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Title: Royal Enfield Continental GT (Café Racer) Post by: Travman on January 12, 2012, 06:56:10 PM Royal Enfield is coming out with their first all new bike in over 50 years. The engine is only an updated version of the current unit construction design (which debuted a few years ago), the double-loop steel frame, suspension, wheels, bodywork, headlight and all other major parts are new designs.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_4AZTAe02rs/Tw86NyZpehI/AAAAAAAAYzY/QYDyQGdztO4/s1600/ufuf.jpg) (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0tu7oAgpCPM/Tw86LUeXCmI/AAAAAAAAYzI/IRt6aStqehI/s1600/yyfi.jpg) (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hqI-L0TZX9M/Tw86ISruWWI/AAAAAAAAYyw/KumK7cyIziw/s1600/uufu.jpg) Royal Enfield Cafe Racer at Auto Expo 2012, New Delhi, India (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIiJ7ulH3m4&feature=player_embedded#) Title: Re: Royal Enfield Continental GT (Café Racer) Post by: muskrat on January 12, 2012, 07:03:14 PM Sweet. I hope it's affordable. Great little scoot for around town.
Title: Re: Royal Enfield Continental GT (Café Racer) Post by: HotIce on January 12, 2012, 08:16:54 PM Is that a kick start? ;D
Title: Re: Royal Enfield Continental GT (Café Racer) Post by: OT on January 12, 2012, 08:26:48 PM Can you say 'Thruxton'?
Title: Re: Royal Enfield Continental GT (Café Racer) Post by: zarn02 on January 12, 2012, 09:15:34 PM Yeah, I'd ride one of those.
Title: Re: Royal Enfield Continental GT (Café Racer) Post by: MadDuck on January 12, 2012, 10:23:21 PM Looks like good fun to me. [thumbsup]
Title: Re: Royal Enfield Continental GT (Café Racer) Post by: RAT900 on January 12, 2012, 11:05:00 PM Great looking machine
I wish they would make the 750 twin as an alternative to the thumper I would actually consider one Title: Re: Royal Enfield Continental GT (Café Racer) Post by: cyberswine on January 13, 2012, 12:39:33 AM I'd love to get kicked by that kick start. Assuming it's a 500 single it could give a healthy knee jerker :) Maybe with newer electronic ignitions and such those things won't happen any more.........
Title: Re: Royal Enfield Continental GT (Café Racer) Post by: ungeheuer on January 13, 2012, 03:00:13 AM I likes [thumbsup]
Title: Re: Royal Enfield Continental GT (Café Racer) Post by: stopintime on January 13, 2012, 03:20:54 AM UK prices for the other models range from $ 6,500 to 9,000 [Dolph]
Title: Re: Royal Enfield Continental GT (Café Racer) Post by: duccarlos on January 13, 2012, 03:27:52 AM All these retro bikes are starting to look exactly alike. You have 100 years of motorcycle models, pick different years!
Title: Re: Royal Enfield Continental GT (Café Racer) Post by: monstermick58 on January 13, 2012, 04:13:01 AM I like the look of that, would'nt take much to customise, I wonder what the minister for finances would say if it turned up in my shed, you know, just looking after it for a mate ;)
Mmick Title: Re: Royal Enfield Continental GT (Café Racer) Post by: stopintime on January 13, 2012, 04:34:54 AM I like the look of that, would'nt take much to customise, I wonder what the minister for finances would say if it turned up in my shed, you know, just looking after it for a mate ;) ...and you didn't inhale :D Title: Re: Royal Enfield Continental GT (Café Racer) Post by: tlh235 on January 13, 2012, 05:17:57 AM do you guys watch the tv show "cafe racers"...i've caught it a few times but don't seem to see any new episodes. pretty nice bikes.
Title: Re: Royal Enfield Continental GT (Café Racer) Post by: Curmudgeon on January 13, 2012, 07:46:46 AM do you guys watch the tv show "cafe racers"...i've caught it a few times but don't seem to see any new episodes. pretty nice bikes. As long as you don't actually try riding any of them. :) :) :) The Rickman was OK though. Had one of those myself. When the show first came out, I thought they'd dig up legitimate period cafe bikes. There were plenty. Instead, they make these Frankensteins. Very disappointing... Title: Re: Royal Enfield Continental GT (Café Racer) Post by: duccarlos on January 13, 2012, 09:37:42 AM I know one of the builders. He didn't go exactly street legal, so it's not exactly comfortable.
Title: Re: Royal Enfield Continental GT (Café Racer) Post by: fastwin on January 13, 2012, 10:14:44 AM Me likey! [thumbsup] [Dolph] Tell me it doesn't have a plastic tank!! [laugh]
Title: Re: Royal Enfield Continental GT (Café Racer) Post by: mickyvee on January 13, 2012, 10:42:46 AM [thumbsup] My mate Steve actually owns 2 original Continental GT's from the mid 60's. Ironically, they are faster than these new ones, and that is despite them only being 250's. RE really need to up the bhp on these new models to at least 40 bhp. Shouldn't be too dificult as BSA managed it with the DBD34 50 years ago!
Title: Re: Royal Enfield Continental GT (Café Racer) Post by: Le Pirate on January 13, 2012, 12:00:33 PM I was just on their site
There is a cafe racer kit for the current bikes...adds about 2k to the price. Looks like it uses the same tank as this new bike, not really sure about the rest |