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2023 Royal Enfield Super Meteor 650 | First Look Review 

2023 Royal Enfield Super Meteor 650
2023 Royal Enfield Super Meteor 650 in Interstellar Green

At the EICMA show this week in Milan, Italy, Royal Enfield unveiled a new tourer: The Super Meteor 650. Following in the tradition of the Meteor 350, the Super Meteor sits in an all-new chassis and comes in an array of color options with two optional accessory packages. 

2023 Royal Enfield Super Meteor 650
This Grand Tourer Super Meteor 650 in Celestial Red was shown at EICMA and features a touring dual seat, a high windscreen, a passenger backrest, panniers, and LED indicators

The Super Meteor features the 648cc air-cooled parallel-Twin also found in Royal Enfield’s Continental GT and the INT650, all producing a claimed 38 lb-ft of torque and 47 hp.  

Watch our video review of the 2021 Royal Enfield Meteor 350 here. 

However, the chassis of the Super Meteor 650 is new. Created in conjunction with Harris Performance, it’s said to have a low center of gravity for stability and confidence for all levels of rider. Royal Enfield reports that the new chassis is built with long-distance riding in mind. 

2023 Royal Enfield Super Meteor 650

“We have always had a differentiated approach to building motorcycles, and our new cruiser, the Super Meteor 650, is the next evolution of this approach,” says Siddhartha Lal, Managing Director of Eicher Motors Ltd. “Inspired by our own long-distance riding experiences and those of our customers, we have built the Super Meteor to be absolutely enjoyable to all senses.” 

Related Story: 2019 Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 and Continental GT | Road Test Review 

The Super Meteor features a steel tubular spine frame and a 43mm inverted fork with 120mm of travel, along with twin shocks in the rear with 101mm of travel. Twin-piston caliper brakes will be standard. 

2023 Royal Enfield Super Meteor 650

Also included as standard on the Super Meteor are LED headlights, a TBT navigation system, and redesigned engine covers. 

Related Story: 2023 Royal Enfield Scram 411 | First Ride Review 

There are two accessory kits available for the Super Meteor: The Solo Tourer Genuine Motorcycle and the Grand Tourer. At EICMA, Royal Enfield showed one of each, along with a standard variant. 

2023 Royal Enfield Super Meteor 650
The standard Super Meteor 650 in Interstellar Green, shown at EICMA

The Solo Tourer Genuine Motorcycle Accessories kit includes bar-end mirrors, deluxe footpegs, LED indicators, and machined wheels. The Solo Tourer shown at EICMA featured Astral Black paint. 

Check out Rider‘s 2023 Motorcycle Buyers Guide

The Grand Tourer version includes a touring dual seat, a high windscreen, a passenger backrest, panniers, and LED indicators, and was shown at EICMA in Celestial Red. A standard Super Meteor 650 was also shown in Interstellar Green. 

2023 Royal Enfield Super Meteor 650
2023 Royal Enfield Super Meteor 650 with Grand Tourer accessories package

Paint colors available for the standard, with or without the Solo Tourer accessories kit, include Astral Black, Astral Blue, Astral Green, Interstellar Grey, and Interstellar Green. Color options for the Grand Tourer variant include Celestial Red and Celestial Blue. 

2023 Royal Enfield Super Meteor 650
2023 Royal Enfield Super Meteor 650 in Astral Black

While pricing information is not currently available, we know that Royal Enfield hopes to deliver the Super Meteor 650 in North America in Summer 2023. 

Visit Royal Enfield’s website for more information. 

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Royal Enfield plans 4 new models a year

New Royal Enfield CEO Vinod Dasari has confirmed the Indian brand will release four new models per year, starting with the new Meteor 350 this month.

The Meteor 350 will feature a new double-cradle frame and an overhead-cam, air-cooled 350cc engine, replacing the old pushrod motor.

There is no confirmation yet on whether it will be available globally or just in India.

It will be followed by the Hunter and then the Sherpa. There are no details yet, but it is expected they may be versions of the Himalayan adventure bike.

Royal Enfield Hunter SerpaWill the Hunter or Serpa look like this?

Falling sales

The model offensive follows bleak times for the company with falling sales last year as Jawa stole some of its market.

That was followed by dismal sales this year when the pandemic hit, including on 91 domestic sales in April.

In May, the company sold 18,429 bikes in India compared with 60,211 in May 2019 and sold only 684 overseas compared with 2160 last year.

Factory customs

Royal Enfield CEO Vinod DasariNew boss Vinod Dasari

Dasari says the pandemic is forcing them to look toward online purchases and more factory customisation.

“When I go on to a traffic light, I want to have something different,” he says.

“A motorcycle is a display of a person’s personality, so it has to have uniqueness and differentiation. So, how do we involve them in the design of a motorcycle? 

“So we have revamped our entire business process from ‘made to stock’ to ‘made to order’.

“We want to move to a point completely where 100 percent of our bikes will be mass-customised.

“You can then choose, whichever bike you want, with this kind of label, with that kind of colour, with this kind of accessory and that kind of apparel, all of this will be built in. That significantly changes the entire buying process.”

Source: MotorbikeWriter.com