Royal Enfield Shartz

A board tracker based on a Royal Enfield Bullet 350сс 19 hp engine.

советский спортивный мотоцикл

Concept

This bike is a retrofuturistic board tracker. It is a tribute to Semion Melnitsky’s grandfather Ariy Zelmanovich Shartz. He used to be a biker and a motorcycle driving instructor with the ‘Dynamo’ sport community. This bike is a new look at old school motorcycles.

Awards

The bike took 2nd place in the Freestyle class at the MotoVesna 2019 exhibition and 2nd place in the same class in the Russian Handbuilt Cup championship at the IMIS 2019 exhibition in St Petersburg.

Награды / prizes
Награды / prizes

Gallery

Changes

Well, there are only engine and gearbox left from a Royal Enfield. Both were separated from each other and installed the way a frame’s element stands between them. The clutch is now open, the engine cover has been replaced by a milled shield, the main gear chain has been replaced by a longer one.

  • The new frame and front fork are crafted of stainess steel.

  • The front fork is a girder.

  • Spoked 28″ wheels with Coker 28×3 tires.

  • The brakes are handmade hydraulic calipers. They work together with handmade brake disks installed within the rims and connecting the rims to the spokes.

  • The tank and fenders are made of brushed aluminum.

  • The seat is a milled sandwich of wood and plexiglass layers.

  • A new muffler was crafted.

  • The milled headlight housing has parking lights, headlights and turn signals mounted inside. Epoxy light guides are seen from outside.

  • There are milled wood & plexiglass sandwich patches on the front fork and the muffler.

  • The wood & plexiglass sandwich composite was used to create grips, footpeg parts, kick starter parts, and brake and gear pedals parts.

  • The brake and gearbox pedals are milled.

  • The handmade brake and clutch levers use a thin chain instead of cables.

  • A milled housing covers a Panoram v12 Mini dashboard.

  • The fuel tank lid is quite a complicated piece of work.

  • The wheel hubs and rear sprockets are handmade.

  • Both the front fork and the seat have EXA FORM pneumatic bicycle shock absorbers.

  • A Soviet Izh motorcycle’s klaxon is installed on the milled console.

  • K&N oil and air filters are used.

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