The 2021 Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 has been spied. This is the first time that the updated model of the twin-cylinder cafe-racer has been spotted testing. The motorcycle was caught on camera near ECR in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
The spy shots reveal that the new
Continental GT 650 is likely to have the identical styling as that of the
current model. So features such as the round halogen headlamp, retro-styled
blinkers and tail lamp, forward-biased riding ergonomics with clip-on
handlebars, dual-exhausts, and spoke wheels would be carried forward.
What could be new in the 2021 Royal
Enfield Continental GT 650 is the inclusion of the Tripper Navigation feature
that the company had introduced in the Royal Enfield Meteor 350 that was
launched last year. It allows riders to connect their smartphones to this
system via Bluetooth and benefit from the turn-by-turn navigation details.
Apart from the Tripper Navigation, Royal
Enfield could also provide a few new colour options to refresh things a bit. We
wouldn’t be surprised if the Chennai-based company also tinkers around with the
power and torque output of the new motorcycle, but that’s highly unlikely. For
reference, the current model of the Continental GT 650 uses a 648 cc
parallel-twin engine that churns out 47 bhp of max power and 52 Nm of peak
torque.
Royal Enfield is expected to launch the
updated Continental GT 650 in the first quarter of 2021. Accompanying the
cafe-racer would be the facelifted model of the Royal Enfield Interceptor 650.
