Omega Racer’s Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 café racer features all-new aluminum bodywork that showcases the company’s skill with metal.
Even if you’re not familiar with Omega Racer’s name, you’ve almost certainly seen their work. The Thailand-based outfit has been in business for fourteen years, specializing in parts for evergreen machines like the Yamaha SR500, XS650, and BMW R100. With a particular affinity for classic café racer themes, their handmade alloy fuel tanks and fairings have adorned several bikes on these pages.
Omega Racer tackles full custom builds too—like this gleaming Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 café racer. Shrouded in bespoke bodywork, it’s a tasteful testament to the company’s skill with metal.
“The concept was to create a bike that showcases the exceptional craftsmanship of Thailand’s metal artisans,” says Omega founder, Markus Pintzinger, “while offering a plug-and-play kit for Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 owners. The goal: a transformation that feels radical and refined, without requiring irreversible modifications.”
Working with a 2019-model donor bike, Omega stripped off all the OEM bodywork, but left the bike’s engine, frame, and running gear mostly intact. Their big focus was on sculpting new aluminum parts for the Continental GT using the traditional methods that they’ve come to rely on. “No CAD software, no digital renderings—just vision, patience, and raw metalworking skill,” Markus adds.
Omega started by fabricating a fuel tank in the style of their popular Mugello series, adapting the design to suit the Continental GT. The new tank was longer than the stock unit, so the solo seat and traditional tail hump were tailored to match it. Songsaeng Boonthong of The Sports (a longtime Omega collaborator) added the rich leather seat pad.
Deep creases in the tail hump echo the sculpted vibe of the tank, while a recess at the back hosts an LED taillight. The way the tailpiece is marginally shorter than the subframe is a nod to the Continental GT’s original proportions. A custom license plate bracket finishes off the rear, welded directly to the subframe.
The Royal Enfield’s side covers look original, but they’re actually new. Omega shaped them out of aluminum so that they’d match the polished vibe of every other part, while retaining the factory feel.
While the tank and tail point to the 1960s, the custom-made fairing and front fender draw inspiration from the 90s. “The fender pays tribute to my first ‘big bike’, the 1990 Gilera SP02,” says Markus. “It was one of the most coveted 125 cc machines among throttle-happy teens in Italy, and still etched in my memories as a child growing up in the Italian Alps.”
“The half-fairing was designed to stand apart from anything else in the Omega Racer lineup. Its striking and unusual rectangular headlight is a nod to another of my all-time favorites: the iconic 1990 Ducati 900SS, which, to this day, remains on my bucket list. It was a bold move to make with the Royal Enfield, but one that worked surprisingly well.”
“The shark gill slots add a bold, aggressive edge—and, according to early reactions, boost the bike’s standstill speed by at least 20 km/h.”
In true Omega Racer fashion, the bodywork was polished rather than painted. Beneath the skin, the stock bike was left as-is—its grungy patina juxtaposed against the dazzling metalwork. The team did add one final detail: a stainless steel exhaust system that weighs 40 percent less than the stock pipes, and sounds a heck of a lot better.
With Omega’s Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 café racer buttoned up, Markus dubbed the bike Promethea after Alan Moore’s visionary graphic novel series.
“In it, Promethea’s journey is both a personal awakening and a cosmic mission,” he explains. “She’s tasked with bringing about the apocalypse, not as destruction, but as a shift in consciousness. That theme of transformation resonates deeply with me and aligns perfectly with the spirit of customization.”
To celebrate the bike’s reveal, Omega Racer is offering a 10 percent discount on all Royal Enfield parts currently listed in their store, using the code omegaEXIF. And if you want to build your own version of Promethea, everything you see here can be pre-ordered via email.
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