MCN CONTRIBUTOR
Royal Enfield’s big-selling 650 café racer has been breathed on for a new, one-make race series which kicks off in India later this month.
Dubbed the GT-R650, it’s a factory tuned, lightened and faired version of the road-going Continental GT, which was already the sportier, ace-barred, café racer version of the Interceptor roadster.
It’s been created for use in India’s new one-make Royal Enfield Continental GT Cup, due to take place between October and January.
Similar to the UK’s early 1980s Yamaha Pro-Am series for the then RD350LC, the GT Cup is open to both novice and experienced racers. And, with the old LC and new GT both boasting, in stock trim, 47bhp and their grids in identical spec, the Cup promises similarly dramatic racing.
Along with a…