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Royal Enfield Motorcycles => 650 Interceptor & Continental GT => Topic started by: 9fingers on January 15, 2019, 09:26:53 pm

Title: The Twins have arrived at my dealership in NJ!!
Post by: 9fingers on January 15, 2019, 09:26:53 pm
My dealer, Locomotion Powersports, in Mahwah, NJ, just sent me an email and pics of the new bikes that arrived today.
Of course, I put a deposit on a 1991 BMW K75 today.........bad timing.
9fingers
Title: Re: The Twins have arrived at my dealership in NJ!!
Post by: Stanley on January 15, 2019, 09:41:10 pm
Sold my 1991 K75 months ago and wonder why. A fine machine in every way once I replaced the main seal. Enjoy yours!
Title: Re: The Twins have arrived at my dealership in NJ!!
Post by: 9fingers on January 16, 2019, 03:00:51 am
Sold my 1991 K75 months ago and wonder why. A fine machine in every way once I replaced the main seal. Enjoy yours!
Thanks Stanley, any advice you can give me? This one has 21k miles and is in fine shape, supposedly. I will see it and try to get a test ride in on Monday, when it will be 20 degrees. And it is a K75S with the under fairing as well as the normal one with the small shield.
9fingers
Title: Re: The Twins have arrived at my dealership in NJ!!
Post by: gizzo on January 16, 2019, 11:29:01 am
I used to have one too. What a nice motorbike. Don't leave it sitting for too long on the sidestand. If you do, you'll find out why not...
I got rid of it because it was too civilised.
Title: Re: The Twins have arrived at my dealership in NJ!!
Post by: Stanley on January 16, 2019, 05:34:43 pm
Mine was a red S model with standard leather Corbin seat. I found just three typical-for-this bike issues.
There was a small oil leak from a $1.09 o-ring at the mainshaft that weeped oil from the bellhousing. After a few years I replaced it and the mainseal while I had the entire drivetrain out. Took a 3 day weekend. An intermittent stall was solved by cleaning all the connectors with spray cleaner. The driveshaft splines were a little worn. I replaced the $300 shaft and maintained it with Honda Moly Paste instead of the Vaseline-like stuff BMW specifies. It's simple to do whenever you change rear tires.
Other than those issues the bike was reliable, smooth and quiet and fit my 6/5 height better than any bike ever did.
Like most older BMWs, parts and info are easy to find.

Gizzo, I sold mine because it was too civilized. My Iron Barrel is the antidote for that.
Title: Re: The Twins have arrived at my dealership in NJ!!
Post by: Scotty Brown on January 16, 2019, 07:14:35 pm
My K 75 RT is the perfect complement to my C5 -- One for touring and long distance and the other for pure pleasure0
Title: Re: The Twins have arrived at my dealership in NJ!!
Post by: Scotty Brown on January 16, 2019, 07:16:59 pm
Oops miss the k 75 picture
Title: Re: The Twins have arrived at my dealership in NJ!!
Post by: Stanley on January 16, 2019, 08:13:46 pm
Nice bike. I sometimes had the rear brake grab a bit and wondered if ABS was the cure.
I just stayed off the pedal.
Title: Re: The Twins have arrived at my dealership in NJ!!
Post by: Guaire on January 16, 2019, 09:25:08 pm
My 94 has ABS. It's part of why I got the K75.
Title: Re: The Twins have arrived at my dealership in NJ!!
Post by: Richard230 on January 16, 2019, 10:00:05 pm
Here is a photo of my 1991 K100RS 4V.  I rode it for 65K miles before trading it in on my current 2002 Yamaha FZ1.  The only problem that I had with my K-bike was a broken Paralever front U-joint, that wiped out the inside of the swing arm and the right side bearing. This happened at 48K miles. $1200 later it was fixed.
Title: Re: The Twins have arrived at my dealership in NJ!!
Post by: 9fingers on January 16, 2019, 10:57:42 pm
Thanks for all the input. Stanley, mine is also red with the Corbin seat! Really good looking bike!
9fingers
Title: Re: The Twins have arrived at my dealership in NJ!!
Post by: Narada on February 03, 2019, 04:14:05 pm
One Continental GT Twin has arrived in Seattle!  :) Rumor has it we were supposed to get an Interceptor as well, but a "journalist" wiped it out!  :'(

I was told no test rides until more come in, could be a while... ???

CGT really looked great in person. Now if I could just see an orange or Chrome Interceptor.  8)
Title: Re: The Twins have arrived at my dealership in NJ!!
Post by: 9fingers on February 03, 2019, 08:22:08 pm
One Continental GT Twin has arrived in Seattle!  :) Rumor has it we were supposed to get an Interceptor as well, but a "journalist" wiped it out!  :'(

I was told no test rides until more come in, could be a while... ???

CGT really looked great in person. Now if I could just see an orange or Chrome Interceptor.  8)

That is interesting Narada........the first bikes in are supposed to be the ones that are there for test rides! Are they just going to sit there and look at it? I swear that most Royal Enfield dealer really don't WANT to sell the bikes and only want to step clients up to the more expensive brands that they sell, Triumph, Indian, or whatever. They treat them as an afterthought at best. And now the 650 twins are a THREAT to Triumph Street Twin sales. Going to be interesting how Royal Enfield approaches USA distribution in the next couple of years. They don't quite have enough models to have their own RE stores (yet), and they don't have a dealer network that is very supportive.
9fingers
Title: Re: The Twins have arrived at my dealership in NJ!!
Post by: Narada on February 04, 2019, 07:41:42 pm
According to the dealer RE told them no one could test ride it. ??? And yes, the plan is to look at it! :o  :P
Title: Re: The Twins have arrived at my dealership in NJ!!
Post by: Stanley on February 05, 2019, 08:11:18 pm
This isn't just RE's policy.
When the Indian Scout appeared at dealers, i visited three times just to SIT on one and was refused. Luckily my Lexus gave up the ghost and my money went into a car. Now they'd probably love me to stop by!
Title: Re: The Twins have arrived at my dealership in NJ!!
Post by: Richard230 on February 05, 2019, 10:33:26 pm
This isn't just RE's policy.
When the Indian Scout appeared at dealers, i visited three times just to SIT on one and was refused. Luckily my Lexus gave up the ghost and my money went into a car. Now they'd probably love me to stop by!

May be. I hear that Indian sales are slipping lately.
Title: Re: The Twins have arrived at my dealership in NJ!!
Post by: 9fingers on February 09, 2019, 04:39:32 pm
I did stop in at my dealership last week, and sat on the bikes again.....I had tried them at the NYC bike show........and though I love the look of that white GT, at 61 I am more comfortable on the Interceptor. But I did think about getting a GT and moving the footpegs 2" forward and raising the bars a couple of inches.......that would do it for me. But the rear brake is attached to the peg assembly so not as simple as it seems. BTW, they told me that they were not sent any keys with the bikes, which is really odd. But my buddy in FL has a dealer who claims the 650s have not yet received emissions cert., so that could be the delay.
9fingers
Title: Re: The Twins have arrived at my dealership in NJ!!
Post by: Narada on February 11, 2019, 08:20:46 pm
The key thing is odd since the salesman here couldn't find the keys for the CGT they have for show only... ???

Can't stop dreaming of an Interceptor in my Royal Shed, next to my C5. They would (will?) look good together! 8)
 Probably have to trade in my Bonnie though...  :'(
Title: Re: The Twins have arrived at my dealership in NJ!!
Post by: Richard230 on February 11, 2019, 10:25:44 pm
Sometimes it does happen that a manufacturer doesn't have all of their ducks in a row when displaying a new motorcycle.  In the fall of 2009 Brammo introduced their Enertia electric motorcycle and decided to sell them through the Best Buy stores.  That was until the great state of California found out about it.  And nixed the deal.  I think eventually they got approval to sell the bikes, but then realized that you couldn't sell a motorcycle like you would a big screen TV. Apparently motorcycle riders were not the same as TV couch potatoes and wanted more after-market service that the Geek Guys just couldn't provide.   ::)