NEW KID ON THE BLOCK

ROYAL Enfield’s eagerly-anticipated 650 twin has been slow in making its way Down Under, but now it’s here. LAMS-approved, it purports to be all things to lots of people, including customisers. It’s not a million miles from Triumph’s classic vertical twins, at least in appearance if not performance. So it’s no surprise, then, that Enfield contracted very early on with one of Britain’s leading modified bike workshops to get the custom ball rolling.

“Early in 2018 we were approached by Royal Enfield to create a distinct collaborative build based on their new production twin,” says Alec Sharp of Old Empire Motorcycles in Norfolk. “It’s their first twin