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• Royal Enfield’s 2025 Bear 650 hosts a familiar engine in the shape of the company’s popular, frugal and rider-friendly 650cc parallel twin being wheeled out for another jaunt in this Interceptor 650-inspired scrambler. What’s more, we’re promised that the Bear’s road performance won’t be sacrificed by its more off-road appearance courtesy of the knobbly tyres and, I quote, “kicked-up rear loop”.
• Given the popularity of the Interceptor and Continental GT since their introduction to the world back in 2019, an evolution of the sales-chart topper was somewhat inevitable. A set of different sized wheels moving from 18” front and back to a set of 19”/17”, plus a scrambler style seat, updated suspension and 10mm more ground clearance are among the differences as the sub £6750 Scrambler aims to attract a younger audience to the Eicher-owned brand.
• The model’s name comes from the Big Bear Run, a brutal Californian desert race that was won by a 16-year-old in 1960 by the name of ‘Fast Eddie’ Mulder riding a 500c Royal Enfield Fury. So now you know.
• Style over substance, or a specced-up super scrambler-styled shale swapping street surfer? BikeSocial’s Mr Mann spends a fortnight riding a Bear.