Shaji Koshy is the Head of India Business+ at Royal Enfield. In his current role, he is responsible for driving the company's Business Operations, After-Sales, Service, Spares, Marketing and dealer network expansion, across the SAARC region.
Shaji joined Royal Enfield in 2006. Alongside spearheading successful product launches like the Thunderbird, Classic and Continental GT, Shaji overhauled the old dealership format to our new brand retail iden¬tity across a strong and agile network of 840 sales, service and parts outlets.
Shaji holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the College of Engineering, Trivandrum. He also holds a Management degree from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad. He began his career with Hindustan Motors and handled the top-of-the-line product at that time - Contessa Classic for the whole of North¬ern India. He then headed the Southern and Western regions, before taking over as the Country Head for Mitsub¬ishi. An avid rider and rallyist, Shaji has actively participated in several car rallies over the years.
The GT 650 Twin featuring a twin cradle, tubular steel frame, designed from scratch in conjunction with the legendary Harris Performance team, offers the perfect combination of authentic styling and precise performance. The frame, tested for thousands of hours and miles over a wide variety of road conditions for durability, balance and handling, delivers dynamic and responsive performance. While a 1400 mm wheelbase, 793 mm seat-height makes for accessible, confidence-inspiring riding position, the GT 650 is smartly designed to have a 174 mm ground clearance and an excellent lean angle helping sharp steering response.
With a 24-degree rake angle and 106mm of trail, the GT 650 Twin feels nimble in the city and agile scratching those back-lanes Steel tubular, double cradle frame, 2122 mm x 1165 mm x 789 mm Fuel Capacity: 13.7 Ltr, Kerb Weight: 202 kg (no fuel) Ground Clearance: 174 mm
These details combined with the suspension, aided in the front by 41mm forks with 110mm of travel and twin rear units chosen for the authentic ‘twin-shock’ look, gas-charged with ‘piggy-back' reservoir and 5-stage pre-load adjustment, impart the ride with effective damping in all situations resulting in an optimum blend of comfort, feel and precision
Front Suspension: 41 mm front fork, 110 mm travel Rear Suspension: Twin coil-over shocks, 88 mm travel
An air/oil-cooled parallel twin engine configuration was selected for its authentic uncluttered lines faithful to our true heritage design. The simple, easy-to-maintain, all new 648 cc engine is built for real world riding, with sufficient power to make light work of city traffic or cruise effortlessly on the open road. While offering a very usable 47 horsepower at 7250 RPM and maximum of 52 Nm torque at 5250 RPM, the secret of the new 650 Twin lies in the way the power is delivered. Seamless throughout the rev range, 80% of the maximum pulling power (torque) is available as low as 2500 RPM, so that the engine delivers smooth and rapid progress without the need for constant gear changes.
The Interceptor 650 Twin featuring a twin cradle, tubular steel frame, designed from scratch in conjunction with the legendary Harris Performance team, offers the perfect combination of authentic styling and versatile, agile performance. The frame, tested for thousands of hours and miles over a wide variety of road conditions for durability, balance and handling, delivers dynamic and responsive performance. While a 1400 mm wheelbase, 804 mm seat-height makes for accessible, confidence-inspiring riding position, the Interceptor 650 is smartly designed to have a 174 mm ground clearance and an excellent lean angle helping it take on pretty much any road with aplomb. 37.5 degrees of steering allows good low-speed manoeuvrability in city traffic. With a 24- degree rake angle and 106mm of trail, the Interceptor 650 Twin feels nimble in the city, planted on the highway and agile on the twisties.
Chassis
Steel tubular, double cradle frame, 2122 mm x 1165 mm x 789 mm Fuel Capacity: 13.7 Ltr, Kerb Weight: 202 kg (no fuel); Ground Clearance: 174 mm
Suspension
The suspension, developed & tested in tandem with the chassis, is aided in the front by 41mm forks with 110mm of travel and twin rear units, chosen for the authentic twin-shock look, gas charged with piggy-back reservoirs. It also has a 5-stage pre-load adjustment, to allow for bespoke settings imparting the ride with effective damping in all situations for an optimum blend of comfort, feel and precision.
Front Suspension: 41 mm front fork, 110 mm travel Rear Suspension: Twin coil-over shocks, 88 mm travel
Engine
An air/oil-cooled parallel twin engine configuration was selected for is authentic uncluttered lines faithful to our true heritage design. The simple, easy-to-maintain, all new 648 cc engine is built for real world riding, with sufficient power to make light work of city traffic or cruise effortlessly on the open road. While offering a very usable 47 horsepower at 7250 RPM and maximum of 52 Nm torque at 5250 RPM, the secret of the new 650 Twin lies in the way the power is delivered. Seamless throughout the rev range, 80% of the maximum pulling power (torque) is available as low as 2500 RPM, so that the engine
