There’s hardly a business that hasn’t been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in some way. The Parisian custom shop Bad Winners knows all about it?they’ve had to navigate health regulations, lockdowns and supply chain issues. And they very nearly didn’t get to finish this brutal Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 drag bike.
The build was originally commissioned by Royal Enfield Europe near the end of 2019, and was meant to compete in the popular Sultans of Sprint race series. But when all events were suddenly canceled, Bad Winners founder Walid Ben Lamine got the call to put the project on ice.

Uncertainty loomed for more than a year, until news surfaced of a ‘ghost edition’ of the annual Wheels and Waves festival in Basque Country. With the full event unable to go ahead, a handful of insiders were getting together to keep its spirit alive, and Bad Winners was invited. Walid welcomed the news, but he was also anxious; Wheels and Waves was just months away, and there was much work to be done. With all hands on deck, the crew finally buttoned the Enfield up just 8 hours before it had to do duty on the infamous Punk’s Peak road, almost 500 miles away.

It’s clear that they didn’t cut any corners though. Dubbed ‘Pegasus l?Étalon Noir,’ which roughly translates to ‘Pegasus the Black Stallion,’ this Continental GT is all business. Low, long and lithe, it’s a beguiling mix of carbon fiber and pe...