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SPECIFICATION
SHEET
ENGINE:
Royal Enfield Bullet 500cc single,
stock 5-speed gearbox, velocity stack,
handmade inlet manifold, baffled
slashcut exhaust.
FRAME:
Front half of frame fabricated by owner
with 5” stretch and rake at neck of 40°.
FRONT END:
16” Harley-Davidson rim laced to
original Royal Enfield hub, 5.00 x 16”
Firestone tyre, standard forks, yokes
custom made by Danny at Fastec
Racing, original Enfield handlebars and
controls, Coke bottle grips, smoked
Biltwell visor over headlight.
REAR END:
16” Harley-Davidson rim laced to Royal
Enfield hub, 5.00 x 16” Firestone tyre,
Hagon shock absorbers, swinging arm
extended by 5”, custom mounts made
for rear flip up stand and number plate
really knows what he’s doing. job. It was handy that Darren holder, one-off mudguard.
By now there was just three was local to me, but far more MISCELLANEOUS:
weeks to go until the next Bike important was the quality of his
Tank found at autojumble and modified
Shed Show—the one that Matt work and he did a cracking job by owner to hold fuel in one side and
said I wouldn’t have a bike for! that speaks for itself. electrics in the other, handmade seat
It might not have been finished By now I had just two weeks base covered in Alcantara, minimal
wiring loom by owner.
but everything had been made to completely rebuild the bike
for the bike and I was happy. and get it to the 10th anniversary PAINT AND FINISH:
So I gave everything to my mate Bike Shed Show… Well, if you Custom grey and cream by Darren
Matty who shotblasted it all to were at Tobacco Dock last May Hingley of Elite Repairs, Gloucester.
get the parts ready for party. you’ll know that The Doubter
THANKS TO:
Then off the bike went to Darren did indeed make it to the show
“Danny at Fastec Racing; Darren at Elite
Hingley at Elite Repairs & Paint which was a massive high for
Repairs; Matt Donaldson; Matty Durant.”
for its slick and shiny paint me. And yes, I won the bet! p
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