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- [Steve] Recently, I was
out in beautiful, sunny Texas

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riding the Royal Enfield Super Meteor 650.

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(light upbeat music)

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I've never really been
all that into cruisers.

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I've never understood the appeal.

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So getting on one that was smaller

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and had less power

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just seemed like a recipe
for me being unimpressed.

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And yet, the Super Meteor 650 is so good

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that it almost sold me on cruisers.

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See, when you look at a Harley Davidson,

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you look at an Indian Scout,

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they look enormous.

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They look heavy, they look unwieldy.

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As a city-dwelling millennial,

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that's not something I want.

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But the Super Meteor feels more compact.

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It feels so nimble

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when you're riding it
through city streets.

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It wants to carve corners.

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It wants to hang out in the twisties.

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It's better handling

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than I ever would've
expected from a cruiser.

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Now, the engine plays an
interesting middle ground.

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It's the same 650 that we've
seen in the Continental GT

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and the INT650,

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sort of the first of Enfield's
modern crop of engines.

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And in those bikes, it was a blast.

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I've ridden the Continental GT

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and had a ton of fun with it.

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But even there,

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it always strikes you as torque-forward.

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Here that is perfect for
the character of the bike.

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With a cruiser, you want a motor

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that brings its power in low,

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something you don't have to wring out.

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This is an issue that you run into

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with bikes like the Kawasaki Eliminator

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that competes with the
Super Meteor in price,

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but doesn't have that same feel to it.

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The Super Meteor feels authentic.

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It feels like it has that
sort of cruiser heritage

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that you want.

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The Super Meteor 650 is
priced to be affordable,

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priced to be accessible,

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and designed to be approachable.

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Cruisers have low seat heights.

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They have comfortable rider triangles

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that don't have you hunched
over like a sport bike.

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When you sit down in a chair

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and put your feet out in front of you,

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hold your hands on imaginary handlebars,

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that's a cruiser rider
triangle you're replicating.

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And the Super Meteor 650

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is one of the best ways
to get that feeling

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in an accessible bike.

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It's not so heavy

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that you can't wheel it around
a parking lot or a garage.

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It's not so powerful that
newbies will be scared off.

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It's not so expensive

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that it is such an incredible investment.

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And you don't have to walk
into a Harley dealership

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and have the sales guy tell you,

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"Nah, that's a chick bike.

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"You don't want that one,

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"you want this one that
costs twice as much."

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Royal Enfield isn't about that.

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They want to share the
fun of motorcycling.

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I can't think of a better
reason to build a bike.