Are new Royal Enfields reliable?
If adequately maintained, regularly serviced and ridden conservatively, a Royal Enfield can last around 70,000-90,000 miles owing to its exceptional build quality. Based on driving 3,000 miles per year, you can expect between 23 – 30 years of service before requiring expensive repairs or a rebuild.
Are Royal Enfield bikes any good?
Yes, it’s low price is a product of its low-tech features, but its quality of finish is excellent, time has proven its reliability is comparable to anything twice its price and, while it won’t be particularly glamorous, I guarantee it’s capable of going anywhere you’ve got the courage to point it.
Why Royal Enfield is not reliable?
The thing with Royal Enfields is that they compulsorily need to be serviced every 6 months. Within 4 months of servicing they start to deteriorate. Here’s the honest truth: they are about as reliable and unreliable as you want them to be.
Is the Royal Enfield Interceptor any good?
20 owners have reviewed their ENFIELD INTERCEPTOR 650 (2018 – on) and rated it in a number of areas….
| Summary of owners’ reviews | |
|---|---|
| Overall rating: | 4.3 out of 5 (4.3/5) |
| Ride quality & brakes: | 4.3 out of 5 (4.3/5) |
| Engine: | 4.7 out of 5 (4.7/5) |
| Reliability & build quality: | 4.2 out of 5 (4.2/5) |
Why are Royal Enfields so heavy?
So a Royal Enfield is good 50 kilograms heavier than a normal bike. Royal Enfield is HUGE: It is a big bike. Royal Enfield vibrates: There is a lot of vibration on the bike. Again this vibration gives the bike the muscular feel to it but the handlebar vibrates especially at high speeds.
Where are Royal Enfields built?
Chennai, India
But I would have made it a Royal Enfield. The Indian connection is perfect: The formerly British brand is a publicly offered subsidiary of Eicher Motors Ltd. and located in Chennai, India; it manufactures all of the 900,000 bikes it sells worldwide each year there, too.
Is Royal Enfield Interceptor worth buying?
Should you buy it? A resounding yes! There is no doubt in our minds that the Interceptor 650 is the best motorcycle that has rolled out of the Enfield factory. We would recommend you to get one in a heartbeat if you were looking to get yourself a mid-displacement motorcycle.