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It's not my cup if tea either but I'm sure it will sell as well if not better than the smaller Meteor. I think a 650 Himmy would really do well, I would be sorely tempted to add that to the garage with my Interceptor.
Everything RE does has a historic back drop, all these bikes were here before.
Super Meteor goes back to the 50's, it was followed by the Meteor Minor 500 twin, Interceptor 750 came out in 1962
Continental GT came out in 1964, followed by the revised Interceptor in 65, Interceptor 1A in 67 and Interceptor II in 1970.
There are more historic RE's that could yet resurface, like the Constellation, Crusader, Clipper, Fury, Ensign etc etc.
I would expect that the Interceptor and GT will increased to 750cc capacity in the not too distant future, based on the way RE has historically developed it models.
A few old advertisement examples from my man cave.....
I don't get the hate for this. They're obviously going after the Sportster/custom market and there are a lot of styling cues in there tipping a nod to H-D. Proportionally its nicely done, and it's certainly nicer than the 750 Harleys and a lot of the Jap custom style bikes. I think it'll sell like hot cakes. Not for me, I'm keeping my Inty - but this isn't a bad offering from RE.
Oh dear, it seems that you have the woke disease of calling it hate just because others express an opinion different to yours. Err, it is not hate, people just happen to have a different aesthetic view than yourself. A thicker skin is needed methinks.
If you don't like it, move on without comment.
It's a forum. You know, for people to discuss stuff and that...
Really? I'm not upset, or offended, or triggered. I just don't get it. Nothing to do with having a thin skin, or otherwise - and I'm wasn't just referring to here either. There's loads of 'hate' on some of the RE groups I'm in. If you don't like it, move on without comment.
Anyway, you do you.