K-Speed scrambles the Royal Enfield Continental GT
If there’s one manufacturer that should have a factory scrambler in their line-up, it’s Royal Enfield. There’s hardly a square inch on the planet?paved or unpaved?that hasn’t been crossed by an Enfield thumper.
Sure, there’s the Himalayan, but we’re filing that one under ‘adventure-touring.’ What we’re looking for is a classic Enfield desert sled?a bike to go head-to-head with Triumph and Ducati’s own Scramblers.
Even the Indian marque’s upcoming range of 650cc twins is curiously devoid of anything resembling that. So Bangkok’s K-Speed have decided to show us what RE could be doing.
Led by the man simply known as ?Eak,? the Thai workshop turns out bikes ranging from the classy and practical to the downright whacky. But regardless of the brief, their builds are always cool and radiate presence. Something that’s not easy to achieve.
This latest project is a collaboration with Royal Enfield Thailand?who offered up a 2017 Royal Enfield Continental GT for Eak to reinterpret. And he?s turned the café racer into a handsome sled, without even hacking the frame.
The Continental GT’s rather pretty in stock form, so there was no need to ditch the tank, or re-work the tubing. K-Speed have binned the humped tail section though, replacing it with a full-length tuck-n-roll seat.
They?ve reworked the ergonomics up front too, fitting a set of enduro handlebars. Since the GT comes from the factory wi...
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