Royal Enfield’s finally revealed the bike that’s going to join its popular 650cc twins – but this time, it’s a cruiser.
The arrival of the new bike at the EICMA show in Milan a few weeks ago shouldn’t come as a massive surprise. We’ve been telling you it’s on the way for months, and even brought you leaked spy shots of the new machine. But now we’ve finally got all of the information about the retro-styled cruiser that’s been added to the Indian factory’s ever-growing range.
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The big news is that it’s powered by the same, tried-and-tested air-/oil-cooled 648cc parallel twin as Royal Enfield’s much-loved Interceptor and Continental GT. But it’s been lightly tweaked, offering 46.4bhp available to play with (which is around half a horsepower less than the other 650 twins) – although it does produce the same claimed torque (although it’s now 500rpm higher in the range). The sprocket sizes have been changed and the gearbox position has been shifted slightly, too.
The Super Meteor also uses the same single 320mm disc and two-piston brake calliper set up as the other 650s, although the rear now has a slightly larger 300mm disc. They’ll have to work pretty hard though, because the bike weighs in at a healthy 241kg – although thankfully there is two-channel ABS on hand to help keep things in check.
There’s a new tubular steel frame, slightly swept-back bars and 740mm low seat height, which should help the bike have plenty of appeal among shorter riders. Elsewhere, there’s 43mm upside-down forks with 120mm of travel at the front, twin shocks with 101mm travel at the rear, and a 19-inch front wheel and 16-inch rear wheel combination to complete its traditional cruiser look.
There’s actually going to be two slightly different versions of the Super Meteor to choose from. There’s the standard machine (as described above), and a tricked-out Tourer model with a roomier dual seat; a windscreen; touring-style handlebars; a passenger backrest; and some panniers, too. It also has more comfortable touring-style handlebars, and LED indicators.
There’s been no official news on price or availability as we went to press, but you have to expect a fairly wallet-friendly figure when it is revealed in the coming months. Chances are it’s going to do very well.
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