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The Royal Enfield Bullet 650 has been spotted testing in Europe. The spy images reveal what the bike would look like. Also, we've spotted 650cc Royal Enfield bikes being tested in India along with the exhaust note of the bike.
The upcoming Royal Enfield Classic 650 has been spotted testing yet again. The spyshots reveal details including the exhaust note, and also give us a clearer look at the bike’s design.
The last week of February was pretty interesting with new launches, spy shots and valuable insights on the upcoming launches. If you happen to miss the action, here are the highlights from this week’s important news:
Pune-based Tork Motors has already got into the festive mood ahead of Holi, by announcing a massive discount of Rs 37,500 on the Tork Kratos R. The electric motorcycle is now priced at Rs 1,49,999 (ex-showroom including FAME 2 subsidy), and the discount will be available till March 31.
Hero MotoCorp has re-introduced the Vida V1 Plus into Vida’s lineup of electric scooters. The V1 Plus is available with a discount of Rs 30,000 currently, which means the electric scooter’s current price tag is Rs 1,15,000 (ex-showroom including FAME 2 subsidy).
As the summer draws closer, Royal Enfield seems to be bringing the heat down by testing its new 450cc liquid-cooled engine on the upcoming Hunter 450, which has been spied yet again.
Phew! It’s been nearly a month since we saw an upcoming Royal Enfield bike being tested. Can you believe that? Well, this time it’s two of them: the Royal Enfield Classic 650 and the Scrambler 650.
New for 2024, the Royal Enfield Shotgun 650 begs the question of whether it’s better to buy a new bike for this price or a (possibly better) used bike for the same amount of money. Problem is, there is no pricing yet. That will come in “spring,” they say. More on that in a bit. The Shotgun 650 you see here is the freshest derivative of the 648cc parallel-twin family introduced in 2018. When this platform and engine were introduced, we got to ride the wheels off the Interceptor and Continental 650 models on great roads in Northern California. Having also driven a single-cylinder 500cc “Classic” model before those new 650 twins, the difference was huge. The new 650cc bikes were miles ahead of the ancient single-cylinder in every measure: engineering, stability, and just plain fast fu