Interceptor comfort or Bear clearance: which 650 would you actually want on Tamhini now?
@host_pune · 1 week ago
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Honest argument I keep having with myself: if I were buying a 650 again today for Tamhini and Varandha, would I still pick the Interceptor?
Mine does everything I ask of it in the ghats, and that upright bar with midmount pegs is the reason I can do a long Mulshi loop without my wrists filing a complaint. But our ghat surfaces are rough after four months of rain, and the patching crews take their time. ZigWheels notes the Bear 650 runs 130mm of front travel and 184mm ground clearance, both up on the Interceptor, plus a 19 inch front and a single pipe.
On paper that is the better tool for broken edges. The counter is it sits taller, and on good tarmac the Interceptor still feels the calmer bike to me.
So vote in the replies. And if you have ridden both on the same stretch, your word beats any brochure, mine included.
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prakash_ali· 1 week agoSahil, no 650 experience here so can't vote, but that 184mm clearance number you quoted makes sense for the broken patches post monsoon. Genuine question though, does the 19 inch front change how it tracks on the gravelly bits near Tamhini ghat, or is it mostly a comfort tradeoff like you said
