Having done some dirt roads, I suspected the bike would be fairly capable if set up like yours is. I had no idea it would be this capable. Sounds like it's a bit of a workout, though! Well done!
Thank you sir. Wouldn’t be so much of a work out if I wasn’t so unfit! One of the keys to it being good off road is the clutch, real easy and smooth isn’t it.
Hi, perhaps you should investigate the TH-cam videos of the Triumph 650s & 500s of the California desert. Until Husqvarna arrived, they ruled the roost.
That was impressive in the front suspension performance and in the video of it. That you had the conviction to test your work is also impressive. This presentation also stirs my imagination of what RE could do with their 650cc engine to make a Hyper Himalayan.
Oh, by the way here is a favorite Metisse video. TH-cam videos: 1) Ricky Roper aboard 1965 500cc Triumph Metisse 2) Chelsea's MkIII Wasp Rickman Metisse
Right on, that was a good workout for that bike. It was great to see the suspension in action, thank you for those angles! It's such a great feeling to have everything work after you have put so much time into it. I can't wait to see some more off-road footage with this bike.
Good on ya for having ago.. I'd be a bit (cluck cluck)....chicken! The bike looks good with the scrambler set up. Oh, l watched your brake pedal vid. I didn't drill mine but stripped the paint and polished 'em. Nice!
Very impressive, Great view from the front wheel. I’d love to see the same ride after you drill the dampers and install emulators. Beautiful countryside too!
BruH.. I rode such terrains on my interceptor when it was bone stock with stock tyres and a lot of luggage. Interceptor can definitely handle such terrains. With the scrambler mods it just became even easier to do so.
@@DormanDiaries Royal Enfield did a splendid job in making the 650 twins... Almost every way. So, do you have any plans on lifting the bike's suspensions for a bit more of ground clearance by any chance?
@@iflyon2wheels I’ve lifted the front by about 30mm. Check out my playlist, for the previous vids. Ive fitted a spacer to increase height and travel of 20mm and a preload spacer to take that annoying slack feeling and then dropped through the yokes 10mm
I tried my original Interceptor 650 on a similar. It did well but I lost two screws of one exhaust and got in hanging for 30km. Also lost the little triangle cromed piece guarding the mid-joint. It is not made for off road but will do decent if you drive at a moderate pace.
Yea thats always my concern with any bike, so many fixings its hard to keep an eye on them all when off road. I lost a pair of spare levers once that I thought I'd securely fastened on!
Really cool to see! Funny, because I'm about to go out and record my own offroading on my 650. Except that mine's stock hahaha Really awesome route and very inspiring to see your bike doing the very thing you made it for - not just to get to Starbucks and collect likes on insta! Proper respect.
Love from India. I hope your videos will get more reach as soon as it gets to the Indian viewers. Usually an RE video will have plenty of comments from fellow Indians. I think this wonderful channel is yet to get the attention of Indian viewers.
I love the Interceptor.. you did a great job turning it into a weekend warrior. But with all the time and money invested in this project, wouldnt it have been better to simply press a Himalayan into service and save the Interceptor for kinder surfaces.. After all, if the Himalayan's a work boot, the Interceptor's more of an urban shoe. I expect to get flamed, but I have both.
Thanks for your comment John, I've had a dual sport before but they are too compromised on the road. At the end of the day the majority of miles I will do will be road based but I want to be able to get muddy boots when required. Same thinking with my land rover, its running mud terrains even though 80% of the time it doesn't need them, but its pointless having it if I can't drag a laden trailer across a muddy field when I need to. Cost wise most of mine are home grown and at minimal cost and a big part of the enjoyment is fabricating and customizing. Like a big boys Meccano!!
great video for me as I am pllaning a world trip and himming and haaring over whether this bike is the one for me..obviously suspension and tyres would have to be maybe upgrade for abit of a load...will check you other videos for that bash guard and all..thanks..
Looks great. I'm doing a slow burn scrambler build (one new component for every 5000km I ride), what would you say made the most difference apart from the tyres?
Cheers Pal, In terms of looks and feel I would say tyres, I also prefer the feel of the wider bars. Its quite remarkable how different it feels to a standard one when ridden back to back.
Great vid. I like your comment about GS's. They have got ridiculous as green/off road bikes. I used to have an 80's GS and it was bloody great. I used it on North Derbyshire and S Yorkshire green lanes, to the IoM and trail rode it there and down to the South of France. Where is that type of bike now? Oh yeah; an RE Interceptor with a few mods!
Thanks Ian, I'm a big fan of the adventure bike scene, never been a roadie as such, I'm all landies, mtb, dual sport type vibe, but I love the Interceptor and its nearly my perfect dual sport. If it lost 50kg and got more travel would be better but hey ho! I can confidentially take it most places and can carry all my gear now I've done the racks panniers so well happy with it.
@@DormanDiaries Just re-watched your brill vid! Have you seen the Interlayan that the Cooper brothers made at Cooperb Motorcycles of Northamptonshire? I reckon that's the bike the factory should be making. some skilful riding by you I noticed; not afraid to give it some beans! th-cam.com/video/Q4Sg0wp3FRI/w-d-xo.html
Dude, that was amazing 😂 I keep trying to do my scrambler build for the Interceptor but the Tyres still elude me.. yours look like the Bridgestone ax41s, but what size you got in the rear?
@@DormanDiaries oh I see. Well thanks a lot mate, at least I know the right size exists, and good things always come to those who wait :) take care and keep bringing us good videos, there’s always something to learn!
Yeah, can’t really find them on the brands site or anywhere... only 130/80 18 is marked as a front tyre, then there’s a 130/80 17 for the rear. Maybe they aren’t making them anymore... I’ll keep on keeping on ;) thanks for your help!
Well Royal Enfield is on a roll. It has so much in store for the next 12-24 months. The following models are up for launch - Classic Roadster Shotgun Hunter Sherpa Scram Flying Flea and An Electric Motorcyle Also BSA will be launching its 650cc motorcycle by the end of the year.
@@DormanDiaries Rightly pointed out. Something within 7000 pounds is attractive. And I guess that will be BSA's target pricing for their 650cc motorcycle which will be launching by the end of the year.
In India -- re means to be off road capable .. our army police use it ... Here we don't have affordable adventure.. for generation wise re bikes use for off road or Himalayan track .. specially bad rural roads , durt road it's act life half scrambler .. old schools metal built quality for surving this condition..
I'm a big fan of mixing road and off'road ! I wanted to buy an Himalayan... But after your vidéo, i think i will buy an interceptor ! Did you have any mistake which is not on video when you were riding in off-road ? 😁👍 Cheers
Well done. Your confidence saw you through. I had a similar experience on the hills and trails outside Mumbai. Tough on the arms (I am a 65kg guy handling 200 kg), but do-able. Not meant for this. But the Interceptor wont let you down.
Hi, I've found your videos very helpful on creating my own interceptor scrambler. But the one problem I'm having as I'm reaching the end is my side and center stand are now too short. Any suggestions? I'm going to tackle the side stand first using the hockey puck method. Cheers, Ben.
Hi Ben, yea the centre stand is an issue but I mainly only use it when working on the bike so I just put a bit of wood under it. I’m going to extend my side stand but I’m not going to bother with the centre stand, not yea anyway
I got them from a company in England that no longer exists but if you google - ktm folding mirrors you’ll find some that look the same. Youll also need a thread adapter for the right mirror.
@Prasanta Rajkumar aaah bless . . This is comic, I'm guessing your a city boy. Off Road where I come from means you better be in a 4X4 with winches and tow ropes etc . . Enjoy your day
They are pretty gentle tracks in reality but it's a heavy road bike and your mods have made it able to cope with them. My stock 650 Vstrom could manage them, my DR350 wouldn't be troubled at all. Good video, keep it up
Having done some dirt roads, I suspected the bike would be fairly capable if set up like yours is. I had no idea it would be this capable. Sounds like it's a bit of a workout, though! Well done!
Thank you sir. Wouldn’t be so much of a work out if I wasn’t so unfit! One of the keys to it being good off road is the clutch, real easy and smooth isn’t it.
Hi, perhaps you should investigate the TH-cam videos of the Triumph 650s & 500s of the California desert. Until Husqvarna arrived, they ruled the roost.
That bike sounds pretty good when you really open it up
Gotta say impressed with the way the bike handled that terrain, well done mate 👍
Thanks mate, much appreciated 👍
That was impressive in the front suspension performance and in the video of it.
That you had the conviction to test your work is also impressive. This presentation
also stirs my imagination of what RE could do with their 650cc engine to make a Hyper Himalayan.
Thank you sir, yes it would be great if they could just take this engine and drop in a platform like the Triumph 1200 scrambler.
@@DormanDiaries Hi, drop it into a Rickman Metisse.
Oh, by the way here is a favorite Metisse video. TH-cam videos: 1) Ricky Roper aboard 1965 500cc Triumph Metisse 2) Chelsea's MkIII Wasp Rickman Metisse
@@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710 I do like a metisse !
Ace! My old runing route! That hill is a lot steeper and more rugged than it looks on the video..
Right on, that was a good workout for that bike. It was great to see the suspension in action, thank you for those angles! It's such a great feeling to have everything work after you have put so much time into it. I can't wait to see some more off-road footage with this bike.
Good on ya for having ago.. I'd be a bit (cluck cluck)....chicken! The bike looks good with the scrambler set up. Oh, l watched your brake pedal vid. I didn't drill mine but stripped the paint and polished 'em. Nice!
Thanks Pete! I was thinking of polishing mine too. Might still do depending how the paint holds up!
Very impressive, Great view from the front wheel. I’d love to see the same ride after you drill the dampers and install emulators. Beautiful countryside too!
Thanks Blazes, yes would be interesting to see that view with each change.
Very impressive.
Who'd have thought a Interceptor could do that.
Extremely well done.
Take care and stay safe.
Thanks Paul,
Its a very versatile bike isn’t it
BruH.. I rode such terrains on my interceptor when it was bone stock with stock tyres and a lot of luggage. Interceptor can definitely handle such terrains. With the scrambler mods it just became even easier to do so.
@@iflyon2wheels yes that is what I’m trying to show, more than a 1 trick pony, very versatile and adaptable
@@DormanDiaries Royal Enfield did a splendid job in making the 650 twins... Almost every way. So, do you have any plans on lifting the bike's suspensions for a bit more of ground clearance by any chance?
@@iflyon2wheels I’ve lifted the front by about 30mm. Check out my playlist, for the previous vids. Ive fitted a spacer to increase height and travel of 20mm and a preload spacer to take that annoying slack feeling and then dropped through the yokes 10mm
Love the tank paintwork. Lovely classic sign writing style.
Fair play mate. Great effort!
Thank you!
Sounds lovely!
Two thumbs up Sir
Thank you!
Rather you than me. Big ones !!
Love the shots of the suspension in action. 👍😎
Nice video...bike goes well for sure...and sounds great too. You have really done a great job on the Interceptor! Cheers, Steve
Cheers Stephen, very kind 🙏🏼
From a fellow Dorman in the US I love the bike! May be doing something similar soon myself.
Very impressive well done ride free
Thanks Paul
Amazing bike😍i have the gt650 and i'm so happy with it. Just amaazing
Fabulous, do anything bikes eh
@@DormanDiaries oh yess :)
It looks great with knobbies and the black tank and decals. Excellent work.
I tried my original Interceptor 650 on a similar. It did well but I lost two screws of one exhaust and got in hanging for 30km. Also lost the little triangle cromed piece guarding the mid-joint. It is not made for off road but will do decent if you drive at a moderate pace.
Yea thats always my concern with any bike, so many fixings its hard to keep an eye on them all when off road. I lost a pair of spare levers once that I thought I'd securely fastened on!
Great video, mate! Stay radical!!! Thanks!!!
Thanks js !!
That's not off-road, that's like an Indian road where municipality recently laid pipes. Anyways nice tyres! Will work well over here.
Wow! Very impressive performance by both bike and rider! Bravo!
Really cool to see! Funny, because I'm about to go out and record my own offroading on my 650.
Except that mine's stock hahaha
Really awesome route and very inspiring to see your bike doing the very thing you made it for - not just to get to Starbucks and collect likes on insta! Proper respect.
Thank you sir. All my stuff with knobblies get used as intended!
Brilliant ! Good looking spot, great sounding and looking bike... what more could one ask !
Thank you 🙂
Love from India. I hope your videos will get more reach as soon as it gets to the Indian viewers. Usually an RE video will have plenty of comments from fellow Indians. I think this wonderful channel is yet to get the attention of Indian viewers.
Thank you Karnan, we used to get a lot more from India, they seem to fallen away for some reason.
Who needs a GS 👍😀like the way you still have the original rear shocks , Q are you still running tubed tyres , take care
😃 exactly! Yep still tubed tyres. No plan to change
I love the Interceptor.. you did a great job turning it into a weekend warrior. But with all the time and money invested in this project, wouldnt it have been better to simply press a Himalayan into service and save the Interceptor for kinder surfaces.. After all, if the Himalayan's a work boot, the Interceptor's more of an urban shoe. I expect to get flamed, but I have both.
Thanks for your comment John,
I've had a dual sport before but they are too compromised on the road. At the end of the day the majority of miles I will do will be road based but I want to be able to get muddy boots when required. Same thinking with my land rover, its running mud terrains even though 80% of the time it doesn't need them, but its pointless having it if I can't drag a laden trailer across a muddy field when I need to. Cost wise most of mine are home grown and at minimal cost and a big part of the enjoyment is fabricating and customizing. Like a big boys Meccano!!
Looks like an normal road in rural India. Pretty easy for any RE actually
Great blog brother, keep rocking 🤞🍻
hi, it's fantastic! 😍 I would also like to put some knobby tyres, what did you put on?
The view out to the left definitely looks worth the ride, around 7 min mark.
great video for me as I am pllaning a world trip and himming and haaring over whether this bike is the one for me..obviously suspension and tyres would have to be maybe upgrade for abit of a load...will check you other videos for that bash guard and all..thanks..
Well done 👏✔👍
Thank you sir 👍
Looks great. I'm doing a slow burn scrambler build (one new component for every 5000km I ride), what would you say made the most difference apart from the tyres?
Cheers Pal,
In terms of looks and feel I would say tyres, I also prefer the feel of the wider bars. Its quite remarkable how different it feels to a standard one when ridden back to back.
I’m an Indian
Appreciate your video.
💐
these kind of off roading is like bread & butter to this bike, even i ll upload a offroad video in my channel soon..
Looking forward to it!
quite a neat build... great job
Nice build sir.
Great vid. I like your comment about GS's. They have got ridiculous as green/off road bikes. I used to have an 80's GS and it was bloody great. I used it on North Derbyshire and S Yorkshire green lanes, to the IoM and trail rode it there and down to the South of France. Where is that type of bike now? Oh yeah; an RE Interceptor with a few mods!
Thanks Ian, I'm a big fan of the adventure bike scene, never been a roadie as such, I'm all landies, mtb, dual sport type vibe, but I love the Interceptor and its nearly my perfect dual sport. If it lost 50kg and got more travel would be better but hey ho! I can confidentially take it most places and can carry all my gear now I've done the racks panniers so well happy with it.
@@DormanDiaries Just re-watched your brill vid! Have you seen the Interlayan that the Cooper brothers made at Cooperb Motorcycles of Northamptonshire? I reckon that's the bike the factory should be making. some skilful riding by you I noticed; not afraid to give it some beans! th-cam.com/video/Q4Sg0wp3FRI/w-d-xo.html
Lovely!✌😎👌
Thank you 🙏🏼
Dude, that was amazing 😂 I keep trying to do my scrambler build for the Interceptor but the Tyres still elude me.. yours look like the Bridgestone ax41s, but what size you got in the rear?
Thanks fella. Yep those are the ones. Rear size is 130/80
thanks! I can only find the rear in size 17, did you change your rear rim or install a front tyre to the rear? Sorry for the hassle
No problem at all. Mine are the standard rims. Both 18s. There seems to be short supply of them, probably cos of all the current goings on.
@@DormanDiaries oh I see. Well thanks a lot mate, at least I know the right size exists, and good things always come to those who wait :) take care and keep bringing us good videos, there’s always something to learn!
Yeah, can’t really find them on the brands site or anywhere... only 130/80 18 is marked as a front tyre, then there’s a 130/80 17 for the rear. Maybe they aren’t making them anymore... I’ll keep on keeping on ;) thanks for your help!
Great video!!
Well Royal Enfield is on a roll. It has so much in store for the next 12-24 months. The following models are up for launch -
Classic
Roadster
Shotgun
Hunter
Sherpa
Scram
Flying Flea and
An Electric Motorcyle
Also BSA will be launching its 650cc motorcycle by the end of the year.
Looking forward to them. They know what people want. Not everyone wants to drop £10k on bike
@@DormanDiaries Rightly pointed out. Something within 7000 pounds is attractive. And I guess that will be BSA's target pricing for their 650cc motorcycle which will be launching by the end of the year.
In India -- re means to be off road capable .. our army police use it ... Here we don't have affordable adventure.. for generation wise re bikes use for off road or Himalayan track .. specially bad rural roads , durt road it's act life half scrambler .. old schools metal built quality for surving this condition..
I am impressed with the capacity of that bike, Did you modify the suspension in any way? You have a New subscriber
Thank you Jose. Yes I’ve made a couple of mods to the forks. Check out my earlier videos 🤘
I'm a big fan of mixing road and off'road ! I wanted to buy an Himalayan... But after your vidéo, i think i will buy an interceptor ! Did you have any mistake which is not on video when you were riding in off-road ? 😁👍 Cheers
Wow! Just wow!!
Hi. Where was this? I’m thinking of getting a 650 and making it like yours for the trails. Thanks
Well done. Your confidence saw you through.
I had a similar experience on the hills and trails outside Mumbai.
Tough on the arms (I am a 65kg guy handling 200 kg), but do-able.
Not meant for this. But the Interceptor wont let you down.
Thanks, yes they are very versatile machines
Good work and some nice shots. Is that lane closed to 4x4’s now then?
Aye lad looks like it. Had been getting a bit ridiculous so not surprised at all
Hi! Did you get the Battlax tyres straight onto the stock rims? Any issues clearing the mudguards?
That looks like a normal village road in India. So interceptor should be very comfortable there
Hi, I've found your videos very helpful on creating my own interceptor scrambler. But the one problem I'm having as I'm reaching the end is my side and center stand are now too short. Any suggestions? I'm going to tackle the side stand first using the hockey puck method. Cheers, Ben.
Hi Ben, yea the centre stand is an issue but I mainly only use it when working on the bike so I just put a bit of wood under it. I’m going to extend my side stand but I’m not going to bother with the centre stand, not yea anyway
I'm jealous.
I cycle up there all the time 😂 on the mountain bike .
Yea it’s good on a mountain bike… prefer down though!
@@DormanDiaries me too 😂
Hmm. Not sure I'd consider a dirt road as 'off-road' in general motorcycle language
Great job! Have seen the INT650 build by Revival Cycles?
Yea man, thats probably my favourite Interceptor build. Simple but affective. It does look a bit bucky up the rear over the rough stuff though!
@@DormanDiaries I first saw it at the Barber Vintage Motorcycle Festival. It was so nicely done. Too bad it's way too much money for me.
@@ScramblerStories how much was it? Ive never seen a price.
@@DormanDiaries They'll build someone one now for around $25,000 pending options selected. That includes a new INT650 to build off of.
@@ScramblerStories - crikey not cheap then. Think I’d go the same route as you rather than do that.
Nice video
Thank you 😊
Great stuff. What’s that little fairing over the gauges? Where from mate?
Hi Mate, made it, pretty simple, see this video - th-cam.com/video/tas5GBO4uv4/w-d-xo.html
Hi Dorman which mirrors are you using?
I really love your visor, renthal handle bar and the mirrors as well .
Would love to use them .
Hello,
I've put a link to the mirrors in description, you can also get cheaper copies which are ok but they can flop around a bit. Enjoy your ride!
You'll also need an adapter for the right hand one, remove your existing to check which. I can't recall. Regards
What is the make and model of the mirrors?
Is that a 19” front wheel?
I have a continental 650 that I want to get off road tires for, does anyone know where I can find them? Thanks!!
Is the rear suspension stock?
What mirror ur use...I can get in india..?
Love from india 💝
sir your sum guard super
how to perches
Which country u..?
From where do you sourced those mirrors ?
I got them from a company in England that no longer exists but if you google - ktm folding mirrors you’ll find some that look the same. Youll also need a thread adapter for the right mirror.
I will search brother.
What lanes were these
Summer wine
Namaste sir
🙏 Namaste
Hardly call that off road
Hehehe yours must be bigger than mine 😘
@Prasanta Rajkumar aaah bless . . This is comic, I'm guessing your a city boy.
Off Road where I come from means you better be in a 4X4 with winches and tow ropes etc . . Enjoy your day
They are pretty gentle tracks in reality but it's a heavy road bike and your mods have made it able to cope with them.
My stock 650 Vstrom could manage them, my DR350 wouldn't be troubled at all.
Good video, keep it up
😂 I guess if you’re enjoying that abuse... my Husqvarna has 10” of suspension travel front and rear. Horses for courses. 🤷♂️
That’d be too easy
RE pay attention.