So I have a new bike - Royal Enfield GT650. It’s a great machine (so far), I’m still running it in, and it only has 475km on the clock, but I have a big ride planned for this weekend. The team at Norside Motorcycles completed the first service; top-notch work.

The bike was purchased from Wurth’s Rockamptpn, great guys 10/10 would buy a bike from them again. I rode the SWM from Mackay to Rockhampton, and back, to collect the bike, with the help of a beautiful Lady friend, my offsider Louise and her little friend. Absolutely no need to ride down and back, I just wanted to.

With the bike back safely, I worked through that night to finish the modifications required so I could ride the bike. No issues aside from the difference in wiring, meaning I couldn’t use the KTM switch housing for start/kill. Instead, I printed my own housing and used some generic switches. Not having a long enough clutch lever are I used the SWM’s original clutch lever and perch, which worked with the Roya Enfield’s clutch cable. In my research on the Royal Enfield, I had hoped to retain the factory RH side switchgear by installing the same indicator switch assembly I use with the SWM, but had to replace the factory unit with the same switchgear assembly I’m currently using on the SWM.

Future mod’s for the Enfield? Some of them are already on their way (sump guard, fork gators, fly screen and engine crash bars) but some louder pipes would be nice.