-
Even with a new generation of motorcycles in its lineup, Royal Enfield still offers packages that serves as empty canvases for custom-bike builders. We're featuring a cafe racer from 2020 here today for the simple fact that it's built very tastefully and the 'cafe' has been given an Indian twist to it. Meet Chai Shop Racer from Goa.
-
The Chai Shop Racer built by Paul Smith (Jugaad Goa), is his take on the famous Cafe Racer style. With a unique style of building his motorcycles devoid of any paint, this motorcycle captures the essence of a raw metal finishes perfectly.
-
Working with raw metal gives him much more freedom to create a different look and feel by working with surface finishes to achieve the desired result you will see this evidently showcased in all of his work.
-
It is powered by the same air-cooled 650cc engine which has ben left stock. This parallel-twin unit powers both the Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 and the Interceptor 650. It makes about 47 hp and 52 Nm, helping the bikes to a top speed of 160 km/h. The Conti 650 already sounds great but the Chai Shop Racer should sound more fun with slash cut exhausts.
-
Built on a Continental GT 650 he calls it the "Chai Shop Racer" as an ode to the tea stalls that people of our country so fondly frequent. He has used almost all the commonly found metals and alloys to put this work of art together, from mild steel to make the frame, aluminium sheet to make the body panels, solid aluminum blocks machined out to make the large retro style hubs mated to the stock wheels shod with old school rubber and of course, the brass accents without which none of Paul's builds leave his garage. Look closer and you will find that it is the detailing that really sets this motorcycle apart.
7 Photos
