Royal Enfield Continental GT with $6,000 in Mods Reviewed!

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[TerraMagnus]

This entire thing is based on the false premise that the Royal Enfield is just a beginner bike. Most of the folks I run into that ride them have been riding longer than Yammie has been alive.

[AuduxYT]

Bought a Yamaha MT-09 as my first bike.... I am not in danger yammie, I am the danger. That and im also probably in danger

[motorings]

Hey Yam, glad you had fun giving the bike a rip around town, and thanks for showing it on your channel! Nobody’s ever ridden it other than myself, so it’s pretty awesome getting to see it as a spectator. 🏍️

[barrygoodson]

I don't know why you insist on calling the Enfield a beginner bike . It's just a bike that anyone can enjoy. There is no such thing as a beginner bike. If you enjoy riding a Rebel 250 it's ok. It's just a small displacement bike you enjoy. I've been riding 57 years and spent 34 years in the motorcycle business. There is no such thing as a beginner bike !

[MichaelMassie]

Me, an RE rider: "I would never spend that much on my RE Interceptor."
Sees the fork mods: "That is money well-spent."

[mikelight]

I think it makes sense with bolt on mods. Boring a 650 to a 865? Just buy a 900 triumph. But parts that can be removed and sold on, that makes sense to me. Enfield twins are a great blank canvas for modification. Free flow exhaust headers and cans made a big difference to my interceptor.

[shackelf]

I did similar mods to my continental, plus the 865. I think im all in about 11k-ish including the bike and fees (i got it tax free). It was absolutely with out a doubt worth it. That 865 is a game changer on this bike.

[ajc-ffcm]

Oh hey, my first bike! My mods so far: replaced the clutch levers, added a fork extender from Cooper motors in the UK so I could raise the clip on bars above the triple tree (it's so much more comfortable), and added a throttle lock.

I want to add:
-A different seat
-roll bars
-not stock tires
-fly/Windscreen

[ZeroKitsunei]

Talking suspension. I work at a dealer in parts. One of the 1st things I ask when people come in wanting new tires is what is it doing that you want/don't want it to do? A lot of the times they just want to get the OEM cheap rubber off it, or better wet weather handling. Which are things that tires will solve. Though if it's not, I'll ask have you set the sag for your weight? What about rebound and compression, if your bike has that? They usually just stare and say what now? I like my pants where they are. I tell them I'd start there. I'll sell you $600 worth of Road 6's or Diablo Rosso's all day, but that will only solve so much of the problem you have.
Most people never think about their suspension, and how it effects how the bike feels.

[yurilipkov]

Agree on most points - except that you insist on calling this a beginner bike. I don’t see why it has to be! One can live with a bike like this a very long time without feeling the need to get something bigger or faster.

[eduardosandoval]

This is one of my favorite videos I’ve seen from Yammie Noob. I love seeing content like this!

[colefetters]

The biggest factor in the bike feeling slow from side to side is probably the 18 inch wheels. Larger, steel spoked wheels mean more mass further away from the center of the hub, which means more inertia, which resists change in direction.

[flatcapcaferacer]

I agree the experience of the modification is worth it if you are into that type of thing. Sometimes a few modifications like I did to me Thruxton R can make a big difference and extend the ownership time and save the money otherwise spent on a new bike. After all the sales tax, freight, and set-up etc fees on a new bike will purchase a lot of great modifications.

[jgcapers]

I've always felt that if you have certainty that you'll keep the bike for a while it is worth modding out, but also if you are willing and able to accept that you will certainly lose most of that money if you try to sell it. I've done little over 3k on my not beginner bike, over the last few years and will keep it forever. Thought at the time that I would want to give it up after mods, but no. It's just perfect and fun to me now.

[steveeldred]

Gorgeous bike, you looked good on it.
After 26 years on LM3 Guzzi's and 10 years without a bike, along came the Continental GT. Without a doubt, the best looker in the Cafe Racer department. Bought one, love her.
My mods, air filter, Verex ful exhaust, much freer flowing headers than original and truckloads noisier. Bar end mirrors, of course, and got my hands down near my knees with Paolo Tarozzi clip ons set low and wide.
She's now clocked up 44, 000 trouble free k's.
Future mods, perhaps high comp pistons, certainly suspension upgrade, taller gearing on front sprocket, and get my feet a bit further back.
Stev

[chrisdadigger]

I like that Continental GT. Nice looking machine. Basic and simple

[davidwarren]

I've had a bunch of motorcycles over my life, and still have a couple. Vespas, Lambrettas, Ducatis, BMWs and Harleys, and I've modded the living sh*t out of every one of them. Some multiple times.That's a big part of the fun for me. I don't know or care how much I've spent but I don't drink or smoke, I've neer taken out a loan for any of it, and I've never owned a car in my life, so I'm going to say that (for me at least) it's still a cheap hobby, and well-worth it, irrespective of the numbers :)
That RE is fantastic, good for him.

[chrismcdonaldracing]

Royal Enfield are fun there the kind of bike you will keep as 2nd bike when you do want something bigger.

[SLB]

These bikes are quite nice stock. My mods were purely cos I love to tinker and customise. Tail tidy, slip ons, booster plug, fly screen, adjustable levers, custom decals on the seatcowlings( I had both). Repositioning of bars, levers etc to suit myself. Oh, and 1 tooth taller on the front sprocket, an essential mod I feel, surprising how much difference it made. I only sold it after 3 years because I knew that I was starting to court disaster pushing harder and harder every ride. I’m too old now to heal the way I used to.

[parttimedude]

These bikes are like clean canvas, do whatever you want to do with it !