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14 November 2024

2024 Royal Enfield Shotgun 650 Review

This is the concept that RE fans wanted as a production model and the firm duly obliged with its first bobber. Royal Enfield now has six models in its 650 twin line-up, the latest couple (Bear 650, Classic 650) added recently at the EICMA show. Earlier this year it launched a bobber, the Shotgun 650 you see pictured here. This
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6 November 2024
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Royal Enfield Plugs In

Indian powerhouse Royal Enfield has not only introduced a pair of new bikes (C6 and S6) but also a new brand, in its Fly Flea electric subsidiary. The...
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6 September 2024
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Guerrilla in Our Midst

Royal Enfield is a brand that embraces the modern classic approach to design. But lately it has been thinking outside of the box some, with models like the...
Royal Enfield 650 in black and white
17 July 2024
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2024 Royal Enfield Shotgun 650 review

Royal Enfield has added a fourth model to its 650 twin line-up, the Shotgun, a stylish bobber. We cross the ditch to ride it in the hills northeast...
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10 July 2024
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Royal Enfield Extends Two Promotions

The “Cruise Easy Promotion” for the Meteor 350 now extends until August 31st 2024, offering buyers $1130 in value on a new machine. And the introductory $8990 price...
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6 June 2024
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Royal Enfield is attending Fieldays

Royal Enfield New Zealand will be heading to the 2024 Mystery Creek Fieldays exhibition. It takes place Jun 12-15th. Two of its latest offerings will be on display....
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16 May 2024
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2024 Royal Enfield Scram 411 review

Not likely a jet with just 18kW to its name. Royal Enfield’s Scram 411 is more the two-wheeled urban runabout, a multitasker for motorcycling newbies. The cost of...
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28 March 2024
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Royal Enfield’s Shotgun Added to its 650 Line-Up

Royal Enfield is adding the Shotgun to its growing stable of machines based on the parallel twin 650 engine. This promises to be at least as cool to...
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20 December 2023
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Royal Enfield’s New Himalayan Open for Preorders

Royal Enfield New Zealand has opened pre-orders for the first shipments of Himalayan 450 units, on a first-in, first-served basis. Pre-orders for the first shipment of the new...
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10 November 2023
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Two new 450cc ADVs are inbound

The 2024 Royal Enfield Himalayan 450 has launched at EICMA 2023 and so too CFMoto’s 450MT. Both promise great value in the midsized ADV sector. The second-gen Himalayan...
24 July 2025
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New Royal Enfield bobber is a goer

Royal Enfield is about to launch its Goan Classic 350cc model, a bobber based on the standard Classic 350. Cue ape hanger bars, a cut rear mudguard, whitewall tyres and low slung double seat. The name Goan references the state of Goa on India’s West Coast. New Goan Classic joins the Bullet, Classic, Hunter and Meteor in the 350cc range. 
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10 June 2025
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Royal Enfield Bear 650 Review

Royal Enfield now has six machines powered by its 650cc parallel twin engine. The latest is this, the Bear 650, a scrambler. So when I went to pick up the Royal Enfield Bear 650, the chap tasked with the handover commented, “I’ve done 80km over the weekend and fell in love with it.” Which of course you take with a
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14 April 2025
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Royal Enfield hits the one million sales mark per annum

Royal Enfield has surpassied one million annual motorcycle sales for the first time in its history. For the year ending March 31, 2025, it sold 1.09 million motorcycles, an 11 per cent increase over the previous year.  March 2025 alone saw a 34 per cent rise in sales and a 37 per cent lift in exports. This reflects the growing
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15 January 2025
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A twin-pot Royal Enfield Himalayan 650 is in the works

Royal Enfield is evidently developing a 650cc version of its popular Himalayan adventure bike. The Himalayan 650 prototype has a round headlight but no beak that is so beloved of modern ADVs. Its tail section is similar to that of the existing Himalayan 450. Seating is in two parts and there’s a single exhaust angling upward on the right side. 
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