

What is your opinion between this and the Interceptor ride wise? I like the look of the interceptor, but don't care for the seat or footpeg position. We don't have one of these at our local dealer yet.

Morning TAYM unfortunately this is a bike I’m not interested in so I’m here just for you 😜 I’ll keep my Moto GuzziV7 850 special thanks 👍🏻 carry on that man Caio for now tat ta 👍🏻

For me, the instrument cluster is totally unresolved; it's almost as if RE's 1st-year apprentice threw them at the drawing and then they put them on the bike where they landed. There is zero symmetry and unfortunately it's not confined just to the Shotgun. It's a area in which RE needs to significantly improve their game.

I wonder though if the Super Meteor touring full seat would fit this bike as it is based around it

I rejected the Interceptor because of its weight being high up and this is even heavier. Very difficult to manoeuvre when pushing the bike around garage and parking spaces. No thanks.

If RE did some more design flair on their dashboards I could be interested but think the clocks look just awful. We are all different eh

Quite like the style of this, colour is fine, tank graphics, not so, make it look a bit cheap in my opinion.

Great review... I actually prefer the look of it with the pillion seat on and not too keen on the gloss black engine casing , I think it's definitely targeted at the "younger,trendy,frothy coffee rider" but just like the bullet 350 I'm warming to it.

Hi Is the seat height suitable for a 6ft plus rider. Thanks

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I reeeeaaally like the look of the Shotgun but I HATE that analoge/digital clock. Even more when that little Tripper dodad is besides it. I just think it looks weird with two clocks with different sizes and off-centre.

Another nice bike from Royal Enfield but can’t say I like the graphics. Not so keen on the engine graphic but the shot gun looks like an aftermarket attempt. The whole side would look better just plain with just the 650 on the tank, just a personal view I know.

Morning,i think your going to get even busier demoing new RE bike's! The scram 440 is meant to be released soon,this is using the old air cooled engine bored out for a bit more power 🙂,and the guerilla 450 is another,this is to directly compete with the triumph speed 400,so that will be another interesting one 🙂. The trouble is you just make your mind up what you want and then you hear of another you might like more 😅.

I think that the Shotgun is a fine bike, even though it is a 'lardass"😂😂🤣🤣, but I would rather have an Interceptor as a basis for modification.

There are more white vans in the UK than anywhere else in the world .

thats the first time you have parked properly and out of the way ;;; [[ cone field gateway ]]

Looks better with one seat & rear rack & actually looks really good lime that.Also being a RE be a plethora of aftermarket parts. The Classic 650 is coming & this bike be it's base & have long rear bumper like you said & shiny alloy engine casings like Interceptor but more & 500 style Lascelle so look cosmetically different & old school & probably explains the shiny black engine casings on Super Meteor.

you forgot to close helmet visor just after saying let me close the visor.

Looks like a bike a "biker" would have ridden in the 80's, leather jacket, plastic waterproof over trousers, tent strapped on the back, heading off to a rally or whatever...think I need one 🙂

Quarter of a ton 😂 nah... My meteor 350 heavy enough and does me just fine *Plough* 🎉

I have little to no interest in Royal Enfield. You get what you pay for! Saying that if it's a first bike or you are broke it might be an OK choice. Good review though.

Well I'll never.

TAYM, can you give a shout out for Steve'sHornet900! and ask your subscribers to make a small donation to him if they can? He has very severe health problems at present. His was the first channel I subscribed to and even though he likes Blackpool but doesn't like the lovely narrow lanes of Lancashire and Yorkshire I have always enjoyed his vlogs.

this time you are wrong ;;;; the blue makes the bike ;;; forget ruining it by making into this classic nonsense - it is fairly complete as is , twin clocks please as you said instead of that trip rubbish ,,, but the main gripe [ you can tell i have had a couple of whiskys ]] is the hiding behind the 46bhp limit , there are others in the range to cater for this - so no need for this to follow suit ,,, the darn thing is called ' shotgun ' NOT 'spudgun ' so give it 60 bhp ,,, as the thing is a quarter of a ton not a moped ;;; --- still a nice colour though ;;

244th😲

Every other word is yeah, sorry but pretty irritating