Royal Enfield Bear 650 vs Interceptor 650: Features Breakdown

Here’s a brief breakdown of what the Bear 650 has to offer and how it manages to distinguish itself from the Interceptor 650

The Royal Enfield Bear 650 is the newest addition to the Royal Enfield lineup, recently launched at EICMA 2024. The bike has a lot of features on offer and in this article we will be going over them. We will also give you a detailed breakdown of what makes it different when compared to the Royal Enfield Interceptor 650.

TFT Console & Related Features

The Royal Enfield Bear 650 is slightly more modern when compared to the Royal Enfield Interceptor 650. Instead of a dual-pod instrument console, it gets a 4-inch TFT console. The console is the same as the one on the Royal Enfield Himalayan 450 and the Royal Enfield Guerrilla 450.

It offers two display modes, Analogue and Digital. The Analogue mode, as the name suggests, offers an analogue style tachometer on the TFT screen, which is a lot easier to read in our experience. The digital mode on the other hand features a very minimalist layout which only gives out important information like the speed, odometer and tripmeter readouts. 

The console also offers Bluetooth connectivity for Call/SMS alerts and full-fledged navigation via Google Maps, which the rider can access via Royal Enfield’s official app. The bike also offers music controls, with the rider being able to switch between songs using the left handside switch gear. 

Switchable ABS

To enhance the bike’s off-road credentials as a scrambler, Royal Enfield has added switchable ABS to the list of features. With this, the rider will be able to turn off ABS intervention at the rear wheel allowing for controlled slides.

This feature is a nice addition that makes the Royal Enfield a more capable off-roader when compared to the Interceptor 650, on which it is based.

Verdict

Although the Bear 650 Scrambler is based on the Interceptor 650, the addition of the new TFT console and the switchable ABS feature gives the Bear 650 a distinct identity of its own.

That said, the Bear 650 features the same engine as the Interceptor which is a 648cc, air and oil-cooled, twin-cylinder engine. But it outputs 47.4PS at 7,150rpm and 56.5Nm at 5,150rpm, which is 4.2Nm more torque than the Interceptor. It also gets an inverted fork at the front, instead of a conventional telescopic fork like the Interceptor 650.

The Bear 650 comes at a starting price of Rs 3,39,000 (ex-showroom) and goes up against other Scramblers in the segment like the Morini Seiemmezzo 6 ½.