Royal Enfield Continental GT 650

Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 Highlights

Along with the Interceptor 650, Royal Enfield has also increased the prices of the Continental GT 650. The cafe racer now retails between Rs 2.71 lakh to Rs 2.92 lakh (ex-showroom Mumbai). A test mule of the 2020 Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 has been spotted testing in Chennai. The 2020 Continental GT 650 featured a redesigned exhaust muffler with longer tips, hinting that RE is testing its new BS6-compliant 650cc engine. Also, the test bike was sporting a rear seat cowl which leads us to believe that it will be offered as an accessory on the cafe racer. The Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 is likely to make its India debut early next year. The waiting period of the Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 ranges from two-four months depending on the city as of August 2019.

It gets clip-on handlebars, a single seat with a race cowl, a smaller 12.5litre fuel tank and black spoked wheels. The speedometer is a twin-pod analogue unit with a small digital display that reads out the odo 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 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 long 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 upfront 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.

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