We?ve been keeping an eye on Rajputana Customs for a while now, and it looks like we?re not the only ones. The Jaipur City shop has a tidy business in private commissions, but Harley-Davidson also tapped them to build the world?s first custom Street 750. And now Royal Enfield has commissioned this very elegant Continental GT 650 café racer.
Rajputana?s bikes are invariably classy, well-balanced and beautifully finished, and they?ve stuck to that script with this GT, nicknamed ‘Vigilante.’

?When Royal Enfield commissioned us, it was a matter of great pride?and a sense of ‘acceptance at last’,? shop boss Vijay Singh tells us.
?This is the first time we?ve had a chance to build for an Indian manufacturer. And we were given the new GT 650, which hadn’t been released to the public at that point.?
?The fact that Royal Enfield had kept the 650 twins a secret for years was unbelievable?then to see and ride them for the first time was an absolute privilege.?
The stock Continental GT isn?t going to tear your arms out of their sockets when you twist the throttle, but it?s a perky, sweet-handling ride?the perfect bike for a clearing your head on a sunny Sunday morning.

With 80% of the maximum torque arriving before 2500 rpm, you don?t have to rev the 650 twin to the heavens to enjoy yourself. The experience is probably close to that enjoyed by British riders back in the 60s while dashing between motorway cafes.
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