r/RoyalEnfieldBear650

So my colleague and I were getting super bored with all the work in the office so we decided to play smart.

I told em I had work

He told em he had a Pooja to attend.

We decided to hit miyar, Pangi, and get back in 3 days.

Two people turned into 5, and 3 riders joined-one on a duke, one on a bear 650, and another on a h450.

Had super fun.

Rode from Chandigarh to miyar on day 1. 16h ride due to rain and traffic. Reached miyar at 10pm. Crazy shit roads post trilokpur(visited the temple too).

Miyar-Killar had about 2km of Tarmac at Udaipur and the rest was fun off-road. Started at 1pm after a short trek. Reached at 8:30pm.

Killar - Sach pass-bairagarh-Tissa - with luggage and pillion.

12h. The bear had a breakdown. Someone hit into it while it was parked on the roadside 30km from Killar. Rear shock bent, we had to take it ahead in a camper.

I rode 4x from the accident site to the Sach base to find a camper, then to accompany it back to the crash site, then to get cash, and then back to Sach with the bear rider as my pillion.

The pillion got very tired so we over slept on day 4, then started at 11am, reached Chandigarh at 2am cuz of traffic.

In all-good fun.

Except the accident.

The ride was a great success!

[OC] First post guys. I had the Hunter 350 for over two years, and it’ll always mean a lot to me. My first motorcycle, originally bought as an upgrade from the Ntorq 125, just to commute to work and experience something new.
I had no idea it would pull me so deep into motorcycling with weekend rides, twisties, road trips, trails, new places, new people, and that obsession with finding roads you’ve never ridden before.

Then, at EICMA ’24, I saw the Bear 650 for the first time.
I’ve always fancied bikes like the Ténéré and Scrambler 1200, bikes that were not limited to just asphalt. The Bear felt like my gateway into that world. And that Petrol Green? Stole my heart instantly. 🥲

When it launched in India, I booked a test ride “just to feel it.”

Next thing I knew, I was shaking hands with the manager and walking out with the widest grin on my face. My friends knew exactly what had happened. 😂
My birthday was around the corner. What better way to treat myself?

Fast forward 1.5 years and 20,000 km. Mountains, trails, beaches, highways, bad roads. Detours that seemed accidental that made Scrambling through moments into memories.

She’s my daily rider, and somehow, starting her up still gives me the same excitement as day one.

Not a review of the bear. Just a reminder that sometimes you owe it to yourself to chase the machines you dream about.

Dreams are great. Riding them is better. 🐻

I did an 800 km trip this weekend on my bear 650, and the ride became a nightmare due to the Stock seat, it is so hard, its like sitting on a rock. The stock has to go, but I am not sure whether just using a gel seat will make it more comfortable or if the touring is worth buying.

I was thinking about getting an aftermarket exhaust for my Bear 650 and had a few questions.

Would replacing just the exhaust slip-on be enough to get a noticeably better sound, or would I need to go for a full-system exhaust with a decat?

Also, does fuel efficiency decrease in both cases?
I actually tried removing the stock exhaust completely and went for a 30 km ride. The fuel efficiency dropped significantly to around 10–12 km/l.

Is that expected when running without the stock exhaust, or could there be another reason for such a big drop?

Hey guys. Since a lot of you have been looking to do the decat mod but didn't want to change the end can, here's a quick recording of how it sounds from today morning. Recorded with the phone in the bag so you guys get to know what it sounds like.

I'm using the AEW decat mid-pipe with performance cat.