If you do motorcycle tours that are overnight or for a few days, you will need to carry basic clothes and stuff. Unless you have friends accompanying you in cars and they have room to store your bags, you will need motorcycle saddlebags.
I traditionally prefer stock motorcycle accessories as aftermarket stuff often lacks quality and may have gaps in safety considerations.
Challenge with normal Motorcycle Saddlebags
Unlike other bikes, the Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 has stylish upswept exhausts, and the normal saddle bags do not fit as they touch the exhaust, leading to the burning of the bags due to the heat. You can consider changing the exhaust, which my dear friend Dr. Deepak Nakra tried and found a loss of power with after-market exhausts as per his experience and switched back to stock. Doc is found more often on his Ducati these days ;) Either way, I prefer the Interceptor Upswept exhausts!
Do the Royal Enfield Saddlebags for the Interceptor 650 fit well?
Fitting the Royal Enfield Saddle bags for the Interceptor 650
Quality of Royal Enfield Saddlebags for the Interceptor 650
Pricing
So, should you buy the Royal Enfield Saddle bags for the Interceptor 650cc?
- a 2 or 3-day tour with just essentials..few t-shirts, a couple of jeans, spare shoes, etc.
- Quality is good as far as the material used and my current experience.
- Sleek and fits well within the ergonomics of the Interceptor 650 build.
- Retains the interceptor aerodynamics and is built for Upswept exhausts.
