
12/09/2025
When Royal Enfield announced the Bear 650 in late 2024, many were intrigued: could the company take its popular 650 twin engine and give it enough flavour and capability to compete in the scrambler / mixed-road segment? The Bear 650 is essentially scrambler-styled, built off the Interceptor / INT 650 platform, but with changes to make it more adventurous. For riders tired of purely street bikes but not ready for a full adventure bike, the Bear offers a middle ground: style, usable power, off-road hints, and that classic RE soul.
It’s not perfect, but it’s interesting. Let’s see what it brings, where it shines, and where it struggles.
Performance / Key Capabilities
What you get under the Bear’s tank is very familiar to anyone who has ridden or read about the Interceptor / Continental GT twins:
- A 648 cc parallel-twin, air/oil cooled, SOHC with 8 valves.
- Peak power is roughly 47 hp (exact number varies slightly by market: e.g. ~47.4 PS / ~34.9 kW) at ~7,150 rpm.
When Royal Enfield announced the Bear 650 in late 2024, many were intrigued: could the company take its popular 650 twin engine and give it enough flavour and