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The Custom Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 is the kind of Cafe Racer that angels dream of

The Custom Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 is the kind of Cafe Racer that angels dream of
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Photo: Bobby Fuego via Pipeburn

As a talented builder and professional photographer, Bobby Fuego is knee deep in the custom motorcycle scene in Malaysia. He founded Rollin Machine in 2016 and has since delivered a steady stream of fantastic projects, unless the whole world was turned upside down by the virus that shall not be named. The Kuala Lumpur shop is now back at it, marking their comeback with this delicious cafe racer.

It all started with a brand new Royal Enfield Interceptor 650, which was secured thanks to Bobby’s far reaching connections in the industry. His goal was to build a complete cafe racer that would increase the visual appeal of the INT650 tenfold, and the most radical change is of course the bodywork. The Rollin Machine crew kept the donor factory fuel tank, but all other clothing was immediately wiped.

Undoubtedly, the most striking addition made here is the completely sleek fairing, held in place by custom brackets and which swings back to cover the bike’s flanks. It surrounds the Interceptor’s stock headlight with a tinted windshield placed up top. An all-new wing completes the front bodywork, although the custom wizardry is in full swing at the rear as well.

Bobby and his team revised the Enfield’s subframe by making it a little shorter and looping the rearmost section. While they were at it, the guys buried a strip of LED lighting and small turn signals in the subframe tube, with the intention of keeping the rear end as clean as possible. Placed on top is a fiberglass cafe racer tail unit, and the subframe triangle is capped off by custom side covers.

Each of them has three individual mesh-covered cutouts. We notice a new solo seat up high, upholstered in black Alcantara and stitched together with white thread for contrast. There are a few other items worth mentioning on the south side, namely a swingarm-mounted license plate holder and the hidden inner fender that keeps road debris away from the air intake.

The cockpit area of ​​the bike features full clip-on handlebars with a turn signal at the end of the bar, but there are no mirrors in sight. While working with a brand new motorcycle, the Rollin Machine team saw no need to open up the engine or mess with its internal workings. They simply gave it a replacement exhaust system that was built from the ground up using stainless steel.

Finally, the act of closing the workshop had to do with painting. The livery they’ve come up with is a neat mix of tan, beige and white, accompanied by black stripes and graphics depicting the number 22. It’s a thrilling sight to behold, for sure, with the bike’s livery having no problem standing out against the frame black, forks and wheels.

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