Royal Enfield Classic 650 And Guerrilla 450 Based Custom Bikes Unveiled: They Look Incredible!
The ‘Vita’ has been made by using 2 650cc engines fused together!
While neither of these motorcycles will go on sale, they serve a very clear purpose, to celebrate creativity, craftsmanship, and the experimental side of motorcycling.
Royal Enfield Vita: Essentially A Royal Enfield Classic 1300!
The Royal Enfield Vita is built by Yuichi Yoshizawa, and Yoshikazu Ueda from Custom Works Zon, a custom house based in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The Vita is based on the Royal Enfield Classic 650 platform, but looks nothing like the standard bike. Its design is a mix of art and engineering. The bike features a completely reworked hard-tail frame, giving it a clean, stretched-out profile. Instead of a regular fork, the Vita uses a vintage, girder style fork, adding to its old-school appeal.
What truly makes the Vita stand out is that the bike uses two 650cc parallel-twin engines, stacked one behind the other. This is a truly sophisticated work of art, and reminds us of the Carberry Double Barrel 1000, a 1000cc Classic that was made using two 500cc engines back in 2017. Of course, this one’s a lot more fancy complete with the use of hand-crafted aluminium panels, combined with mahogany (a highly durable, reddish-brown wood) wood detailing. This combination gives the bike a warm, organic feel while still looking slightly futuristic as well. While the output figures are unknown, expect it to make around 70-80PS and about 100Nm.
The massive 26-inch wheels at both ends further enhance its dramatic stance. Overall, the Vita is more of a moving sculpture than a motorcycle, designed to showcase craftsmanship and creativity at their finest.
Royal Enfield Carolina Reaper: Flat-Track Spirit With a Fiery Twist
The Carolina Reaper, built by Toshiyuki Osawa, of Cheetah Custom Cycles (also from Japan), is based on the Royal Enfield Guerrilla 450 platform. Compared to the Vita, this motorcycle has a more performance-oriented design theme. Inspired by American flat-track race bikes, and 1970s race cars, the Carolina Reaper carries a clean, aggressive and race-ready look.
The bike gets sleek aluminium bodywork, a stripped-down tail-section, custom handlebars and a purposeful stance that instantly reminds you of classic dirt-track machines. It is minimal, sharp and built to look fast even when standing still. The name “Carolina Reaper”, has been borrowed from the world’s hottest chili pepper - perfectly matching the fiery graphics and sporty design language.
Like a proper flat-tracker, the Carolina Reaper also uses only a rear disc brake setup, and the bike runs on white and red coloured spoked wheels. There is also a sleek looking exhaust setup, with the bend-pipe finished in a bright red shade, and gets a short, black coloured underbelly muffler.
Our favourite is definitely the Vita - especially because of that tastefully done 1300cc engine!
User Reviews
I had to many optoins when it comes to mid range cc segment and goes for the budget and this stole my eye with the colours, the glare its has some charm that i wanted to hold and drive and honestly, its been great. Its been hell of a ride and i give it the best bike the enfield ever released the bike, I mean i'm not a guy who has issues with mileage or maintaince, but if you are it might be troublesome except that runs like a butter. Of course, if youre someone who wants to have a classic bike with power torque and i quote an indian brand cause i'm proud as hell while riding this beauty and beast, it gives butterflies not exaggerated. Read More
The royal Enfield classic 650 is one of those bikes that makes you stop and stare before you even turn the key. The moment you fire it up, the parallel-twin engine greets you with a smooth but deep exhaust note. Out on the roads, the bikes pulls strongly in mid-range. Cruising at 90-100 km/h feels effortless, and you can tell this machine is built to stretch its legs on highway. The 6- speed gear box shifts clean, and the assist clutch makes life a bit easier in traffic, though the lever itself is still on the heavier sideRead More