Bobbed beyond belief: K-Speed’s Royal Enfield 650 - motorcycles

Bobbed beyond belief: K-Speed’s Royal Enfield 650



Does the custom motorcycle workshop team at K-Speed ever sleep" Judging by the rate at which fresh and tasty customs roll off their floor, we’re guessing not.
The Thai powerhouse’s custom shop runs alongside their humming parts manufacturing business, so the two often bleed into each other. Sometimes they use their custom builds to develop new parts, and sometimes they use those parts to reproduce their most popular custom builds. But somehow they still manage to find time to build one-off specials, like this bonkers Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 bobber.

The Interceptor 650 (known as the INT650 in the States) is oft praised for its versatility as a platform for customization. But we’ve never seen someone hit it this far into the left field. There’s no pretending that this style is even remotely practical?but it is deeply intriguing, and sure to pull a crowd at your local café. In stock form, the Interceptor is already a fairly compact bike. But K-Speed has trimmed it down drastically?to the point that its reasonably-sized parallel twin mill now looks cartoonishly big.

To get there, K-Speed not only binned the Royal Enfield’s bodywork, but its suspension and wheels too. Then they tore into the frame, going above and beyond the usual cut-and-shut work. The entire top section was scrapped and rebuilt, starting at the steering neck and ending in a neat set of custom-made rear struts.
The chassis looks like a rigid setup from afar, but i...
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