The bonneville family revived the fortunes of the triumph brand in the
21st century it married old-school charm with modern day riding dynamics and in
2016 the whole family received a whole host of updates such as electronics
bigger powerful engines and more importantly the whole styling became a
lot more cooler well the entry point into the brand was
the street twin and for 2019 it has received a whole lot of updates and it
might not be visual but it has made the bike a whole lot more younger and here
what's up with the new street twin so here's what's new in the new Street Twin
well firstly the styling it gets subtle updates such as the headlamp bracket
which now comes in this lovely machined aluminum finish then you get these new
alloys which are also cast aluminum then the side panels they get a new design
plus it gets the new logo moving on to the mechanical bit it gets an uprated 41
mm cry abba open cartridge tie fork then you have instead of the old missing two
port brakes at the front you get the Brembo four pot actually mounted brakes
and then lastly the biggest change comes in the engine which is now 15 percent
more powerful than before
and even though the torque is the same it is made at slightly higher rpm and that
means you have a wider top band well you'd think that these updates would
increase the price of the street twin but no that's not the case
the street twin was the entry point into the Bonneville family, it was also the
entry point into the Triumph brand and it has become even more cheaper it's become
cheaper by twenty five thousand rupees and let's not forget the street twin was
and still is the most affordable British twin you can get in India today well
yes and no because it was now though say hello to the Royal Enfield Interceptor 650
what are you doing here PD I thought this other Street Twin video we are it's
supposed to test the street twin or I don't understand it is a very good bike
no question about it but if you want the classic British twin why would you buy
that when you can get the Interceptor for so much lesser British Interceptor
Royal Enfield you know is where it's made right it's made in Chennai 9 not in
Coventry well it's British where it matters and
that is in the way it feels but more importantly your bike the Street Twin
cost three times as much as the inverter is it written to the bike ok what would
you like have I'll take coffee so I want one Java chip Frappuccino skim milk instead of regular
milk and extra espresso short little bit drizzle of caramel a bit of chocolate
and don't forget to a whipped cream can you repeat your order
okay one Java Chip Frappuccino instead of regular milk I want skim milk a little bit extra
a chocolate drizzle of caramel two pumps of espresso and don't forget whipped
cream feeding you have to agree that triumph is the more premium of those two
brands at least yes I mean sure Royal Enfield at one point
wasn't considered that premium but now with the arrival of the twins they are
definitely moving up that ladder the twins address and the cleanliness
the brand for sure but ask any real biker which bike would they rather have
in the garage a Triumph or a Royal Enfield one was sensible will pick the Royal Enfield
and save a lot of money as well but money is not everything no it's supposed to
give you the ridding feels also it does feel as good as the twin okay just
look at the two bikes together in one frame the street twin looks so much more
premium so much more well built well packaged man look at the paint quality I
know the orange chrome really looks nice on the Interceptor what that paint
quality on the tank and then goes the headlight brackets that machine finish
aluminum and then the Alcantara seats does your RE give you that no and when
you see the bikes together the turqu twin looks so much more compact that it
makes the Interceptor look unnecessarily large
you have to agree this street twin looks cool sure but if you want a classic
British motorcycle you want classic styling and on that front the street twin
will look like a modern interpretation of a British classic design on the other
hand the Royal Enfield looks like a properly classic bike but importantly it
rides like a modern motorcycle does it get ride by wire does it get rider modes
at the gate traction control there's a good liquid cooling no and all that
makes the street twin so much more better to ride but all the things are very
super close for the riding experience ok let's just settle it once and for all in
the street sir your order
you really thought your 650 could beat 900 but PD you've forgotten what it
is like to be fast on a motorcycle I'll way ahead of you man you won't die
died of me what do you feel not that was zero two hundred thousand one and a half
seconds quicker than you I didn't think about it that bike is three times the
rise of this bike and it's not three then this quick for any bike to be three
times as quicker than your interceptor I would need something like a Hayabusa or
a particle a before not this honestly thing I'm a simple man put a simple maths and
the thing that matter this Interceptor does things just as well as the street twin I
mean if you're on the highway cruising at 100 220 km/h it's just as smooth and
it'll do that speed all day long just like the Street Twin okay what if I want to
go a little bit more faster what if we were all both of us heading to goa and I
go a little bit faster that is where your bike will struggle look I mean
faster than the 120 on Indian roads come on it's not really feasible at all and
yes you might get there a little bit faster but that's just a little bit I
mean it's not gonna make a big difference in the long run and of course
at those piers you need good braking hardware and the Interceptor has you
covered on that front as well I mean obviously these brakes are much cheaper
than your fancy Brembos and they stop just as well the conditions are
identical from all speeds fancy brake which company makes those calipers by
the way library and the full form of library is by bamboo by Brembo but I
mean listen it's made in India and it's a lot cheaper than your fancy for water
and it works just as well I've had enough I want some more coffee
honestly what we had that was not coffee
so Jehan now that I've had your fill of caffeine hmm let's get down to the
basics now these bikes are not performance bikes from any angle and
while they are were on the highway they're not really meant for outright
touring cool where they will spend most of their time is it the city yep and
your fav the Interceptor does feel a little bit better he's got that nice
wide handlebar that hold all as well that gives you a lot of leverage when a
mother in through traffic is so much easier on the Interceptor yeah on the
other hands on the street twin those low bars
Langly front end means motoring through tait traffic feels a bit of a task okay
steering so traffic I agree the Interceptor at the edge but when you
come to a halt when you're in the parking lot here you want to park your
bike move it around I think over there the compact nature of the street twin
the dimensions and also the low seat height helps it just a move around a bit
more easily and I know for a fact those white foot pegs on the Interceptor well
if you try to move it around it will give a kick in your shin and the bike is
a bit too heavy in that sense when you're just trying to push it around
and don't forget what happened in our pillion test the seat on the Interceptor
it's much more padded it's a lot softer okay
it's been you lower this got a lovely foam over here and look at this man
Alcantara as that nights with the finish and have you know software is better
okay let me call on somebody who will be an impartial jury over here yeah hey ray
have you managed to convince your parents for 125 Duke well not
yet you know what happened yeah you know
something they're going to get older and then you want to big bikes
like these so so these to meet the most sense for you technically so it would be
go out on the ride of course why not
cool cool cool but pillion only what fine
so the street twin you better be better but ray this is softer seat but ray
Ride is so much better but oh so sweet this is a better ride yeah but this is
just but cheaper is see to it
moving on to right quality the interceptor suspension is softer and
feels more plush on our roads sure it can feel a little too soft at
times but that can be easily fixed by bumping up at the rear preload but the
Interceptor still feels bouncy on bigger bumps and when it bottoms out prepare
for an almighty shock to your backside the street twin on the other hand yes it
feels more forum in general but the damping is a lot more sophisticated and
it soaks up larger bumps without getting upset again where it matters the
Interceptor gets NH the street twin might be much quicker off the line but the
Interceptor has better ride ability at motor speeds in both third and fourth
gear the RE accelerates better than the triumph and that's exactly what you need
in the city blame this on the triumph spell of gearing
both bikes may run the same tyres but thanks to alloy wheels there are tubeless
on the street plans, you might say that it doesn't matter for the most part
but when you get a puncture there's no escaping the indignity of pushing your
bike to the poncho Walla fine fine I'll give those points to the street twin but
in our lovely weather conditions the Interceptor does have an edge now your
motor it's bigger it's liquid cool but the problem is gonna throw a lot of heat
at you yes especially when you're in slow-moving traffic and this big nature
of this engine it is unnecessarily big it's not it has it dissipates heat so
much better so when you're in traffic there are zero hot spots around your
knees or your ankles and I mean you've spent like hours on this in traffic yeah
it does not run hot and yeah yeah yeah I faced that issue quite a bit over here
but let me tell you something even though it is big in terms of cubic
capacity my motor actually returns the same fuel efficiency as your 650 twins so
technically this 900 is the more the efficient engine of the too yeah but then
this bike has the bigger tank which means you get a bit more range just
slightly but fuel costs aren't the only running costs for these motorcycles when
you factor in maintenance service parts I mean come on
triumph VS Royal Enfield is that even a question yeah I get that when you
are factoring to buy a premium big imported bike and then you have to
factor in stuff like big cost for your running maintenance and serviceability
and in that sense I think the Royal Enfield has the edge over you yeah
that's the advantage of having a British bike that's made in India
so Jehan are you not convinced that the Interceptor is better value for money
than the street twin see there was never really a doubt the Interceptor offers
phenomenal value for money but when you talk about being the better bike
well the street twin triumph over the Royal Enfield and you have to agree with
me on that yeah I'd be silly if I said that the Interceptor is as good as the
street twin in those regards but the question that we asked was is it worth
three times as much for all that extra bit and in that sense I'm still not
entirely convinced if it was twice the price yeah maybe it'll make more sense
see if you want a bonney you have to spend that much bit poor and get
yourself up on it true I think we need to ask this question to somebody else so
what do you guys think do you think that the street twin is worth three times
that of the Interceptor and if we had to pick between these two bikes which one
would you pick do let us know in the comments below and the best comment will
get pinned in the video so until next time ciao