Royal Enfield taps Crazy Garage for a rapid GT 650 racer

Royal Enfield is booming at the moment, with rising sales, multiple model refreshes and the new Meteor launch. But the Chennai manufacturer hasn’t taken its eye off the custom ball: it’s just commissioned a Continental GT 650 race bike from Crazy Garage of South Korea. The ‘GT 650 RS’ is one of the most heavily modified Enfields we’ve ever seen. The styling harks back to the glory days of AMA superbike racing in the 1980s—before fairings became de rigeur—and the hard parts have got performance upgrades to match. Builder Kim Chi-hyun, the founder of Crazy Garage, is renowned for his...