It’s been some time since Royal Enfield revealed its all-electric offshoot known as the Flying Flea. It’s been a good distance since then, with common updates, spy photographs, and launch particulars dropping every so often.
One factor that Royal Enfield has caught to ever since its 2024 reveal is the launch timeline. It mentioned the primary of its all-electric motorcycles would land in Spring 2026. And lo and behold, right here it’s!
The C6 has not too long ago been launched in India. And it’s not the numbers in regards to the battery or the motor that’s been the star of the reveal, it’s the associated fee. The C6 has been priced at ₹279,000 in India. That’s roughly US$3,000 by direct conversion. That worth drops all the way down to ₹199,000 should you go for battery-as-a-service (BaaS) – round US$2,100!
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Now I do know changing launch costs from one other nation isn’t precisely how pricing works for world markets. There are extra prices of homologation, import duties, tariffs, and so on, that get added onto the ultimate worth in such conditions.
Take Royal Enfield’s different choices, as an illustration. The Super Meteor 650 is priced at ₹436,685 in India (US$4,685 in direct conversion). When the bike lastly made its technique to the USA, it was priced at $7,899. That’s a distinction of greater than $3,000.
So, sure, in hindsight, the FFC6 will doubtless be priced at a premium within the West. However even then, you possibly can’t argue that Royal Enfield hasn’t finished an amazing job with the way it’s gone about pricing the bike. Particularly contemplating it’s the primary electrical in its steady, and it’s not a random white-labeled Chinese language product.
A 15.4-kW everlasting magnet synchronous motor powers the Flying Flea C6. It produces as much as 44.2 lb-ft (60 Nm) of torque, permits a high velocity of 71 mph (115 km/h), and 0 to 37 mph (60 km/h) in 3.7 seconds.
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As for the battery, the bike comes geared up with a 3.91-kWh battery pack. Now, when you think about different electrical bikes, you’d understand the C6 doesn’t sport the largest battery on the market. However that hasn’t restricted its vary, with Royal Enfield claiming an IDC-rated vary of 96 miles (154 km).
That may be a huge declare, in my eyes. Globally, that sort of vary usually calls for almost double the battery capability. Both Flying Flea has cracked a stage of effectivity the remainder of the trade hasn’t – or, extra doubtless, it’s enjoying the identical range-claim sport we’ve seen earlier than.
In real-world phrases, the quantity doubtless shrinks nearer to 62 miles (100 km). However the good factor is there’s additionally regenerative braking, which implies you possibly can protect a few of that vary in metropolis runs. As for charging, 20% to 80% takes round 65 minutes, with a full cost taking simply over two hours.
The C6 additionally turns into Royal Enfield’s lightest bike ever – weighing 273 lb (124 kg). That’s nearer to Zero’s 223-lb (101.1-kg) XB enduro. For a avenue bike, that’s mighty spectacular.
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Till now, Royal Enfield’s lightest current bike was the 399-lb (181-kg) Hunter 350. Most of that’s due to the solid aluminum body and the magnesium casing for the battery pack, which additionally helps preserve issues cool inside.
In an age the place most electrics are trying in direction of the longer term with unheard-of trendy tech on board, the C6 sports activities a WWII-era girder-style entrance fork and a monoshock with an inside floating piston on the rear. That setup provides 3.9 inches (99 mm) and 4.3 inches (109 mm) of journey on the entrance and rear, respectively.
The C6 rolls on 19-inch wheels, with a 260-mm entrance brake disc and a 220-mm rear brake disc bringing the bike to a halt. It boasts a floor clearance of round 8.14 inches (207 mm) and a seat peak of round 32 inches (823 mm) – a tad too tall for some, however that low weight ought to assist stability issues properly.
Royal Enfield did not maintain again in the case of options, too. The bike comes with Google-powered navigation, a 3.5-inch round TFT touchscreen with smartphone connectivity, traction management, cornering ABS, varied experience modes (together with a custom-made “Particular person” mode), and even wi-fi telephone charging. You even get hill-hold help and bidirectional crawl mode, which ought to assist with parking.
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However coming to the principle level, this launch is Royal Enfield’s most vital launch we’ve seen in recent times. Sure, extra vital than the brand new Himalayan journey bike and possibly even the parallel-twin motos. Why?
With the C6, Royal Enfield is bringing to market a brand-new various to entry-level commuter bikes – particularly in its residence nation of India, which, by the best way, is the world’s largest bike market. That market is cluttered, crammed proper to the brim with inexpensive on a regular basis choices for the widespread man.
Certain, it’s priced at a premium when you think about the Indian ecosystem, however it’s not too distant from how a lot most sub-350cc bikes value in India. For the remainder of the world, that pricing will most positively change. But when there’s any manner Royal Enfield can deliver the Flying Flea C6 to the West for round $6,000, I see loads of electrical producers sweating.
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