Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 – 5 reasons we love it! KNOX Armour

Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 – 5 reasons we love it! KNOX Armour

We’ve been lucky enough to spend the last few months with the Royal Enfield Interceptor 650, and in this video Ill be sharing 5 reasons why we think its great!
We have reviewed this bike before and we stand behind our opinion on that and if you want to see the full review, you can find it here -    • Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 review ...  .
But spending the last few months with the bike, we wanted to share 5 stand out things about the Royal Enfield Interceptor 650.

1). It’s a great honest package that’s true to itself.

If you were to look at this bike and imagine how it rides, your assumptions would pretty much be correct; no surprises, its not trying to be something its not. It’s not a sports bike dressed up as a custom, its not old tech dressed up as modern machinery – it is what it is! The Interceptor 650 has got good performance but it’s not fitted with a mega fast engine, it’s got brakes that work pretty great now with the speed and handling, it’s not got a big tft screen, it’s got classic styled tyres, not sports rubber. Everything about the style, ergonomics, the way it rides, the way it performs is really carefully done and has been designed to play into and complement exactly what it is – a great modern retro that’s honest to its styling and impressions.

2). It sounds incredible!

The standard exhaust system on the interceptor sounds incredible! Check out our video on the First ride of spring where we really tried to capture the raw sound of the interceptor and how it kind of thundered its way around the beautiful roads that we have here in the Lake District.    • First ride of Spring - feat. Royal En...  
No need to change anything, Royal Enfield have put a lot of work into the sound design of their motorcycles and the sound of the interceptor is definitely a part of your riding experience and we’d argue that it is one of the best sounds in motorcycling.

3). It handles very well.

Surprisingly, the bike handles amazingly well considering the type of bike it is! It turns really well, holds a nice line, its actually really good to get a hustle on should you wish. The rear shock does get a bit bouncy when you do push on but you can increase the preload on it to counter that.
This point rings true when we saw Paul Young (ex BSB racer) absolutely smoke everyone on a modified contintental GT at the bikeshed festival. Yes it was a fairly modified motor with quite a lot more power than standard, quite a lot less weight, full ohlins suspension, Brembo brakes and stickier tyres, but the foundation remained and Youngy absolutely trounced everyone including some very experienced and well known journalists.

4). It's a crowd pleaser.

Again, you won't know this till you own one, but the interceptor is a massive crowd pleaser! Turn up anywhere and you will be awash with admirers, people taking pictures, people asking you about the bike, reminiscing about memories of their grandads having a Royal Enfield. Turn up to a location with anyone on the latest exotic bike and we guarantee that people will walk straight pass that bike to the Royal Enfield and will be ogling all over it! I’m saying that because I’ve done it, been there and wore the T-shirt!

5). It is incredibly affordable in everyway.

New price for this bike is about £6k which is incredibly affordable for pretty much everyone and nearly 2 years on it would be worth about £1k less than you paid for it. There are not many new bikes that offer that level of affordability insurance is also super reasonable. Insurance partners Devitt quote £107 for fully comp for Mr Average* for this bike which is just incredible!
We hope you enjoyed that and it was helpful! Please check out the Knox range, subscribe and let us know what you think and we’ll see you next time?!

Aaron

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* Mr Average is: Based on a 40 year old married Bank Clerk, living in LA13. Kept in a Garage, held full bike lis since 2000. Bike has Biketrac and a Datatool S4 C1 Red security. No accidents or claims. Comp cover, 3000 miles, 5 years protected NCD and just SDP use

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