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Featured · February 20, 2025 · 7 min read

FIRST RIDE Royal Enfield Shotgun 650

Story by Mike Seate  •  Photos by Nikki Marie Photography

As British manufacturers discovered more than half a century ago, line-ups can expand quite easily by de­signing new motorcycles around existing engine plat­forms. Indian’s Royal Enfield struck sales gold in 2018 with their versatile 650cc parallel twin engine introduced in the Continental GT cafe racer and Interceptor retro ride, expound­ing on the 48-horsepower mill with the Super Meteor cruiser in 2023. For ‘24, the Chennai team combined the GT’s on-point handling with the Super Meteor’s laid-back riding stance to create a machine that’s part muscle bike and part backroads scratcher.

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Mike Seate
Mike Seate
February 20, 2025  ·  7 min read