Moto Morini SEIEMMEZZO 6 ½

Price: The Retro Street variant is priced at Rs 6,89,000 to Rs 6,99,000 and the Scrambler is pegged at Rs 6,99,000 to Rs 7,10,000 (all prices ex-showroom).

Features: Both, the Seiemmezzo Street Retro and Scrambler feature all-LED lighting and a 5-inch TFT instrument cluster, that's more sophisticated than the small LCD unit on the Kawasaki Z650RS. It also gets 15.5 litre fuel tank and an approachable seat height of 795mm.

Engine: At the heart of the Seiemmezzo 6 ½ is a 649cc liquid-cooled twin-cylinder engine making 60.8PS and 54Nm. That makes it 5.2PS and 7Nm less than its direct rival, the Kawasaki Z650RS. Underpinnings on the bike include a 43mm USD fork coupled with a monoshock at the rear and 170mm of ground clearance. Meanwhile, braking is handled by twin 298mm discs up front and a 255mm single disc at the rear pinched by Brembo calipers at either end. Dual-channel ABS is offered as standard and the rims are more road biased 18-inch front and 17-inch rear. In fact, the Scrambler brings a bit more off-road focus with its wire-spoke wheels instead of the alloys seen on the retro street model.

Rivals: The Moto Morini Seiemmezzo 6 ½ rivals the Kawasaki Z650RS.