I’m sure the sales of the 650s are relatively small in India but bear in mind that the Interceptor is one of the top selling bikes in the UK and in markets like Australia and New Zealand has sold strongly. Probably more niche in the USA I’d guess
I've read that the 650s are good sellers, and leading their segment in those countries, and deservedly so. I'd like to hear more about other competitors within those segments in those countries. I bet the list includes quite a few machines that are scarce in the USA.
I'm not sure how strong the 650s are selling in the US, RE doesn't seem to break out the export figures they publish by country or region. We do seem to have quite a few US riders here on the forum. I would think a survey of our forum membership, might give us some crude idea of the percentage of this model going to various markets.
I certainly wasn't suggesting that the 650s aren't a brilliant product. I was citing stats with reference to speculating about RE developing a 1000. Will there be sufficient demand, over the amortization period, to warrant the expenditure that a project like that requires? Perhaps, a lot of large machines are sold in the English speaking countries. Here's some stats for the UK:
https://www.finder.com/uk/motorbike-statisticsIt's interesting to note that sales of ALL motorcyles in the UK for 2019, about 89,000, is a number smaller than two mediocre months of RE production. RE holds about 4% of the India domestic market. About 21,000,000 motorcycles were sold in India in 2019. That's 1 bike in the UK for every 236 sold in India. Pretty amazing, and not hard to see how RE is thriving, especially protected as they are by 50% tariffs plus 28% goods and services tax.
I read that Sid Lal once revealed that exports are important mainly to give the brand prestige at home. Regardless of why they do it, I feel fortunate that I had the chance to own an RE, and glad I chose to.