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Deadline smashed: A Continental GT 650 built in six weeks



How much custom work can you cram into six weeks" If this stellar Royal Enfield racer is anything to go by, quite a lot?as long as you have the right team, a little luck and a whole lot of motivation.
This brand new Continental GT 650 went under the knife as an entry into Royal Enfield Australia’s ‘Busted Knuckles Build Off.’ It belongs to a chap called Ric Steele, who owns an RE dealership in Perth and wanted to enter the contest. So he called up Billy at Rogue Motorcycles down the road in Wangara, and asked him to team up.

The call covered a fairly basic brief, but the daunting six-week timeline was almost a deal-breaker. Billy opted in anyway, and Ric delivered a zero miles Continental GT that afternoon. With no time to waste, Billy got the Enfield onto his bench and tore it down right away. Catch a quick glance, and you might think he did little more than clean it up and add a fairing?but you’d be mistaken. This one’s a true sleeper, with a slew of subtle mods that reveal themselves as you dig deeper.

For starters, it’s riding on a whole lot of Benelli TNT 1130 running gear. Ric had a written-off TNT gathering dust at the dealership, so he scalped the forks, swingarm, wheels and brakes, and handed them over to Billy.
Getting the 50 mm Marzocchi forks to fit was relatively easy. Doug at DB Customs helped out by machining up a custom top yoke (and managed to deliver in two days too, which was greatly appreciated by the time-p...
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