In the last 6 months, Royal Enfield expanded its 650cc lineup with two new launches — the Interceptor Bear 650 and Classic 650. Despite several commonalities, both bikes are very distinct from each other catering to the needs of specific riders. While the Bear 650 is meant to traverse gravelly and soft terrains, the Classic is tuned more for highway cruising.
Royal Enfield has a large presence in the aftermarket modification industry globally and hence the Chennai-based bikemaker has partnered with a lot of workshops across the world for different projects. The latest example is with Fuel Motorcycles which has built a custom motorcycle based on the Bear 650.
Fuel Fury 650: How’s it different from Royal Enfield Bear 650?
The Spanish custom workshop has built a rally-spec version of Bear 650 which has been named Fuel Fury 650. While in its regular form the Bear 650 is a mild, road-biased scrambler, in this Fuel Fury avatar the Bear 650 turns into a hardcore scrambler which is meant for dune bashing. The images testify how masterfully Fuel Motorcycles has blended Royal Enfield’s rich dirt racing heritage from the 1960s with the bike’s contemporary charm.
On first glance, the Fuel Fury 650 looks very different from the regular Bear 650. The former looks even more rugged than the standard Interceptor Bear 650 thanks to different body panels and hardware components. The whole purpose was to pay a direct tribute to the Fury 500 ridden by American racer Eddie Mulder in the Big Bear Run back from the 1960s.
What makes it even more special is the “In Gut We Trust” logo reminiscent of a quote by Mulder himself. The face of the motorcycle is very distinct with a new dual-pod circular headlamp setup, a signature beak and a tall windscreen upfront. The tailsection has been chopped short which now gets a shorter rear fender housing a smaller single-piece seat for the rider.
Hardware updates on the Fuel Fury 650 include new suspension components with full adjustability. The heavily customised Bear 650 rides on 21-inch front wheel, as compared to 19-inch unit in the standard Bear, and 17-inch rear tubeless cross spoke wheels. These wheels are shod with Mitas off-road tyres. The other major addition is a new navigation setup with GPS and rally controls, in place of the fully-digital instrument console, typically seen in a rally bike.
This motorcycle has been custom-built by the Barcelona-based workshop in association with Bandarra Motorcycles, specifically for the Scram Africa race in the Sahara desert. So there is very little chance of this motorcycle reaching the production stage.
