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Love this, thanks for sharing 👍

Отличный байк. Хочу стать владельцем такого. Делайте больше видео про него. Что заменить? Как сделать обслуживание? Какие интересные аксессуары?

A great review! I've just bought an Interceptor 650 on Bank Holiday Monday. I only went for a look and ended up leaving a deposit, it's being delivered next week. It's in the Barcelona Blue colour scheme, I don't think I could commit to all that polishing even though it looks superb. Mine has upgraded Powerage end cans too so sounds fantastic. It'll sit perfectly at the side of my Tracer 900.

Best review I have seen on this bike, I love mine

Fantastic review mate, probably the best I`ve watched on the RE650.

I bought a three year-old Interceptor, in gorgeous Orange Crush, just over 3000 miles on the clock from a reputable nationwide dealership, with six months warranty for £3995. Bargain of the century in my opinion! It's shiny as new and is simply brilliant. Downsides? The ride is a bit hard, as is the standard seat. The bike can be a bit twitchy on poorly maintained roads, so you have to choose the best line. The bar grips are a bit hard for longer distances, but I'm looking into that one. It will easily do motorway stuff, but I won't. It's far too boring. Thankfully, I live on the edge of the Peak District. Happy Days. But such a fun, reliable bike! Love and peace.

Your points made are accurate good vlog!

Agree with the the mirrors. I had to buy extenders for my Triumph Tiger mirrors, but the Enfield is fine.

Nice bags.

Do you have of review how to use cover tank ?

Nice video, FERGUTRON. My interest piqued when you mentioned your lower back and the CL's riding position. Osteoarthritis has set in with my back and riding position makes all the difference. But my question relates to the servicing of the CL. I'd really like to know how much an actual valve shim adjustment service is likely to cost? I had a CB1100F many years ago, and although that bike had twice as many cylinders, the regular valve/shim adjustment would make ownership a financial nightmare these days. Cheers

Mine is also a 2022/23 model, without LED lights or alloy wheels. To me, it's better this way. I don't need technology except for fuel injection and ABS. I don't need anything more than that. Give me a mid sized twin (or more cilinders) with only those features, and I'll ride it until the end of my days.

I got one of these last summer and have about 7000 miles on it. Love the bike. The seat is a little hard after a couple of hours for me, and mine had some shifting issues that finally worked themselves out after about 1000 miles. Otherwise, these are a blast to ride. They seem to get a lot of hate for the looks, but like you, I think it looks really cool. Even like the ginormous muffler, though that took awhile to get used to. Great review. I look forward to more videos.

I love my green CL500

Good job brother! Honda or Triumph 400 scrambler. Closest dealers here sell Japanese bikes and HD.

Great review.I hadn't heard of the CL 500 until a few weeks ago.I know they have the tried and tested 500 twin engine but the styling seems to come in for a lot of criticism which initially put me off Then I thought I like the look of the bike so other people's opinion shouldn't matter. My everyday bike is a 03 blackbird which is superb but heavy and I have stumbled a couple of times lately .Think I will pay the local Honda dealer a visit here in Northern Ireland.

Thanks for the review. I have mine in green and love the looks too :) The dealer had added one of those white accessories - around the headlight and I think this, and the white covers for the grips explain a bit of why some people moan about the looks. I test rode one without the accessories and loved the sound and easy handling as well as the looks. It is all so subjective until you test ride I found, since from CZcams reviews I was sure I was going to get a KTM 390 Adventure or a Triumph 400. Once I tried them I was really surprised that I didn't like riding the KTM at all as it was too high for me even with me at same height as you, and even more surprised that I didn't like the sound of the Triumph exhaust, which is the very thing all the reviewers love most. Everything else was great about the Triumph, it was even cheaper but I just couldn't love the sound even after 2 test rides. So yes, all personal taste :). I have fitted a Puig New Generation Touring Screen (clear version) to mine and I can definitely recommend that for looks on this bike, and also cutting down the pressure of the wind on the body, if not the head.

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The orange color looks great on CZcams for some reason, but IRL the blue one is nicer. I was going to get an orange one but changed my mind when I actually saw them side by side.

Really good review...I got a one new 4 weeks (and well over 800 miles) ago and prior to taking a trip up country to stay a few day with family, my BMW K1600gt never cam out of the garage. Been riding the thick end of 50 years and for much of this had big powerful bikes, like Honda Blackbird, GTR1400 etc etc, but finding the CL to be great fun and perfect for exploring picturesque back roads and rough lanes that I avoided on those big bikes. A big bang for the buck in terms of smiles per mile. It would be interesting to hear your comparison with the interceptor, which I strongly considered before the CL won the day.

Really good, straight honest review.

A set of EBC FA496HH pads will easily sort your rear brake out! Had my CL500 well over a year but it seems like it’s just been weeks.

I’ve had mine 15 months and find the suspension bob on, try changing from standard to pothole mode😁

Great review! Thank you! I did the same thing with my Royal Enfield 350 Hunter. I just watched couple of YT videos, sat on it at the dealer "Yup, that's what I want, take my money please." I was considering the 500 Hondas but the CL was not born yet. Compared to the RE 350 platform, the Honda is faster, smoother, requires less maintenance. Just what you'd expect Honda to be. The Enfield has more charisma, looks awesome. Seriously, they really do their homework to make all their bikes look cool and desirable at RE. The air cooled engine has SUCH presence and sounds so good, it puts smile on my face every single day on my commute, especially downtown where those deep thumps reverberate from buildings. Both bikes are sweet on twisty roads. Forget highways or even faster A roads on the 350. I don't do any on it so I am very happy with it. I do some mild offroad stuff tho and I reckon the performance of both bikes would be pretty similar. The Honda is lighter with more powerful engine but the RE is surprisingly offroadable thanks to the low rev torque, smooth, flat power curve, decent ground clearance and universal ergonomics. The Enfield is 20% cheaper than the Honda brand new. On the other hand the Honda keeps value MUCH better. In fact it really annoys me how expensive 10 year old little Hondas are. Meanwhile these RE350s can be bought incredibely cheap with just couple hundred miles on. More relevant competitor to the Honda CL500 would of course be the freshly new RE 450 Guerilla. Which is just a weird name for a motorcycle. Small War? Really? Then again CL500 is a little generic in 2024...

I like orange

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Brilliant bike & super reliable! Wife has one, and has now just clocked up 24, 000 miles with no issues whatsoever. Enjoy👍

Nice review as fast as you can 😂 like it .i brought one to without riding it love mine im getting 93 mpg with 3000 miles on it now

Came very close to buying a CB500 back in the day (2005 ish), went to look at one and came home with a 1200 bandit. 😂 The new offering is a tidy looking bike though, and would fit my needs perfectly.

Remember CZ? Has that kinda look about it: almost ugly but eye catching. I want one! 😊

A lot of help, cool accent too, everything I want in a channel like this

a concise and informative report, nice looking bike and should be a good all rounder. Would i swap my Himmi for one ? probably not but if your in the market for something new it has to be worth at least a test drive

Indian junk.

I loved this, informative and enjoyable. As an owner of an RE Conti 650, this may be a good alternative for some of the gaps I find in RE's design. And with more support in the US as Royal Enfield has little to no dealers out here in Wyoming.

Nice one, I think Honda could've made a bit more of an effort with the styling, particularly the exhaust but I'm sure third party manufacturers are already onto that....😊

The Interceptor is certainly good value for money and probably fun to ride at the same time. My W800 is not as good value for money but the torque characteristics and sound of the 360 degree W800 are intoxicating and that was too much for me to ignore.

I’m a Honda guy!!! This is my new song for riding!!!😝

New bike???

Your Landrover Defender analogy is absolutely spot on regarding the Himalayan. Defenders aren't fast, but character full, fun, and go anywhere! ❤

Does it feel really heavy at slow speeds/in a garage/traffic light? I love the looks of the bike but I really worry it'd be too heavy for be as a beginner rider

You're so right. All the debating and energy spent thinking about hp and torque is for the 1% of the time you ride at peak power curve and let's face it, that's some straight line overtake on a dual carriage way for most people

Just found your channel on CZcams I ride the same roads your are riding in video . Have 1969 bsa a65 thunderbolt . Looking at getting Enfield 650 but no sure which model. Like your informative video of Interceptor. Would be great to bump into you on a ride.

Yeah, crazy how quick you can get onto roads like that in this country. Love it.

Sounds fantastic through headphones 😊

Absolutely gutted for you mate, I’m sat here in my RE top after having to reject my 411 for refund a few years back real shame they arnt getting to the bottom of these issues. Hope you got it sorted in the end. I think it’s good to share these things as it helps keep the companies honest. Compared to all the paid reviews. I tried the hitchcocks ones on my himmy which helped

Needs a Mars bar

Nice content, thanks man!