Royal Enfield Continental GT 650

Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 Highlights

BS6:

The Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 BS6 has arrived at dealerships. It now commands a premium of Rs 8,000 to Rs 9,000 depending on the variant. The new motorcycle remains cosmetically and mechanically unchanged. 

BS4: 

Royal Enfield has introduced an online configurator for the Continental GT 650. With this, you can customise your bike with a number of accessories ranging from mirrors, visors, guards and seats. However, panniers, auxiliary lamps and alloy wheels will be added later.

The Continental GT 650 gets clip-on handlebars, a single seat with a race cowl, a smaller 12.5-litre fuel tank and black spoked wheels. The speedometer is a twin-pod analogue unit with a small digital display for the odometer and trip meters. The Continental GT also makes do with conventional bulbs in its headlight, taillight and indicator. It's offered in five colour options - Black Magic (metallic black), Ventura Blue (metallic blue), Mister Clean (chrome), Dr Mayhem (black and grey) and Ice Queen (metallic white).

Powering the bike is a BS4-compliant 648cc, air and oil-cooled, 270-degree parallel-twin motor that makes 47.6PS of power at 7100rpm and a peak torque of 52Nm at 5200rpm. It gets a 6-speed gearbox along with a slip-and-assist clutch.

The Continental GT employs dual cradle fame developed by Harris Performance, now a subsidiary of Royal Enfield. It features conventional 41mm telescopic forks up front and twin gas charged shock absorbers at the rear, which gets preload adjustability. On the braking front, the bike gets a single 320mm disc coupled with ByBre four-piston calliper at the front and a single 240mm disc brake at the rear. Dual-channel ABS comes as standard.

The Continental GT 650 comes with a 3-year/40,000km warranty. It competes against the Kawasaki Z650 and the Harley-Davidson Street Rod.