Get A Rundown Of The Spectacular 2024 Royal Enfield Shotgun 650!

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00:00 Well folks, there it is, Royal Enfield's 2024 Shotgun 650.

00:05 This is a new mid-size custom cruiser from Royal Enfield out of India.

00:11 It is based on Royal Enfield's 2023 Super Meteor 650 that it introduced into the Americas

00:18 for the 2023 model year.

00:22 Now this motorcycle is powered by Royal Enfield's tried and true 648cc parallel twin.

00:31 This engine is air cooled and oil cooled.

00:34 It features an overhead camshaft and an eight valve cylinder head.

00:39 It has a six speed transmission with a cable actuated wet clutch that puts power back to

00:46 the 17 inch rear wheel via a chain final drive, which you can see right there.

00:53 This engine configuration is good for right around 41 horsepower at the business end of

00:58 that 17 inch aluminum rim.

01:01 And this engine is good for right around 35 pound feet torque, again, at the business

01:06 end of the tire.

01:08 Now this motorcycle just looks awesome.

01:12 I love the lines of this bike.

01:14 I love the proportions.

01:16 When it comes to styling, Royal Enfield really nails proportions of their bikes.

01:21 Everything looks to size.

01:24 This motorcycle feels like a real motorcycle.

01:28 It's 540 pounds with 3.6 gallons of gas, which is kind of heavy, but in motion this motorcycle

01:36 feels way more agile than its curb weight would lead you to believe.

01:42 And we'll talk about that in our review.

01:44 Look at that LED headlight.

01:46 Yes, I love LED headlamps, but Royal Enfield, why did you skimp on halogen bulb turn signals?

01:53 Why we want LEDs, at least there's a nice bright LED out back.

02:01 Now this particular shotgun 650 is only for one rider.

02:06 There are passenger foot pegs and you can install an accessory seat if you want to bring

02:11 a passenger.

02:12 This motorcycle now benefits from a Showa inverted BPF generation fork.

02:19 BPF, Showa suspension technology is over 12 years old now, but what I really like about

02:25 BPF technology is it allows for a real big damping piston.

02:31 That allows this fork to have really good response over bumps and pavement imperfections.

02:38 There is no adjustable damping or spring preload, but we've had really good experience with

02:42 the Showa BPF suspension on other motorcycles.

02:46 Here is twin shock absorbers that mount directly between the subframe and the swing arm with

02:52 no linkage.

02:53 That fits the entire vibe of this motorcycle.

02:56 This bike also comes with a center stand.

02:59 How cool is that?

03:01 That eases maintenance chores for all you tinkers at home who want to do some customizing

03:07 and wrenching on this bike.

03:11 Single disc brake up front with a 320mm rotor with BYBRE.

03:18 That's a Brembo subsidiary out of India.

03:21 Their axial mount like this out back.

03:24 We have a slightly smaller 300mm rotor with a single piston caliper again by BYBRE.

03:30 A Brembo owned subsidiary in India.

03:34 Look at the fit and finish on this motorcycle.

03:36 That's one area Royal Enfield has really improved in the last few years.

03:41 The paint on this motorcycle is awesome.

03:45 It's nice and shiny.

03:46 There's barely any orange peel.

03:48 It looks awesome.

03:50 And then the black powder coat finish on the frame, on the headers, on the swing arm.

03:56 It looks nice and durable and tough.

03:58 I really like the fit and finish on this motorcycle.

04:01 If there was some knock, I would say some of these fasteners like right here, they could

04:06 be of a little bit more high quality.

04:08 That fastener right there.

04:09 Why is this plastic label on this clutch cable?

04:14 That should be gone too.

04:16 But the Royal Enfield does come with nice stainless steel braided brake lines which

04:22 I really like.

04:24 There's the instrumentation.

04:25 It's a little bit basic but everything is where you need to see it.

04:29 Speedometer, gear position, and trip meters and a clock.

04:33 There's also Royal Enfield's handy turn by turn navigation system.

04:38 To use this, you have to Bluetooth pair your iOS or Android enabled smartphone with Royal

04:44 Enfield's Tripper app and it will give you turn by turn navigation right there on the

04:49 display.

04:50 How cool is that folks?

04:52 Royal Enfield hasn't announced the pricing on this vehicle at the time of recording this

04:58 premium 4K video but expect this motorcycle to cost right around $7,000.

05:05 Well folks, that wraps up our official preview on Royal Enfield's 2024 Shotgun 650.

05:12 As always, make sure to surf on over to MotorcyclistOnline.com.

05:16 That's where all of our written content comes to life.

05:19 Give this video a thumbs up if you liked it, thumbs down if you didn't because we love

05:23 to hear from the naysayers out there and stay tuned for more review content on this Royal

05:30 Enfield Shotgun 650.

05:32 We'll see you in the next episode folks.

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