2023 Royal Enfield Super Meteor 650 The Best Value of all Cruisers in this Class | 648cc Bosch ECU

Royal Enfield has launched the first spinoff models in its best-selling range of 650 twins the Super Meteor 650 in standard or Touring trim. Inspired by the 1956-62 Royal Enfield Super Meteor 700 U.K.’s largest-displacement Twin at the time and available with factory fitted touring panniers the new Super Meteor 650 is powered by an air/oil-cooled 648cc parallel-Twin and has styling that leans more British classic than American traditional. Powered by the same air/oil-cooled eight-valve 648cc parallel-twin engine with a 270º crankshaft and central chain-driven SOHC equipping the previous 650s and named after Royal Enfield’s first 100mph model which debuted back in 1955. The Bosch ECU-equipped fuel-injected engine produces a claimed 46.33 bhp of crank power at 7,250 rpm, meaning it&A2 compliant, while peak torque of 38.57lb.ft is delivered at 5,650 rpm. Showa is now the suspension supplier for Super Meteor comes with an upside-down fork for the first time on any RE model, a non-adjustable 43mm Big Piston offering 120mm of wheel travel. At the rear, the extruded steel swingarm delivering a rangy 1500mm wheelbase carries twin Showa shocks, preload adjustment and 101mm of travel. There’s a 19-inch forged aluminum front wheel and 16-inch rear, shod with Indian supplier CEAT’s new Zoom Cruz tubeless tyres specially developed for the Super Meteor duo. Braking is supplied by the same single 320mm front disc, but a much larger 300mm rear brake disc, both gripped by twin-piston...