Royal Enfield had recently unveiled the Continental GT-R 750 race bike at Motoverse 2025. It will be racing in the next season of the Royal Enfield Continental GT Cup. The production version of the GT 750 will be launched in late 2026, and should be a neat step-up compared to the Royal Enfield Continental GT 650. But is it worth waiting for? Here’s what we think!
Royal Enfield Continental GT 750 vs GT 650?
We have seen many spy shots of the Continental GT 750 in the past, and this has given us a decent idea of what we can expect. There will be a big change in design, with the production spec Royal Enfield Continental GT 750 poised to get a quarter fairing, giving it that signature cafe racer look.
Powering the bike will be a larger 750cc engine: a heavily reworked version of the 648cc heart. With the changes, the new motor could produce around 55PS and 60Nm. If our guesstimate is right,this will be an increase of 8PS and 7.4Nm compared to the Continental GT 650’s 47PS and 52.3Nm. It may not sound all that much but it should make a fair amount of difference in the bike’s high-speed manners.
With the increased power, it will also see an upgrade to its braking hardware. Previous spy shots have shown that the bike will get a dual-disc setup at the front for better stopping power. This also gives a proper ‘big bike’ look compared to the Continental GT 650.
We believe Royal Enfield might offer the Continental GT750 in two variants: one without the fairing, but with a twin-pod semi-digital console as seen on the Continental GT-R 750 race bike. The other variant might get the fairing, and a proper circular TFT console – same as the one that we have seen on the Royal Enfield Himalayan 450 and the Guerrilla 450.
Who Should Wait & Who Should Buy?
We are no strangers to the Royal Enfield Continental GT 650, and we even had one in our long term fleet for a while back in 2023. We had an absolute ball with our GT 650, and couldn’t help but fall in love with the look and the pure retro charm.
It starts at a price of Rs 3,49,609 (ex-showroom, Chennai), which is quite reasonable for a bike in its segment with this performance. Although it is not without its imperfections, from our experience, this one’s a sweet motorcycle as far as value-for-money cafe racers are concerned. If you’re someone who is buying a brand new bike for the first time, and are keen on having a fairly powerful cafe racer, then we suggest you go ahead and buy the Continental GT650 right now. It’s got enough firepower for highways, while at the same time not being too intimidating for newbies (provided one uses one’s common sense, and doesn’t do anything reckless). Moreover, the GT750 will also come with the obvious bump in price tag (and it will replace the 650), so now’s the right time if you want a cafe racer that looks like a million bucks but doesn’t cost as much.
On the flip side, if you’re someone upgrading from a 250cc to a 350cc motorcycle like say the KTM 250 Duke, TVS Apache RTR 310 or even something like the Royal Enfield Classic 350, waiting for the Continental GT 750 would be a prudent choice to make. The performance jump from such a smaller capacity bike to a 750cc machine will be much more substantial and meaningful than jumping to a 650cc motorcycle. Moreover, waiting for one more year should just be a matter of patience as you anyway have a motorcycle for your commutes and touring needs in the meantime.
The Continental GT750 will also be a more rounded, still relatively more affordable than the next large-capacity cafe racer in India, the Kawasaki Z650RS. As for the moolah, we reckon Royal Enfield might price the bike at around Rs 3.90 lakh (ex-showroom), and might launch it either at Motoverse 2026 or in early 2027.
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