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Title: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: wildbill on December 19, 2018, 11:55:42 am
yeah...sure! ;D well not at the moment as I got tied up in a new watch buy and that bit of crap relieved me of $8250
friggin plain jane too. now I have to find some-one with some $$$ to take the chrome bit of crap off my hands...LOL

(https://i.postimg.cc/QCKz4Gs0/P1180404.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: heloego on December 19, 2018, 12:12:33 pm
Maybe the Dealer will take it as trade?  ;)
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: wildbill on December 19, 2018, 01:13:45 pm
hard to say...might have been better if I had bought an OLEX instead...lol
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: Bert Remington on December 19, 2018, 04:07:14 pm
Consider an Italian twin.  There several excellent ones for sale in your neighborhood https://www.bikesales.com.au/bikes/moto-guzzi/  And AU has some of the best MG mechanics in the world.  Take a look at this GTM forum https://www.guzzitech.com/  Two MG mottos:

* V-Twins done right
* Moto Guzzi -- making mechanics out of riders worldwide

RE's new 650 looked nice but I wanted a twin with a windshield. :)
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: Stanley on December 19, 2018, 06:26:25 pm
I wore a solid gold Rolex for years. I got it for a $25 on Avenida Revolucion in Tijuana.
Hope yours lasts longer.  ;)
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: wildbill on December 19, 2018, 08:01:26 pm
f/ck I should have bought that and spared the extra $8200...LOL
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: mike_bike_kite on December 21, 2018, 09:16:22 am
Bill, That does seem like a more efficient way of burning money than just buying a new Enfield every 6 months. The only danger is that (some) watches keep their value quite well.
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: gizzo on December 21, 2018, 10:56:05 am
You should buy a boat,  Wildbill :)
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: Bilgemaster on December 25, 2018, 12:41:09 am
$8,250 for a watch?  Not even if I won the lottery...

Boats have been mentioned. That's more than I paid for my "big boat" (2005 Macgregor 26X (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hswrBzrWEVc)) and its V8 towbeast ('99 Durango 5.9 liter) combined. As for my "small boat," here's what a buck will get you (http://cpyoa.geekworkshosting.com/forum/index.php?topic=9865.0) if you're pure of heart.

(http://www.bukmop.com/RoyalEnfield/Watches1.jpg)
Take your pick for 11 bucks at Walmart.
Unlike the Rolex you get day and date too.
Japanese movement same as much pricier Seikos.
Both on their third battery, so yeah..they hold up fine.
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: wildbill on December 25, 2018, 04:39:27 am
well I didn't really like that watch at all so I took an offer of $7500 and a deposit so hopefully it will leave shorty.
next plan of attack. I am seriously think of selling my abarth with 6000 miles on the clock and upgrade to the newer model ;)
the only thing I don't like about the new model abarth  is its very high price tag for what it really is...LOL or just settle for the 650 interceptor
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: gizzo on December 26, 2018, 05:28:10 am
Wow. I've owned the same car for 15+ years,  the same bike for 27 and the one watch for at least 10 years. I'm easily pleased, though.
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: GlennF on December 28, 2018, 11:59:50 pm
If you really want to burn money, the fastest way known to mankind of turning a large fortune into a vastly smaller one is getting involved in restoring vintage warbirds.
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: heloego on December 30, 2018, 10:10:05 am
   Oooh! Talk about!  :o
   Having helped with winter upkeep on a B-17 I can vouch for that!  ::)
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: Stanley on December 30, 2018, 03:28:43 pm
I have no watch, but check time on my $15 flip phone. Best money pit I had was a 25 foot Westerly sloop. Good riddance!
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: wildbill on December 30, 2018, 09:23:48 pm
well the only regret I have on that watch deal is.... I wanted the better model submariner and it was a 12 months wait list ;D
later on I may have another hit at one or I may not! it was more an impulse buy as I've already had several of them and this was the plain jane model
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: REpozer on January 01, 2019, 07:12:39 am
If you need advice on Rolex, your neighbor Paul Pluta aka Archie Luxury might be helpful.
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: wildbill on January 01, 2019, 11:12:06 am
yes I've seen his channel!  ;D
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: wildbill on January 01, 2019, 11:19:59 am
on a better note ;D here's a video I took with the new camera of the local talent


https://youtu.be/x1OPWyrBYWE
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: wildbill on January 12, 2019, 12:09:34 am
latest news on the 650's as of yesterday. 300 arrive next month and 260 are pre-sold
at the moment there appears to be only two colours arriving white in the gt and orange in the continental
I can pre-order for a $2000 deposit different dealer to the one I pre-ordered 8 months ago
any fancy colours including chrome will arrive in the april shipment
it was mention we will only get a short supply of bikes as they are geared up to freight in big numbers to the usa
all dealers will be going to a pre-launch release in melboune vic in roughly a week.
not too sure on the idea of an orange one BUT I've never vied a continental any-way
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: Bert Remington on January 12, 2019, 02:20:33 am
CHROME!  Wait for it.  Just three months.  You can do it.
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: Bilgemaster on January 12, 2019, 03:14:23 am
I'm sort of liking on that Chrome one too. Frankly, seeing as how WildBill must basically qualify as a "Royal Enfield independent distributor" at this point, if only by virtue of having bought his dealer at least one boat, I'm sort of surprised that dealer didn't try to pull a few strings to bring one of those 2019 chrome babies in for him just a little early. Just sayin': If anyone deserves a little extra schmooze from Chennai, it's our Bill.
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: GlennF on January 13, 2019, 10:29:01 pm
Quote from: wildbill on January 12, 2019, 12:09:34 am

not too sure on the idea of an orange one BUT I've never vied a continental any-way

The Rickmans were often orange.

(https://www.burtonbikebits.net/images/DSCF2429.JPG)

You could always just buy an original 60s Interceptor of course :D
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: 9fingers on January 14, 2019, 01:09:15 pm
I am leaning towards the white GT as almost all of my bikes have been, or are, black and red (red hair and black leather, my favorite color scheme - Richard Thompson), and I am on a white bike kick. I like the chrome, but not that big price jump, and my Classic is chrome, so I think it will be white. I do have an offer in for a friends BMW K65 so if he agrees it could change my RE 650 plans.
9fingers
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: Bert Remington on January 14, 2019, 04:36:30 pm
Do you mean K75?  If so that's a wonderful motorcycle.  I bought one of the first K100s (to slow down from a Suzuki GS1100) and it worked in that it took several years for the CHP to catch me whereupon I discovered the speedometer was reading 8 mph too low.  Send pictures.
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: Guaire on January 14, 2019, 08:16:53 pm
Quote from: 9fingers on January 14, 2019, 01:09:15 pm
I am leaning towards the white GT as almost all of my bikes have been, or are, black and red (red hair and black leather, my favorite color scheme - Richard Thompson), and I am on a white bike kick. I like the chrome, but not that big price jump, and my Classic is chrome, so I think it will be white. I do have an offer in for a friends BMW K65 so if he agrees it could change my RE 650 plans.
9fingers

I believe our man meant to say "R65". This is what my 1994 K75 looks like, ABS, fuel injection and all.
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: mattsz on January 15, 2019, 12:31:56 am
Quote from: 9fingers on January 14, 2019, 01:09:15 pm
I am leaning towards the white GT as almost all of my bikes have been, or are, black and red (red hair and black leather, my favorite color scheme - Richard Thompson), and I am on a white bike kick. I like the chrome, but not that big price jump, and my Classic is chrome, so I think it will be white. I do have an offer in for a friends BMW K65 so if he agrees it could change my RE 650 plans.
9fingers

Dickheads welcome in my home any time...
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: GlennF on January 15, 2019, 05:47:52 am
Back in the late 70s I used to ride a white bikini faired Suzuki and had bought a matching white helmet. All went nicely with my blue wet weather riding gear.

I always thought it was odd how I seemed to be getting a lot more respect from other traffic until a friend pointed out white bike + blue riding gear from a distance looked very like the highway patrol .
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: Richard230 on January 15, 2019, 01:56:15 pm
Quote from: GlennF on January 15, 2019, 05:47:52 am
Back in the late 70s I used to ride a white bikini faired Suzuki and had bought a matching white helmet. All went nicely with my blue wet weather riding gear.

I always thought it was odd how I seemed to be getting a lot more respect from other traffic until a friend pointed out white bike + blue riding gear from a distance looked very like the highway patrol .

Did someone mention white?   ::)
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: Bert Remington on January 16, 2019, 05:27:35 pm
Guaire -- nope 9fingers meant K75 just as I thought (I practiced where the typo might has come from).  So he will be joining you with a low mileage 1991 K75S.  Lucky guy.
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: Bilgemaster on January 18, 2019, 08:10:50 am
Quote from: Richard230 on January 15, 2019, 01:56:15 pm
Did someone mention white?   ::)
Oh man, I LOVES ME those Honda Step-Throughs! And next time anyone goes on about needing some lumbering trust fund baby's ride that costs the equivalent of a year's tuition at Yale in base trim, just like Ewan and Charlie, just tell them about my hero, Ed March (https://www.motorcycle.com/features/ed-march-around-the-world-on-a-30-year-old-honda-c90.html). Apparently, he has the BMW Direktorat in a state of panic and despair (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xDOOT-T2gKo).
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: Jako on January 18, 2019, 12:34:57 pm
Quote from: Bilgemaster on January 18, 2019, 08:10:50 am
Oh man, I LOVES ME those Honda Step-Throughs!

https://powersports.honda.com/2019/super-cub-c125-abs.aspx
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: Richard230 on January 18, 2019, 02:03:48 pm
Quote from: Jako on January 18, 2019, 12:34:57 pm
https://powersports.honda.com/2019/super-cub-c125-abs.aspx

Does a Honda step-through need ABS?  My 90 didn't. Here is another photo of when I rode it to California's Big Basin State Park sometime in 1969.

Well, actually I was riding my brother's Honda 90, which I managed to get up to 65 mph during the 60-mile trip (downhill, of course).  No rev limiters back in those days.  ;) I hesitate to guess what rpm that poor engine was operating at.  :o

Regarding that advertised price for the new Honda 125, I bet the San Francisco Honda dealer charges $1,000 over the MSRP for that model.   :(
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: gizzo on January 18, 2019, 07:45:23 pm
I've posted this pic before but if we're talking Honda cubs, what the hell. Here's my postie bike project. Building it for my dad.
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: wildbill on January 18, 2019, 09:24:10 pm
i think the super cub arrives in aust with the price tag of roughly AU$6100 or the price of a good cheaper watch ;)
I actually had a cub myself back in the late '60's. the very first bike I bought.
looking back I think it was the 50cc version and I bought it second hand in Sydney aust for $50
I use to ride it around the paddocks. I think in those days they advertised them as a 200 mile per gallon bike -4;5 litres to our gallon
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: mattsz on January 20, 2019, 10:14:08 am
Quote from: Bilgemaster on January 18, 2019, 08:10:50 am
Apparently, he has the BMW Direktorat in a state of panic and despair (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xDOOT-T2gKo).

As an aside... I wonder how many subtitled parodies that footage has been used for?  I've liked every one I've seen, so far...
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: Guaire on January 20, 2019, 09:31:49 pm
I know one was done about losing his VFR.
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: Warwick on January 21, 2019, 08:10:05 am
I sit on a 150 postie 7 hours a day. They are underpowered with an agricultural gearbox but are well suited for a postie role. They also make an annoying vibration. I cant wait to get of it at the end of the day and will never ride one out of work!!!! Someone else can do the postie challenge rally. They make a bullet seem powerful with a much more appealing thump.
Stick with the bullet single.
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: Scotty Brown on January 21, 2019, 08:32:33 am
A vanity watch ?  My my !
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: Scotty Brown on January 21, 2019, 08:34:55 am
A Vanity watch ? Oh my my my !
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: Subbu-500 on January 25, 2019, 09:39:45 am
In an attempt to bring this thread back on track, may be the RE Int650 is not for me either :-\. Booked mine in the silver shade (silver spector as RE calls it) in Nov with delivery promised in mid March 2019. The booking was more of a heart over mind decision on that day as the test ride was barely a kilometer long. So had made it clear to the dealer that i will cancel my booking if i do not get a better/longer test ride. They called me last week and got an Int650 in Orange to my place. I could have it for myself for 4 hours but i could not last on the saddle for over an hour. The stock handle bars are just way too low for my liking (i am 6 foot 3" and not really heavy). Being so used to the awesome seating/riding posture of my B5, this felt like a punishment  :(...and those foot pegs...oh god are they awkardly placed...again may be because i am used to the B5. My wrists started hurting, my back felt unconfortable and the that stock seat is nothing to write about either (though it is easier to fix) So i have decised to wait it out for a few months even if i am offered delivery in March. I honestly do not know if it is just me or if RE did not think this through. Was it a design challenge? Do they not want anyone over 6 feet to buy this? I don't know...I guess i can get used to the foot pegs but surely not the riding posture. So unless i find a good reliable solution to raise the bars, i am most likely going to stick to my B5.
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: wildbill on January 27, 2019, 01:08:43 am
the odd peg position has come up regularly on youtube clips but they do get use to it.
in a way I don't care that much if I buy one or not! my preference at the moment is to get my hands on a new rolex submariner watch. either bike or watch come in at $10K ea so it doesn't really matter. although the watch would be far harder to get with min 12/24 month wait.
im setting up a new youtube channel so the 650 may come in handy for that. time will tell there.
not sure if it goes ahead how long I will have it but I can say some-one further down the track will get a good deal...lol
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: gizzo on January 27, 2019, 09:23:06 am
Then again, the interceptor looks too have higher bars and more forward pegs that the GT,  in which case I'd complain that the ride position is ridiculous and uncomfortable sitting so upright is not natural. You can't build something to please everyone and someone will always miss out. If that's you, how about just not buying one instead of complaining that the manufacturer has failed you? I mean that in the nicest possible way.
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: Arizoni on January 29, 2019, 12:14:27 am
A $10,000 watch is the competition?  :o

By all means, get the watch !!

After you have it for a few weeks,  then, like your past Royal Enfields, you can put it up for sale.

I'm sure the neighbors will be fighting with each other to see who can be the first to your door to buy it.

(Baa-Ha-Ha_Ha.   ;D ;D ;D ;D)   8)

A watch.  :( :(

Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: wildbill on January 29, 2019, 05:03:29 am
yeah ...and the funny part is I have 2 watches I've purchased recently for $15k and don't wear either of them ;D
anyway I have 3 weeks to line up a rolex submariner and so far that's near impossible unfortunately I may have no choice but buy the interceptor and weeks later I may have no choice and sell it too...lol
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: wildbill on February 15, 2019, 10:32:00 am
got the call late today-its arrived

(https://i.postimg.cc/MZfgzN0J/20190215-083936-7.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/8sDZHynZ)
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: mattsz on February 15, 2019, 12:01:22 pm
Quote from: wildbill on February 15, 2019, 10:32:00 am
got the call late today-its arrived

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Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: ace.cafe on February 15, 2019, 12:05:18 pm
My experience with the Rolex Submariner is that it is too big, and the winding stem poked me on the back of the hand any time that I did anything requiring my hand to bend back at all.
This became tiresome, and even caused chafing of skin at times.

I sold it off and never looked back.
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: wildbill on February 15, 2019, 12:24:49 pm
over the years ive had a good run on the Rolexes. started with the air king the datejust then submariner then sea-dweller then on to the solid gold day/date. not sure actually how many I've had but probably 10. yeah the sub is a big type of watch but at the moment I have a pam luminor and its even bigger in size. first off though I have to get my hands on a rolex and that's pretty hard to do due to the world wide shortage.
meanwhile all appears good on the bike side of things and it will be registered by Monday and I am suppose to pick it up Monday afternoon
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: ace.cafe on February 15, 2019, 01:02:45 pm
Quote from: wildbill on February 15, 2019, 12:24:49 pm
over the years ive had a good run on the Rolexes. started with the air king the datejust then submariner then sea-dweller then on to the solid gold day/date. not sure actually how many I've had but probably 10. yeah the sub is a big type of watch but at the moment I have a pam luminor and its even bigger in size. first off though I have to get my hands on a rolex and that's pretty hard to do due to the world wide shortage.
meanwhile all appears good on the bike side of things and it will be registered by Monday and I am suppose to pick it up Monday afternoon
PAM Luminor has the curved stem guard that covers the end of the stem, which doesn't bother me. I have worn it for years now. I like it better. It is big, but doesn't dig in to me.
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: Arschloch on February 15, 2019, 06:17:47 pm
That PAM Luminor looks almost as beautiful as Philippe Patek.   ;D

An Seamaster would probably do for me but somehow I manage to ruin any watch so I don't wear them....
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: wildbill on February 15, 2019, 11:47:39 pm
my pam has had a hard life considering I bought it new 3 years ago I think for roughly the price of the interceptor

(https://i.postimg.cc/rwC0WRtC/DSC00577.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/ZWn5zRHC)
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: wildbill on February 15, 2019, 11:52:26 pm
the bike

(https://i.postimg.cc/vH0Xh2QN/20190215-084309-14.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/dLT8tBZ2)
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: johno on February 16, 2019, 10:02:34 am
Nice,
Can't wait for your views on this latest Enfield, looking at getting an Interceptor in 2020 when I retire.
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: gizzo on February 16, 2019, 11:06:58 am
I'm gonna get a new battery put in my surf watch this week.
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: wildbill on February 16, 2019, 11:23:58 am
I will give it a good honest review as an actual owner compared to a test rider. plus tell you guys if I think you should upgrade if the thought had ever crossed your mind. 
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: Dalmatian man on February 16, 2019, 01:14:58 pm
Looking forward to your review, potential buyer myself.
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: 9fingers on February 16, 2019, 02:56:42 pm
Seems a 750cc kit will be available soon.
9fingers
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: ace.cafe on February 16, 2019, 05:12:29 pm
Looks nice.
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: Roshiba777 on February 17, 2019, 05:38:08 am
I already booked interceptor 660 on orange crush reaĺy love thisncolour as I have Yamaha RD3t0 in same colour it stand apart in crowd specially Chrome variant may be I.am.getting delivery in March 2019. All my friend that have INT650.They say that the bikes.engine is.soo.smooth  and power delivery soo linear they love it soo much they stop riding Harley Davidson iron 48 and
 other and other bigger capacity bikes.eagerly waiting for my.INT 6r0 to srriď
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: gizzo on February 17, 2019, 06:34:47 am
Is that how Google translated Indian into valley girl?
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: mattsz on February 17, 2019, 11:18:38 am
Quote from: gizzo on February 17, 2019, 06:34:47 am
Is that how Google translated Indian into valley girl?

No wonder your Karma is zero!
Title: Re: Maybe the 650 interceptor is not for me!
Post by: gizzo on February 17, 2019, 02:21:16 pm
Yeah, maybe that did sound a bit mean.  :-[ . Hopefully he has lots of fun when the 650 shows up.  I might pop down the shop for a look at them tomorrow myself. I have zero interest in owning one but wouldn't mind having a go to see what they're like.