Royal Enfield unveils ‘Kamala’: Continental GT650 custom-built as vintage racer with bare metal skin

Royal Enfield is one of the very few motorcycle manufacturers that celebrates custom builds based on its motorcycles and actually encourages builders to use their creative heads and come up with iterations of their own. Royal Enfield also commissions official custom builds and the latest one to go in the scrap book is the 'Kamala', a gorgeous vintage racer based on a Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 built by Cristian Sosa of Sosa Metalworks.

Royal Enfield launched the ‘Custom Program’ in 2016 to foster creativity amongst motorcyclists and to promote the Royal Enfield custom ecosystem. The brand recently unveiled the ‘Kamala’ which was first premiered at The One Moto Show in Portland, Oregon USA in February 2020 where it also won one of the top awards although it wasn’t fully complete.

The most intriguing and prominent aspect of the build is the bare metal finish with steel, aluminum, brass in their original glimmer . The metalwork boasts a beautifully narrow swept tank formed around a completely bespoke frame made of chromoly steel. Inspired by early Royal Enfields, a girder fork connects the wheel to the frame at the front and it gets a detailed springer seat arrangement.

Cristian formed Sosa Metalworks with his brother, Roberto, in 2012. Already an experienced metal, worker from years as lead fabricator at Count’s Kustoms, Sosa has quickly become one of the most respected names in metal fabrication for cars and motorcycles worldwide - his builds have been featured in shows from his hometown of Las Vegas to Yokohama, Japan, and everywhere in between.

Royal Enfield works closely with builders, content makers and event curators world-wide to promote and support creativity with motorcycles. Don't miss: Electric Royal Enfield Bullet ‘Photon’: No sound, no vibrations, no oil leaks & top speed of 112 km/h