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THIS ROYAL ENFIELD CONTENTIAL GT 650 CAFE RACER HAS MODIFICATIONS WORTH APPROXIMATELY 3 LAKHS. 

As claimed by the owner , the overall modifications on the bike cost around the original price of the bike.

Royal Enfield has introduced its 650cc twins-the Interceptor and Continental GT in 2018 since then both these models are performing best in the market just like any other Royal Enfield models, they had significant waiting periods too.The Contential GT and Interceptor both have after market modifications as well. Basically it is the most affordable 2-clyinder motorcycle that one can afford. The Contential GT is more type of a cafe racer whereas the Interceptor is type of a street bike. Here we had a great example of Contential GT which has some hot after market modifications. The video of the bike was uploaded by Ashwin Singh Taikar on his youtube channel which describes briefly every modification of the bike. 

The video starts by showing what all and how these changes made in the bike.This is actually a project bike and the owner worked to justify the cafe racer look on his bike.

The changes on RE Contential GT 650 includes front USD forks from KTM RC390 which lead the motorcycle an aggressive riding position while also improves the handling and these cost around 61000 which is the most expensive feature\part in the bike. Along with the front suspension the owner also had to replace the stoc k disc and callipers with KTM units as original RE parts weren't compatible.

Moving to the front the stock headlamps are replaced wih a smaller unit from Harley Davidson and all the break levers is also replaced by Brembo units. We notice thet the spoke wheels now get a different theme. The spokes get golden color whereas the dish itself is given an all-black treatment.

The owner has not only stopped till here but also the old odometer has also been removed and analog cluster has been used. Almost every part in the bike is replaced with the new one that includes bike tyres, sprocket, and handlebars. Also the engine is tuned not only in appearence but also in terms of aggressive rumbling on the road. The bike is now capable of giving out an additional 8 bhp of power by tuning the ECV. Further the engine has been completely blacked out that give very sporty look to the bike.

The chassis of the motorcycle has been chopped from the rear to justify the cafe racer tag and the rear brackets along with the other guards have been removed. In this picture you can see that the air filter of the bike has been changed and the silencer is covered with brown wrap which gave some different look. Since the bike has become single seater so now thw rear foot rests have been removed.

 His work was so good that Daler mehandi the famous singer is also impressed by his works not only this but also Mika Singh also appreciated him for his work and he is ready to buy a bike which he modifies in future. You can see this video below.

Cost of Modifications

Most of the modifications have been done after a huge amount of research and that has definitely costed a large amount of money to the owner. According to the video he had brought the bike for Rs 3.05 lakhs and he had already spent approximately 2.83 lakhs on modification which inludes labour charges worth Rs 37,000. The project is not complete and the owner mentions on video that he is planning for some more modifications to the bike in near future.