Royal Enfield Parivar: Shotgun 650 Custom Bike to Be Raffled Off

• The base is the Royal Enfield Shotgun 650 with 648 cc and 47 hp (34.6 kW)
• Tank, side covers and rear fender are made of cast aluminium with brass inlays
• The proceeds of the raffle go to the victim and trauma counselling service of Seehaus e. V.

Glemseck 101 is normally all about eighth-mile sprints, the dealer mile and live music. This year one motorcycle is drawing particular attention that has no price tag and is not for sale. The „Parivar“ is a customised Royal Enfield Shotgun 650 and the main prize in the motorcycle raffle held by Seehaus e. V. The name comes from Hindi and means family. It was built in the association’s own workshop, Glemseck Moto, by young men serving their juvenile sentences at Seehaus Leonberg, guided by customizer Enrico de Haas.

Who built the Royal Enfield Parivar?

The Parivar was created jointly by young men from the Seehaus motorcycle workshop Glemseck Moto and customizer Enrico de Haas of Wannabe-Choppers. According to Royal Enfield, large parts of the build come directly from the young men themselves.

De Haas founded Wannabe-Choppers in 2004, when he was sixteen years old. He later worked for well-known German custom shops and qualified as a master motorcycle mechanic in 2011. Since then he has run his workshop in Hüttenberg in central Hesse full time. Over more than two decades, some fifty builds have been created there. His trademark is the combination of modern electronics with traditional manufacturing methods, above all his in-house casting of aluminium and brass.

Seehaus Leonberg is a juvenile detention facility in open forms. The association offers an alternative to conventional youth custody there and works with schooling, vocational training and support in family-like structures. The Glemseck Moto motorcycle workshop is part of this programme. The builds created there are regularly raffled off or auctioned.

How did the project with two motorcycles come about?

The starting point was last year’s Glemseck 101. De Haas had shown his build „Schatten“ there, after which Royal Enfield asked him for another motorcycle. Instead, de Haas proposed a joint project with Seehaus. He describes it like this: „As I met the guys from Seehaus at their festival, Glemseck 101, I wanted to do a project with them and their metal shop. I asked Enfield if they could give us two bikes instead of one, and if they could be donated to the charity work of Seehaus.“

Royal Enfield then supplied two Shotgun 650s and, according to the customizer, also covered the cost of the build. For the manufacturer it is the third year in a row that it has contributed a motorcycle to the raffle. In 2024 it was an Interceptor 650 converted into the „Green Duchess“, in 2025 the „Löwenherz“ based on the Guerrilla 450. Before that, the association had already raffled off a customised Honda CL 500 and a former police BMW. The Parivar continues that series, though for the first time with an external customizer as instructor.

For de Haas the project is, in his own words, one of the most emotional of his career. He says he was particularly struck by what it does to the young men to hold a part they made themselves in their hands. About the association’s approach he says: „For me, this project sums up the Seehaus concept exactly. The young offenders experience here: I can create something positive with my own hands, and that makes me a valuable part of the community.“

What was modified on the Shotgun 650?

The most striking parts of the Parivar were cast in-house. The fuel tank, side covers and rear fender are made of cast aluminium and carry inlays that were likewise cast, in brass.

The tank has a heavily ribbed centre section flanked by recessed side panels. A Royal Enfield lettering in brass sits there, along with a matching filler cap made from the same material. The rear fender picks up the ribbed structure. The engine carries cast, ribbed aluminium side covers and a polished valve cover. The standard wheels were polished.

The proportions were changed as well. The standard fork is modified and the rear shocks sit six centimetres lower. The hand controls come from Wannabe-Choppers and were slightly adapted for the build. The exhaust comes from the Royal Enfield Classic 650, the lighting from Kellermann, the handlebar from Wunderkind Custom. Seat, mirrors and valve caps are supplied by Dock66. According to the builder, the handlebar was mounted upside down, which gives the riding position a flatter stance reminiscent of clubman bars. Brass grips and footpegs round off the package.

The standard frame was left untouched. That was deliberate, because the Parivar is meant to remain road-legal in Germany and to work as an everyday motorcycle. Royal Enfield’s spec sheet puts it more cautiously and speaks of a largely road-legal machine. In place of a licence plate, the bike carries the lettering „Embrace forgiveness and find peace“.

What technology is in the base bike?

The Shotgun 650 is a modern classic with an air- and oil-cooled parallel twin. The engine displaces 648 cc and, according to the manufacturer, produces 47 hp (34.6 kW) at 7,250 rpm, with maximum torque of 52.3 Nm (38.6 lb-ft) at 5,650 rpm.

Added to that are a six-speed gearbox, a tubular steel frame and a Showa upside-down fork with 120 mm of travel. At the rear, two Showa shocks work with 90 mm of travel and adjustable preload. Braking is handled by a 320 mm disc at the front and a 300 mm disc at the rear, each with a twin-piston floating caliper and dual-channel ABS. The standard machine weighs 240 kg (529 lbs) ready to ride and the seat height is 795 mm. With A2 classification it is also accessible to riders with a restricted licence category. This straightforward engineering is one of the reasons why the Shotgun 650 is used so often as a base in the custom scene.

How does the raffle work and when does the winner get the motorcycle?

Tickets are available on site at Glemseck 101 and online through Seehaus e. V. There is no fixed price per ticket; participants decide the amount of their donation themselves. The winner will be drawn and announced on 6 September at the festival.

Some time will pass before the handover. The Parivar will then tour trade shows around the globe with Royal Enfield for around a year. Only after that will the winner receive the motorcycle, presumably at Glemseck 101 in 2027. Alongside the motorcycle there are numerous prizes in the pot, among them helmets, clothing vouchers, a rider safety training course and accessories from various manufacturers. The association’s terms apply to entries.

What sets the Shilpa apart from the Parivar?

Alongside the Parivar, a second Shotgun 650 became the „Shilpa“, Hindi for craftsmanship. It is a pure race and show bike without road approval and is far more radical in its layout.

The twin was enlarged from 648 to 865 cc and given a higher compression ratio as well as a race camshaft. Royal Enfield has not yet quoted an output figure. According to the manufacturer, only the inner section of the engine was left untouched. The Shilpa sits in a self-designed rigid aluminium frame, with no suspension left at the rear. The cast aluminium bodywork is a structural part of the frame. The standard rear wheel was cut open and widened so that a drag tyre would fit. The Seehaus guiding principle „Wahrhaft leben“ is written on the seat.

Royal Enfield illustrates the effort involved with figures. Around 2,500 working hours are said to have gone into both motorcycles together, some 1,500 of them by de Haas himself. The manufacturer estimates that 1,500 to 1,700 hours went into the Shilpa alone. Developing and manufacturing a single new clutch cover is said to have taken around 200 hours. A brass screw with a specially made thread, which sits in place of the standard oil temperature sensor, is said to have cost four hours. On the finished motorcycle it is barely visible.

On Saturday, 5 September, both machines faced each other on the eighth-mile at 1 p.m., opening the racing programme. The Shilpa will be auctioned in spring 2027.

Where do the proceeds go?

The entire proceeds from the raffle and the auction go to the victim and trauma counselling service of Seehaus e. V. At five counselling centres, it supports people who have been victims of violence or robbery or who have experienced other traumatic events, such as accidents or the loss of relatives.

Behind this stands the idea of restorative justice, an approach to crime in which the needs of those harmed and the offenders’ acceptance of responsibility take centre stage. Through their work, the young men make symbolic amends by supporting victim services. Tobias Merckle, managing director of Seehaus e. V., puts it this way: „In the past they used their skills to commit crimes and to harm others. Now they are putting their skills to positive use for society.“

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