2023 ROYAL ENFIELD Interceptor 650
Adventure ready
Something very different has come to the used market in the last few weeks. Waterford Harley-Davidson have taken in a Royal Enfield Interceptor 650.
The bike is the flagship model of the company, a company who manufacture more motorcycles than all the main global brands put together! The Interceptor is the bike that does it all. While it has classic good looks and its styling is is pretty much perfect, it’s the simplicity of these bikes that is so appealing.
It's powered by a parallel twin 4-stroke engine. While these were traditionally air cooled, they now meet all the European standards by complimenting the old with an additional, and very well hidden, oil cooler. The engine, in turn, sits on a rather large oil sump. This once again lends the bike a classic look. Fork gators, a bench seat with a low grab bar for pillions, traditional clocks and twin rear shocks which sit above the tin exhaust all make for a bike that I could sit and admire all day long.
Dressed with a host of extras
This one has all of this and so very much more. A custom painted tank gives the Interceptor that ‘well-travelled’ look as does the brushed rear mudguard the brown grips and the faux carburettor cover.
The additions are impressive. As well as several performance upgrades including reworked suspension by YSS on both the forks and the rear shock absorber. Enfield, rather wonderfully’ call indicators ‘trafficators’, these have been replaced with smaller and lighter LED units. The head lamp is fitted with a store proof mesh and topped off with a subtle, yet effective, tinted screen.
More luggage space than a small family car!
The ‘fender defender’ on the front mudguard does a well proven job of keeping the worst that a wet road could throw at the front of the bikes.
An S&S exhaust system not only allows that beautiful engine noise out it also lets a few more BHP than standard to add to the bikes propulsion. The whole thing is shod on a set of Pirelli Scorpion Rally Tyres which sit on the perfect set of spoked wheels.
All of this is topped off with a full set of Givi luggage, all sitting on racks and mounting systems designed and made specifically for the bike. They even the same locks so the rider only needs the one key.
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