Royal Enfield's secret 250cc bike and why it's a big deal | Deep Drive Podcast Ep. 16| Autocar India

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Chapters - 0:00 - Introduction 0:57 - Royal Enfield 250cc bike coming 6:45 - Plug-in hybrid bike 9:10 - Growing sales and electric bike 13:20 - Too much on its plate? 20:05 - Exports in focus 26:14 - Big bikes 28:42 - Motorcycling culture in India 33:20 - Sales, service and quality

[@summerwave47]

when should we expect the Himalayan 650

[@Ashish14792]

The issue is not only service but also there dealers, went into a royal Enfield dealer in Bangalore and I was left unattended for 30 minutes and I just got up and moved out of the RE showroom and dropped the plan to buy a RE

[@confidential1234]

Actually dont have the plan to buy RE

[@raghavendrap3673]

Same here they r not interested to attend customer

[@nstugaon]

Lost a costomer

[@kailashsingh7169]

Service experience varies...u may also have best experience at some places

[@sukeshrock4065]

Trust me …RE dealers are pushing for best….u just can’t imagine how worse it would even become if any other regular brand dealer handles it!

[@burnttoast9890]

More bike podcasts , India is the largest bike market, it only makes sense

[@Dozingdoc]

Reading so many comments mentioning RE is struggling and every 2nd 200+cc bike I see on road is a RE

[@1207_patidar]

It's good to see Rishad on the podcast!

[@jagadishdasari6466]

Why YAMAHA is unwilling to bring in XSR-155? FZ-X is a good product for India but NO MATCH to XSR-155. Aerox - worst suspension of the world of scooters. Please do an elaborate analysis on YAMAHA plans for India. Seems they are unwilling to go ahead.

[@BlackHawkTejas]

The japanese bike & car manufacturers as a whole have lost their way around the world & even more so in India

[@nemesiszz]

FZ X looks horrible

[@HarishBabuM]

If XSR comes to India, will it disrupt the Indian market?

[@shahan484]

aerox is not an activa, hence why the hard suspension lol. And FZX is not at all a good or successful product.

[@vikramk9383]

Absolutely, XSR looks the best , has a proven engine and platform, how difficult is it !

[@ck3289]

The issue with RE is no quality check of final product and sales and services ! They release wonderful designs and now even Liquid cooled engine but fail in the above !

[@kruzerblade4740]

they need to revive the 500 platform. Everything in the market, especially the threat from the HD-Hero partnership seems to be crying for it's return

[@amitchakrabarti1403]

I am willing to move into 650, but I wont make compromises that I made in the 350cc. It has to have good suspension, pillion comfort, good ergo, proper foot-peg position. I don’t mind paying but the product has to be premium.

[@maniish2165]

It was my dream too, to buy RE 650 cc bike and get married. But when I hear the friends who already owned those bikes. I want to wait many more years.

[@praveenhegde8107]

My 2 paise , i see a market for a retro 400-500 cc (not a water cooled , maximum oil cooler) 270 degree crank ( minimum vibration), alloy wheels , twin siencer tucked close to swing arm , retro chrome and round headlight with twin pod instrument cluster with sufficient ground clearance, centre stand and a maximum 800-815 mm seat height , good rider triangle for someone from 5'7"to 6'.0" and slack in cable to accommodate about 50 mm handle bar raisers .

[@gradientO]

18 HP with 350cc. Can't imagine for 250cc 👀

[@techunboxingpro3295]

20hp and 27nm

[@techunboxingpro3295]

250 has to be oil cooled to produce atleast 14hp

[@techunboxingpro3295]

250 has to be atleast oil cooled to able to be produce 14hp

[@BlackHawkTejas]

Exactly! They can't be seriously targeting young buyers with those numbers, no matter what the total experience or capabilities of the said rider will be. Also with E20 Engine will be less powerful & less efficient & heavy RE bike, will cause more oil to be used, may feel lethargic to an active young buyer. They need to pump out atleast 22-25hp power with 6 speed GB!

[@The_Bobber_Men]

Same concern 😂

[@lovepeacehatewar9818]

I don't know why people liked Classic 350, Bullet 350 Makes More Sense, More Attractive, Macho Looks, If We Buy Black Mate and Modified with Associaries Company Seat, Back Rest, Chakra Silver Wheel, it Looks Like Harley and Looks Gentle, Macho Man and Awesome.💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@rajaramvb]

Bike riding experts keep saying 250-400 cc is the ideal bike for Indian roads including. There was a rush for 400 cc post Dominar and Himalayan followed by Triumph and Harley

[@gunsNwings]

Re has to think of making a simple bike like the rx or rd with (air or max oil cooled to keep the cost of wonership and maintenance in check) 25 to 30 bhp 250 to 300 cc bike which can be customized the way customer wants.

[@TheLifeRoadessay]

Can't their expertise is on the long stroke engine...

[@cosmicpebble-s7z]

250cc RE will be equivalent to 100cc Bajaj in power😂

[@suchindrad7140]

Last 10 mins.. Man spoke on behalf of all RE fans. :')

[@prasanthprabhakaran7939]

Royal Enfield 250cc roadster scrambler version for accessibility of Nationwide 2026 celebration of 125 Year's Royal Enfield motorcycle was built in 1901 by The Enfield Cycle Company... waiting for the New 250 capacity Roadster Scrambler for India

[@sailohith2743]

Wonderful podcast rishad and ketan good and insightful discussion 👏.

[@Spirit_Farer]

They should bring the classic 500 back. One of the OG🥸

[@inRadhaKrishnaITrust]

Will there ever be a Himalayan 650? Any development or planning happening on that front?

[@chandan4156]

I remember when I first bought pulsar 150 in 2002, people used to come in a car to bike meetups! This shows the aukaat of motorcycle in india

[@krishnachaitanya8590]

Awesome!! Now kindly update the hunter with a LED headlight!! Halogen looks dated on it, tbh!

[@ragschavan]

Listening to Rishad is joyful 👍🏼

[@santaramagan]

Want to see Shotgun styled bike in 350/450cc avatar ... Body style available and engine size already there 🤞

[@sunaysaraf]

A Podcast on Yamaha India.

[@Layman_O2]

250cc ki bike aayi to tabahi mach jayegi 🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@cruze86]

Aise hi 350 mein weight jyada aur power kum hai, 250 mein aayegi toh aise lagega jaise splendor chala rahe hain 😂💀

[@calvintouz4066]

Design it like RD350🔥 A little bit modern with modern functionality

[@blackbirds1440]

Do a podcast on inconsistent QC issues and Service Centre issues for Tata. Specifically how Mahindra & Maruti manages these issues but Tata can’t.

[@sidharthsuresh3740]

make a air and oil cooled 250cc bike with around 20-22hp...... upbore the 650cc engines to 750 cc or 800cc and make them produce 60hp-65hp in the premium classic segment...... they should make a 750cc "R" engine for enttry into the premium performance oriented bikes making around 90hp-100hp....... take two 250cc engines combine them to make a v twin like the kx model producing around 40hp that may take the place of the current 650cc linup...... this v twin can just may fill the blank left by the iron 883...... the 250cc bikes should not be retro bikes and produce less torque so as to not kill the 350cc linup........ its just my fantasy..... but yeah , itt is what it is

[@PV-Anish]

A wishful thinking of mine would be to see a tenere 700 competitor from RE

[@summerwave47]

when should we expect the Himalayan 650

[@iWant2soarHigh]

A min of 20/20 power/torque is expected from the RE with a modern retro styling in the 250 cc segment priced at 1.25 lacs with the bike weight under 150 kg. That could be something❤🎉🎉

[@SouryaDP]

I would probably buy the 250cc RE bike as my next upgrade. I work in the outskirts in the city and have to commute to the city once a week. So the 350cc is too much for the city, while the 160cc Avenger that I ride is slightly underpowered on the open roads. 250cc, and especially an urban cruiser would strike head-to-head with the Avenger, probably breaking open its monopoly in the segment.

[@hra]

Rishad looks like motogp s rider pecco bagnia ❤ M i right or M i right 😊

[@HunterVlog350cc]

AN year back I had created a post and shared this idea with RE on linkedin, but i am facing issue sin service quality and they need to increase the service centers more in bigger cities

[@charishraju2007]

RE has previously sold sub 350cc bikes in India such as the Crusader and the Mini Bullet

[@AmitK]

Is scrambler 650 or classic 650 coming soon ?

[@manuvelpigares3456]

Any update on 750cc?

[@km-tp7zp]

Royal Enfield 250 cc model will be the biggest game changer

[@sh1eldsai743]

Again new 350 cc is in development?

[@sanatmondal7093]

My brother own a RE Scram 411. Cheap build quality. Breaks down whenever we go on a tour. Even I towed his bike with my Hero glamour BS4 😂

[@AKASHROY-i9f]

Is this new bike Guirella or different model??

[@RevsAndWheels]

Waiting for the Classic 650!

[@lovepeacehatewar9818]

Bullet 650 Make More Senses, Looks Like Harley, Macho and Gentle Looks.

[@yhdcfjgsg]

For new buyers money n height is a concern. With every lower inches u can expect higher volume in Indian market.

[@surepallymanideep6824]

Royal Enfield should launch an alternate brand and launch the new vehicles under that brand. Let the RE badge be with the classic, retro bikes and the new brand bring in bikes of different segments. Market the new brand as RE's sister company.

[@vyshakreghukumar995]

I think it should be a 200cc motorcycle. (Not kidding!) I mean that would create the 150cc gap between the segments: 200cc, 350cc, 500cc (RE should revive the Classic/Bullet 500), the 650cc twin-cylinder, and the 800cc concept.

[@GeorgieVeyccan]

Royal Enfield really needs to work on the quality of products that are being offered for a premium. I have a barely 3 year old Continental GT 650 which has been towed off twice, once for a fuel pump that went kaput and once for a self starter fault. The exhaust header has fully rusted through and the company refuses to replace it. Overall very happy with the product, but utterly disappointed with the quality.

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[@sreeragn.s5814]

Expecting a fully fared sports bike

[@elnino9106]

😂😂😂

[@logicalindian_777]

When will RE make a bike for Dakar rally?

[@itsjagbir]

Merge two 450cc engines inline to make a 900cc engine ( with R&D) , for future cafe racers, roadstars , adv. Cruisers , touring cruisers, scramblers.

[@skg901]

If they make this plugin hybrid, they should ask govt for some tax concession on it and get it approved as an entirely new segment

[@prajwaljirali5642]

Why new RE bikes are developed in UK, are Indian engineers not capable to build a good product here!! And Indian brands really dont build many engines, they just build a platform and bring out different style bikes on the same platform. Is it really that hard to build a engine even for a multi million dollar auto company, with best talent in the country at their disposal, vendor network, etc!!!

[@dhananjaidhariyal6618]

Looking at quality of Indian engineering colleges, it's no surprise engineers here are good in paper only..real engineering will always be done by countries that have better colleges and excellent r&d environment... Indian companies will always rely on foreign talent . Indian engineers will not do any pioneering research for upcoming several decades and will continue to get jobs in low end discarded western technology.....

[@neeraja.v.1497]

If u could reduce the weight of the bike and give performance like a 350 cc bike it would be a great deal .As 250 cc bike would give mileage of around 40 km per liter its going to be a great deal and game changer for the brand .Could copy what TVS ronin did how it compete with hunder even though it's 220 cc bike .And the top model on the road price should be 2 lakhs max .

[@sohailbikram]

My experience with RE dealer was as horrible as it could have been. It was so terrible that I dropped the idea of getting one twice... But since I loved the bike, i bought it anyway. Thereafter came the true nightmare, the god awful service! 😶😶. It made me feel I made a mistake (happy with the bike, disappointed with the service)

[@viralengine908]

setting up assembly units in UK probably made sense before brexit. exporting from britain to mainland europe is now very disadvantageous. As for the US, it's very simple, the young do not have any money. It's heavily concentrated in the hands of the 50+ year old demographic which have no interest in royal enfields. I think this applies to the UK as well with the severe economic crisis they're in.

[@navnathnagargoje7502]

R E s R& D rigidity to not go below 350 cc doesnt allow R E to sell in millions. BUT it shold not go below 250cc considering power to weight ratio..

[@yhdcfjgsg]

Yamaha is losing because it ignored to cultivate its success- RX-100 The sound, the light weight n short frame was key to its success

[@ankn01]

I have to say this. Before normal Indian volume buyers go for 650s or 750s , they will go for a car and we are wanting a car people. Tough times coming for every bike manufacturers.

[@BlackHawkTejas]

Difficult to predict! With increasing PCI buyers may go for higher capacity bikes! And many households despite having cars may still go for higher capacity bikes.

[@Politraj-th1rm]

Please go for a classic Design for 250 cc... Let it be classic 250

[@mrinalchoudhury7423]

250cc makes absolutely no sense because none of the 250 cc bike makes any sales figures be it Bajaj, Suzuki or KTM. Buyers tend to move from 160cc to 350 or 400cc segment.

[@sufiyansheikh131]

I'm hoping for a road biased neo retro motorcycle which shares the similar design language with the globally available yamaha xsr. If they manage to do something like that, im definitely buying it. I may be very overly optimistic here but shhh😂😂

[@t.karthikharshavardhan]

Plz bring fully liquid cooled 650 engines such that numbers will increase

[@Subratadassuman]

Continental GT 250cc scrambler look ❤

[@vishnudayalsharma7803]

Need classic 250 with same form factor but less weight

[@Ani-gj3ju]

Enfield need 250cc bullet and old exhaust thump mileage incrise 40plus if it's done that's a great revolution ❤❤❤

[@rohandeep181]

It's not a new thing for re I think the first bike of a re was a 250 cc bike..even royal Enfield continental GT was first launched with a 250 cc engine

[@atmanirbharbangali]

Waiting to see ROYAL ENFIELD 1000CC Bike. RE need to work on higher CC. They are know for more cc more power

[@GodAP]

Where’s the 750cc bike, they’ve been working for such a long time!

[@satyanarayangoswami823]

If they want to make a 250cc then they have to make it a short stroke or else a long stroke 250 from RE would be as slow af.

[@nahihai]

interceptor & gt with 17 inch wheels and better suspensions, maybe usd

[@megasupremetech5440]

Can't find spare parts for RE. And quality issues.

[@kamalchoudhury2910]

it will probably have 13hp with 160kg... :)

[@vishnudayalsharma7803]

I am waiting for 250

[@quizbuzz4821]

Bring in a 250cc twin that puts out 30 bhp at 1.5 Lakhs and RE would become untouchable.

[@satyajeetsondarva244]

Why no one talks about Honda and their BigWing dealerships.

[@fobudomh]

A more accessible 250cc is not a good idea.

[@amrutpat12]

Gt 450 was needed instead we got the guerilla 450

[@ck3289]

Guerilla is more practical than GT !

[@maheshg9004]

Why it is not built in India... Public is saying it is built in india

[@General_Li_Shin]

I hope a 200kg, 250cc bike can at least move

[@superman2154]

Taxes are too high in India

[@durgasampathbezawada3607]

Dear royal enfield classic 350 Bs4 2019 model please relaunch many peoples and my favorite Design so please relaunch immediately in 2025 till waiting for relaunch indians request

[@javeedtech]

For me mileage is important for 250 cc

[@nagmanisingh7106]

250 super ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@PHILOSOPHY260]

bike will come in next year .

[@eww_tube]

So they'll have 250, 350, 450, 650.. only 550 is missing

[@alexmercer3001]

RE is in a Killing Spree 🎉🎉🎉

[@JavedKhan-tq2bj]

I own RE classic 350, it sucks in terms of initial tourqe, my 9 years old honda 110 cc has better low end tourqe. Will never buy another RE.

[@anubhav6994]

Averag age of India is going older...

[@karnchaturvedi9050]

They should not ….why they want to become like hero

[@Zomt-h3u]

They can bring interceptor/continental gt in 250 cc/350 cc..😂 i'll buy it then...650 is aukat k bahar

[@anirudhcarani735]

Royal enfield is a step down. Not at all reliable

[@vivekkale4931]

Launching a 250 cc bike like Hunter will get a lot of response, I will take it immediately

[@nirmaljustin2530]

The Youth doesn't want an electric RE.