We all have a friend whose motorcycle is lathered with carbon fiber parts?and although they’ll claim otherwise, we know that it’s more for vanity than performance. But this Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 and its carbon fiber dustin fairing tick both of those boxes. That’s because India’s Greasehouse Customs wanted to build an Enfield that would look great and be quick.
Based in Bangalore, Greasehouse is a division of IndiMotard?a multi-faceted company that offers parts, service, tuning, custom work, motorcycle tours and even rider training. They got the brief for this build directly from Royal Enfield, with a mandate to build a ?fast, fun drag motorcycle.?

?Royal Enfields have always been special motorcycles in the heart of every Indian biking enthusiast,? Greasehouse’s Achinth Tripathi explains. ?The 650 twins from Royal Enfield were a revelation in the Indian motorcycling market, so we thought we’d give it the Greasehouse treatment.? ?The objective of this build was to create the fastest Royal Enfield 650 drag motorcycle in India, using minimal imported parts. In other words, make it in India.?

Greasehouse started off by tearing the Continental GT down to its nuts and bolts, and weighing every part to find out where they could shave weight off. With a clear battle plan in mind, they put the bodywork on the back burner to focus on the engine first.
A stock Royal Enfield 650 makes around 47 hp at the crank, but this one’s se...