Goes like a bullet: A GT 650 by Goblin Works? Ant Partridge
Anthony’s wanted to tear into one of Royal Enfield’s new twins for a while, but the timing has never quite worked out. So when he needed a project for the second season of Goblin Works Garage, the Discovery Channel TV series he co-hosts, he put in a call to Royal Enfield. Their head of industrial design, Adrian Sellers, came onboard with a simple brief: ?I want you to build a thoroughbred racer.?
?Those words were music to my ears,? says Anthony, ?because at the heart of everything I build is performance. That’s where my passion lies. I love to race and ride hard whether on road or track, so naturally all my builds are performance-based.?
?I wanted to show all the folks watching the TV show that they can customize their own bike with my body kit,? he explains, ?and transform the look fairly quick and easy. I also wanted to make this a commercially viable project, hoping to claw back a little of my investment and also provide Royal Enfield with even more return on theirs.? Mark Angus at 3Dcnc then machined a pair of bucks for molds, which Anthony modded slightly before sending off to his go-to mold maker. The final parts were shaped in carbon fiber, while GIA Engineering built a custom fuel cell, adorned with a Racefit cap.
The work at the back included modifying and bracing the subframe. And since the rear wheel’s now wider than stock, the front sprocket needed an offset?which in turn meant that the frame had to be notched to make room.
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