This Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 Scrambler Looks More Capable Than The Himalayan

It looks so functional that Royal Enfield should really go ahead and make it for the masses

Royal Enfield’s motorcycles often serve as an empty palette for one’s imaginations to run wild. The Royal Enfield Interceptor 650, in particular, has been so old-school minimalistic and versatile at the same time that it serves as the perfect avenue for custom bike builders to shape it into whatever form they’d like. So, for one of their projects, Texas-based Revival Cycles got their hands on the Interceptor 650 from Royal Enfield before it was officially unveiled at the 2018 EICMA show.

They worked their magic on the bike and the result is this capable scrambler, called the ‘Revival X Royal Enfield Desert Runner 650.’ They built this bike to participate in the off-road race from Los Angeles to Las Vegas in the USA. Consequently, it had to be completely functional. So for this, they started things off by slapping on a pair of long-travel suspension The front fork is from the Suzuki DR-Z motocross bike. But it has been tweaked to offer more travel thanks to the better springs and is lighter as well. The forks are linked to an 18-inch spoke wheel with hub and brake setup borrowed from the Suzuki DR-Z. The wheel hub at the rear is stock. At the rear, the bike uses a custom twin shock absorber setup with a massive 203mm of travel.

The long-travel suspension causes the tension in the chain to vary and to solve this issue, they used a custom-made roller chain tensioner. Revival wrapped the wheels with a proper block pattern Michelin AC10 tyres for better performance off the road.

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To protect the underbelly, it uses a custom aluminium bash plate which covers the underbelly custom exhaust system. The handlebars are made out of aluminium and the instrument cluster is an aftermarket fully digital unit. Even the stock footpegs have been replaced by a modified Honda CRF450 motocross bike’s footpegs. Rounding off the offroad theme is a rally style scroll type navigation mounted on the handlebar. The LED headlamp and tail lamp are custom as well. Revival replaced the stock seat with a more comfortable custom-made ribbed leather unit. 

Revival plans to offer this custom creation on sale. But at around USD 25,000 to USD 30,000 (around Rs 19 lakh - Rs 22 lakh), including the base bike, the price is rather high. You can get a hardcore off-road-ready Triumph Scrambler 1200 XE for just USD 15,400 (about Rs 11.68 lakh) and still have plenty of money to accessorize. But you definitely can’t put a price on completely custom-made yet functional goodness, can you?

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