Royal Enfield Shotgun 650 review - The sensible Super Meteor? | First Ride | Autocar India

The Shotgun 650 is the fourth bike in Royal Enfield's 650c family but has a niche of its own. Rishaad Mody finds out more.

Cameraperson: Roshni Manghani, Abhijeet Kamane
Editor: Siddhesh Kadam

0:00 - Intro
0:32 - Design
2:10 - Exhaust
1:55 - Seat options
3:13 - Details
3:55 - Dials
4:38 - Comfort
5:07 - Seating position
6:33 - Suspension
6:56 - Engine
7:23 - Performance
7:34 - Exhaust sound
7:59 - Fuel efficiency
8:18 - Handling
8:40 - Braking
9:10 - City riding
9:49 - Expected price
10:06 - Verdict

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[autocarindia]

The Royal Enfield Shotgun 650 is available in four colours - Sheetmetal Grey (Rs 3.59 lakh), Plasma Blue (Rs 3.70 lakh), Drill Green (Rs 3.70 lakh) and Stencil White (Rs 3.73 lakh). All prices ex-showroom, Chennai.

[angelmartin]

American here, just got my Shotgun 650 in Stencil White. It was the first White RE delivered in my state. It’s perfect for my needs and was well worth the wait. I expect these to be hard to keep in stock in Western markets.

[ЮрийКарасёв-еы]

Hi, Bro! You are the only one who, with a height of 185 cm (I am 184 cm), said that he would like to have a bike handlebar wider, higher and closer to himself for greater comfort. Other high-profile bloggers also kept silent about this for some reason. Special thanks to you for that!!!

[viralengine]

Good to see the camera people and editors credited!

[AkshEdits]

IT WOULD BE COOL TO HAVE A COMPARISON OF ALL THE 650 CC FROM RE!!! (Interceptor VS GT650 VS SUPER METEOR 650 VS SHOTGUN 650) And yes, to all the people who got offended by this small comment, even i do not know, I am here just to clarify, i wanted a comparison in which, all the same engine bikes are there and what are the autocar journalists' opinion on it is.. ever since all you are saying its same bike but different, why should i chose one bike over the other? even though it has the same engine... I get it, the ergonomics are slightly different, same engine, then why? It will be fun indeed, whether if the journalists' chose a bike of their own or not... Like a Big3 Adventure bike comparison where the took all the bikes to Rajasthan, if they do something similar with the 650 cc enfields it will be fun for sure. it is just a video suggestion so why take it personally?

[subhakantasahoo]

My appreciation for the designers of jawa increased many folds.. whatever that bike be, the designers have made the 42 bobber and perak look really dashing.

[mithunshenoy]

11 minutes is as much time as I can afford on a YouTube video and Rishaad, you've summarised it well. Thank you!

[CaptainTShirt]

RE single handedly leading India into the world of 650 twins is a beautiful thing.

[drnisargchavan]

I loved the look and fit n finish of this bike .
I am definitely buying it . Good it came at a time when I was looking for a new bike.

[datnguyen]

I normally don't watch Indian bike reviews, but you did an excellent job of reviewing this bike, very informative

[irekmaru]

Greetings from Poland. Great job! I wish I have Shotgun one day...

[AyushGujjar_]

Indeed RE have some of the badass and the coolest name
Continental GT, Interceptor, Super Meteor, Meteor, Classic, Thunderbird, Electra, Bullet, Hunter and now this Shotgun. 👏

[specializeder]

I'm an Australian and ride a 2020 Classic 500 and was interested in the Shotgun 650 with the mid controls and I'm disappointed that it doesn't look as per the concept and am now looking at the 2023 Harley Davidson X500.

[AkshEdits]

to be honest, The continental GT650 is probably the most fun twin and best twin in my opinion. You cannot complain about a riding posture, IT IS A CAFE RACER. so yeah, gt650 for me ❤

[sivakar]

Good One Rishaad, really liked your enthusiasm, on this one. One observation this is what TVS would have imagined when they started designing RONIN, but their execution was poor, where TVS has misssed and messed up with RONIN, RE has nailed with the Shotgun❤

[reoneladam]

That knock on that Tank shouts quality of Royal Enfield 🔥

[kishoresm]

very crisp and precise commentary. no nonsense. to the point. Loved it. very useful. Big Thank you !

[venugopalmuthyala]

I absolutely love the way you describe the bike and its striking features, Rishaad! I do NOT own a bike, never did! But do watch the genuine reviewers and you are absolutely a top notch one! Kudos to you.

[alpha]

Really liked the look of the bike! Definitely my fav from RE lineup rn!

[ZaidMuhammed-ou]

Not only the gap between the rear fender and tyre, they could've extended the rear fender littile bit.