Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 based Scrambler has been leaked, will be launched soon

The company has filed a design patent for the Interceptor Bear 650 and revealed that the bike will share the chassis with the Interceptor 650. However, there would be different springs at the rear with more travel and inverted forks at the front as well. . There is a possibility that Royal Enfield will bring in Showa to fine tune the suspension setup. Being a scrambler, the bike rides on spoked wheels with dual purpose tires.

The LED headlight is taken from other 650 cc motorcycles. It doesn’t offer the best lighting at night, the turn signals are LED and have a similar design to the Himalayan 450. However, the Bear 650 gets a circular LED tail lamp, while the Himalayan 450 tail lamp is integrated into the turn signals. The bodywork is minimal with a new side panel on the side.

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Royal Enfield Interceptor Bear 650 Specifications

The Interceptor Bear 650 will be powered by the same 648cc parallel twin engine, air and oil cooled, with a 270 degree crank. It churns out around 47 PS of peak power and 52 Nm of peak torque. It comes mated to a quick-shift 6-speed gearbox. There is a possibility that for the Bear 650, Royal Enfield may use a different sprocket size. There’s also a new single-sided exhaust that could take away some of the road presence that the dual exhausts provide, but the single-sided unit should be significantly lighter. From now on, the dual exhausts weigh almost 10 kg.

Date of first publication: 23 July 2024, 09:10 IST