Royal Enfield 750 Interceptor MK 1 road test by Performance Classics.
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- This machine came in barely running and kicking back violently and spitting back through the carburettors when it finally got going, so work needed to be done. Both the ignition timing and fueling needed attention - and after this run, I raised the needles in the carbs a notch, hopefully fixing a flat spot at small throttle openings, but another test ride will be needed to confirm that.
It’s amazing how many people try and give advice listening over a phone mic. Customers send me sound clips of their vehicle over the phone and I’m supposed to diagnose. Come on people! Paul knows what he’s doing. If the tappets have a mile of clearance he’s not going to take it out before adjusting them.
A very pretty bike. Not one we see too often here in the states!
Nice! On my '850 Commando with Amal MK1 carbs, there was a hesitation just coming off idle which sometimes caused stalls at traffic lights/stop signs etc. Eventually traced this to out of round wear on the needle and needle jet....new ones completely solved the issue.
I had a similar problem with an old Triumph. It turned out to be a worn slide/body allowing air to bypass. Due to difficulty getting parts at the time, I never managed to fix it, just learned to work around it.
One of the best looking of the British bikes imho.
DA BRUTE gives one (ME...that's who. ), the feeling of a Guzzi V-twin...neither of which I ever hope to 'lay-down' at speed ! [From my lips, to the ear of GOD.]
Still a good sounding motorcycle how they should sound use to ride my mates 650goldflash lovely throatie sound when triumph first came back they used a Kawasaki engine sounded like sowing machines now today's retro triumphs have the sound and looks of a motorcycle and the new Royal emfields keep on biking from Hugh in Ammanford South Wales
Hi Hugh, Triumph Hinckley have made their own engines from the beginning, although they might have looked a bit like other engines from Japan. I have a couple of videos of BSA A10's on here. I have Family in Ammanford and live near Llandovery myself !
Nice looking bike! Don’t see them where I live.
Two nice runs in under fourty minutes. Do you need a old Canuck to come over there next summer and help doing that hard job. I'll do it cheap. Beer and pizza.
Thought it sounded like the clutch was slipping a bit. Nice bike overall though. Funny you mention the center stand. I thought it was just mine although when mine is up on the stand both wheels are on the ground. I'd say a bit of wear. Can't wait to hear it on a test ride once the carbs are sorted.
"Setting Free the Bears",
by John Irving.
PS- Early on, after taking the L-turn and 'tractorling' upward, didn't it "hiccup" a few times...in 3 rd. gear ?
Paul, you definitely need different recording equipment! I really like your videos, but the sound is just terrible. The only thing you get to hear is chattering and rattling that makes one think the bike's gonna fall apart. When I think of my 700 twin I can barely hear the valve train, but a nice deep grunt from the pipes. Maybe you can also play with the sound controll to balance out treble and bass?!
sounds like my mums old Singer sewing machine
I'm not at all familiar with "Oily Enfield" Interceptors, but it sounds to me like the rocker clearances are a bit loose. Always liked the look of the Interceptor, but I've heard the conrods like to escape if they're ridden anywhere near their performance potential. Thanks for the vid!
The rockers / valves were set to factory specs, but the mic on my camera is not very kind to engines, picking up sounds we don't usually hear.
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Great info any chance of comments on bikes performance roadholding
I can't say any of the Interceptors I have worked on and ridden - real ones, of course - have performed or handled any less than very well.
You have done a back to back ride on two beautiful 750's, what's the difference between them and which is a favourite?
They are both more alike than you might expect, although the RE feels more 'Raw' and a little agricultural compared with the Bonnie.
Seems to have a bit more satisfying "grunt" than its latter-day namesake, doesn't it? Must be that 360 instead of 270 degree thing going on.
I don't think crank throw has much to do with it - I have a Honda CB500T with 180 degree crank and that thing could pull a house down. I think it is more a case of bikes like the new Interceptors, in other makers ranges no longer have to be the 'flagship models', so out and out performance from such machines is no longer important.
750 then 650 now, wonders of technology! Which one would you have? Kneed I ask!
Richard your right set the lifters they maybe solid lifters but they don't need to sound like that
The tappets are adjustable and were set correctly, but, as I keep having to repeat time and time again, the camera mic makes mechanical sounds seem much louder than they really are!!!
@@paulhenshaw4514it “sounds” like some viewers (commentators) are not paying attention to your previous responses! Do you like my pun “sounds” 😂😂 …keep up the good work Paul. There are clearly lots of “experts” posting comments here. By way, I’m an old biker (literal now) from the late 60s; 70s mostly had British parallel twin bikes - BSA, Triumph, Royal Oilfield, etc. But a few departures like a Matchless G80 500 single; a BSA C15 (was my first bike - fitted Alf Hagon cams, bigger valves, gas flowed, bigger carb, Alpha bottom end, etc. My Triumph T110 650cc used to have an annoying habit of losing its gear lever while I was riding it - due in part to the vibration 😂 Those NASTY JAP Cr*p faceless machines never did that - they were characterless and boring 😅
Hi Paul,
Thanks for this beautiful video! May I know if this bike has the same chassis as that of Royal enfield 750 Interceptor 1A?
Thank you! I think they are certainly very similar, if not the same.
@@paulhenshaw4514 Thanks for the quick response!
Why do people persist with blipping the throttle excessively as I notice you doing. What's the go? Please enlighten me.
You do it your way and I'll do it mine. Simple as that.
Off to catch that noisy rider on the Hornet eh?
I never even sat on a Royal Enfield in my 51 years Behind bars. Come to think of it, I’ve never even owned an English motorcycle. Sounds like it has a light fly wheel, lots of valve clatter, more than any of my Moto Guzzis have.. it sounds like it has a soul.
I’ve had many dozens of Japanese motorcycles. They have no soul. When you start them up, and you head out, you know you’re going to get there and back. No great accomplishment.
On the other hand, on an English motorcycle, if you even get it started, that’s an accomplishment. And to actually make it to your destination and back, that’s exciting.
...seems a silly comparison the one that you did. How do you compare 30s technology (that by the way was top quality) with 70s or newer engines and technology? British engines were perfect and simpler. I have 3 Triumphs and no car, and still kicking; do not know how many of the new breed can kick this way.
Very hard
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I made the comparison because a friend of mine that was a motorcycle mechanic four years at a Suzuki/Yamaha shop where I worked part time as a salesman, he had a PSA 441 Victor and a 60s tramp 500 Daytona. Both in like new condition. sometimes the441 would not start, and the next day, it would start on the first kick.. he would occasionally be turning down offers on his machines that he would occasionally ride to work.
I asked him one day, why would you ride one of these dinosaurs that you arent even sure it’s gonna start when you know better. Do you know any Japanese motorcycle your ride is always going to start it’s always going to get you out and back with no issues at all.
his reply was, to ride one of these old English bikes, you better understand the electrics, the carburetion, everything about the machine. Even starting it is a procedure you have to learn..
with a perfect Japanese bike, where’s the challenge. That’s boring to me. A 100 mile ride on a Japanese motorcycle, it’s no big deal. But 100 mile ride on an English relic, that is an accomplishment, and if you really wanna make it exciting, don’t carry a cell phone..
sorry you missed my point of the comparison between old English bikes and perfect Japanese bikes.
I do have experience with English things. I have a 1958 mga that I bought when I was in high school before I even had a drivers license in 1968. I still have it here in 2022. It’s been restored back in 1975 and then I put it in the garage. Now it needs many things done over like new tires, the brake system needs completely rebuilt I’m sure, Same for the master cylinder and slave cylinder. I always said I would put it back on the street when I retire. Well I’m retired now. Now my only ambition with the MG is, to have ambition
@@harrylime5147 Hi; I tell ya couple of small tales: A year ago; one of my Triumph (more than 40 years old) broke the crankshaft; that is something that do not happens frequently on any engine except when you push it out of limits (like previous owners did) That crankshaft had at least 120.000km but possibly more (due to the speedometer cable that sometimes could be broken etc) the engine had a blown when one of these owners rode the bike at high speed for too many km besides new bikes.
About 3 years ago I bought it and put 13000km until the crank issue about a year ago. I only use the bikes as transport; 90% on the road at freeway speed (110-130km/h) Engine working for 2-3 hours; constant speed.
After 10 months, I found a crank in UK. I dismantled all the engine etc and when finally all the other spare parts arrive; hope soon; I will rebuild it.
In the meantime I bough a new bike for the first time. Husqvarna vitpilen.. The bike has ALL the new technology and stuff. in these months I put 11000km on the black top. About 2000km before the ECU error light appeared...was the Lambda sensor. The engines of the KTM´s Husqvarna´s and many others like the Kawazaki W series (BSA engine imitation) and all the old Ducati´s etc clatters as you say that only British bikes do.
I do not use a cell phone too.
Many things happens with new and old tech; depends how good is the servicing of the old iron and with the new you are in the electronic world hands (something that only have couple of decades) and you can get stranded in the middle of nowhere due to nobody will have an scanner for an specific brand and or the spare part...) With few things you can continue home with pre electronics bikes.
Seems that you are not a motorcyclist so may be you talk about things in a way that is better to be more in the known before.
Sounds like big ends shot --little ends on the way--tappets a mile wide-and primary drive chain stretched to buggery , Surely not ?
'Surely not?' is correct. It is all thanks to the camera mic, it makes most things sound terrible, but it's all I have at present. Very good for detecting pinking, though.
@@paulhenshaw4514 Handsome piece of kit .
Kind of rattly sounding...
That will be thanks to the very sensitive mic on my camera, rather than any issues with the engine.
That's character with a personality.
@@paulhenshaw4514 - OK... maybe that's it... the BSA's and Triumph's I've ridden, all I remember is the low mellow exhaust note... no clatter...
@@BuzzLOLOL Yes I thought there was quite a bit of tappet noise and a little piston rap when she was cold, but all that is Old English Character!! Loved the exhaust sound when out on open road speeds! Had a '49 speed twin in the 70's, brother had a BSA Lightning, then a Norton Commando, so I do know a little of sounds old twins make :) Thanks for the ride!
@@graemesutherland4826 - Probably just the microphone picking up the noise more. I've ridden BSA's and Triumphs and only recall a small amount of muted engine noise... mostly mellow muffler putt putt...