Royal Enfield Interceptor Bear 650

A brand new scrambler variation of Royal Enfield’s INT650 seems to be to be within the pipeline. (Royal Enfield/)

The subsequent in Royal Enfield’s rising vary of 650cc parallel-twin fashions will probably be a retro-styled scrambler, and now new trademark purposes from the corporate counsel it’s getting the title “Bear.”

Royal Enfield’s father or mother firm, Eicher Motors, has filed trademark purposes for the title “Royal Enfield Interceptor Bear 650″ in Australia and “Interceptor Bear 650″ in New Zealand. The purposes go away no grey areas over the upcoming bike’s 650cc capability or the actual fact will probably be derived from the Interceptor mannequin, although within the States that machine is named the INT650 as a result of Honda nonetheless owns the “Interceptor” trademark rights within the US and Canada.

Though Enfield has a number of new 650cc fashions within the pipeline, the scrambler model that’s been noticed testing in India and the UK over the previous few months is the probably candidate for the Bear title. It’s very clearly primarily based on the Interceptor/INT650′s chassis in addition to its engine, which aligns neatly with a reputation that means it’s a sub-model of the Interceptor. The time period Bear additionally provides the type of rugged, outdoorsy overtones that may go well with a scrambler.

The brand new Interceptor Bear 650 will use the 47 hp parallel twin from INT650. (Spenser Robert/)

Prototypes which have been seen on take a look at present a motorbike that’s very a lot within the mildew of the scrambler fashions Triumph has derived from its Bonneville vary over time. The body and tank are straight from the Interceptor, as is the 650cc, 47 hp parallel-twin engine, however the upcoming scrambler will get an upside-down fork and longer-travel twin shocks to extend floor clearance. The dual exhausts of the INT650 are additionally gone, changed with a 2-into-1 system that sees the header from the left-hand cylinder take a pointy flip to the proper, throughout the entrance of the engine. On the prototypes, the 2 pipes then run collectively down the aspect of the engine earlier than merging right into a single pipe working underneath the footpeg and into an upturned muffler. It’s arduous to think about that the agency gained’t supply a higher-mounted exhaust, just like the Triumph Scrambler’s, as an possibility.

Some prototypes of the 650 scrambler have featured oval quantity plates on the aspect panels, whereas others borrow the usual INT650 elements, once more suggesting scope for personalization. Deep-treaded, dual-sport tires on wire wheels are one other characteristic, and the place the INT650 has 18-inch rims at every finish, the scrambler-style machine seems to have a bigger entrance and smaller rear—presumably a 19-inch entrance and 17-inch rear, matching the Triumph Scrambler 900′s setup.

Royal Enfield’s SG650 idea will encourage points of a brand new bobber believed to be named Shotgun. (Courtesy of Royal Enfield/)

The trademark purposes and the common sightings of prototypes on take a look at counsel the Royal Enfield 650 scrambler is because of launch earlier than the tip of this yr, to affix the 2024 mannequin vary. Nevertheless, it’s not the one new 650 machine within the pipeline, as Royal Enfield can be believed to be creating a bobber derived from the Tremendous Meteor 650, with a brief rear fender and single seat to match the SG650 idea proven in 2021. That bike is believed to be getting the title “Shotgun,” which Eicher Motors owns the trademark rights to in a lot of the world, together with the US. The corporate additionally has a pending US trademark over the title “Constellation,” traditionally used on an upgraded, 700cc model of the Tremendous Meteor within the Nineteen Fifties.