In The Loop | Episode 14 - 1963 Royal Enfield Interceptor

In this episode I take our 1963 Royal Enfield Interceptor for a ride around our test loop.
This motorcycle, along with many other vintage motorcycles and new Royal Enfields is for sale in our shop, Throttle Company Vintage Motorcycles.
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[@USARAY1947]

I'm old enough to remember back in the day (mid 60s) the Royal Enfield Interceptor was considered a gentleman's bike while BSA would produce sometimes freakishly fast 650s. Later, Norton 750s were the fastest. I briefly had a Norton 500cc twin with rear hub suspension and would ride with the owner of a motorcycle shop who rode an Interceptor 750. His was a rather stately, sedate ride.

[@AA-nt5qw]

Thanks for posting! What a great survivor. Excellent run around the block and commentary. The original Interceptor! Nice to have the two models, awesome ;-)

[@throttlecompany]

Hey thanks so much for the kind words!

[@Nrgpack]

I rode right foot shift bikes in the 70's, and I agree it actually comes natural to go from left to right side. I love to hear facts and figures about the old bike, so, big thanks for an awsome video!!

[@MSR_Robi_Garage]

thank you for sharing the ride of this AWESOME bike !!! keep on like that....

[@mindspinn311]

8:08 you mean 360° as were all British twins of this era unless modified to a 270° crank. 180° twins were and have always been very Japanese. The sound of this is absolutely 360° and distinctly British. Funny enough, BMW boxer twins (and the now discontinued 800 twin) are also 360° and can sound similar.

[@throttlecompany]

That’s correct! I know the right thing in my head but say it wrong. Both pistons move together and fire at different times.

[@FullArmorE6]

Bike looks like new in video. Sounds wonderful. Took me for a long ride down memory lane.

[@throttlecompany]

Glad to hear that!

[@davidklementis5913]

Love how the instrument cluster look like a skull 💀 looking back at you, 😆.

[@collinthomas7234]

Great video! That bike kicks right over. No way in hell that I could get my brain to remember the shift pattern.

[@badershahin4154]

Nice 👌

[@romeldias]

Hahahaha i love that you brought up that Indian note at the end :) this one is lovely

[@genegoodwin8925]

Dylan, I had a friend who passed away about five years ago who owned a Royal Enfield Interceptor of this same time period but he told me before he died it needed a transmission. If you want I can ask his widow if she still has it. It was stored in their basement in Meigs County Ohio. Let me know if you're interested.

[@throttlecompany]

I am interested! These old interceptors are great bikes no easy to work on. Please let me know what you find out, thanks.

[@Ohio_Motonaut]

Cool bike, man! I'd love to own something vintage but those reverse controls and such kinda scare me... 😉

[@waynejohns6052]

Hi fyi this model has a dry sump engine built into the crank case the later mk2 or series two is a wet sump

[@throttlecompany]

Yep

[@lovenature905]

BSA campany is own by Mahindra now he took the BSA CAMPANY.

[@georgejones-nz1qg]

180 degree firing? With a 2 cyl 4 cycle engine? How is that possible?