Royal Enfield Interceptor 650

INTERCEPTOR 650 TOTAL FRONT BRAKE FAILURE – After 6 Months of ownership the front brake completely failed. Bought this bike for my partner to learn to ride on, as its LAMS Approved, as she liked the style and upright position. Riding down a hill the front brake lever could be pulled all the way to the grip with no resistance and just managed to stop the bike by changing gears down and cooking the rear brake for all it was worth. Took it to the local dealer, Ultimate Motorcycles in Nerang Qld, as it seems it somehow missed a brake calliper recall. There was no brake fluid loss or leak and the front brake calliper seems to be jammed and was binding. The dealer came back to us, after having the bike since the 7th Jan, today being the 23Jan to inform that they have bled the brake and all seems fine and we were free to collect the bike to see "How it Goes" ! Considering what happened, and how do we know its not going to happen again, for the dealer to make that comment and see if the brakes fail again is just mind boggling.

If you have a pre 2021 Interceptor 650, for Gods sake get the brakes checked.

The recall I found stated that both callipers had to be changed dues to originals not being anodized causing eventual corrosion and failure. The replacement callipers are anodized, as they should be.

I wrote to Royal Enfield Australia, as there is no other way to make contact [ Red Flag right there ] and no response.

When this is resolved we will sell this ticking time bomb and buy a proper brand with real back up and customer service. Needless to say we will not go back to this dealer.