Royal Enfield Himalayan

Indian motorbike journalists had their first chance to test ride the bike around Shimla last week. The weather conditions were poor and did not allow thorough testing; I believe no one got out of 3rd gear. This is the best of the road test videos that I've seen.

[video=youtube_share;uSdInyfUD8M]http://youtu.be/uSdInyfUD8M[/video]
 
Royal Enfield's Himalayan adventure bike may be one of the coolest things that happened in the long history of the Indian house, but seeing a rendering showing it in a Dakar-ish rally-raid guise is funny. That is because of the ill-fated decision to leave the scene showing parts falling off the bike in the final cut of the first official video... 'nuff said....

Read more: http://www.autoevolution.com/news/r...ng-in-embarrassment-104488.html#ixzz4MGucxBkA
 

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Some positive Himalayan news: http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news-new-bikes/royal-enfield-himalayan-coming-europe
"Some may remember it from the promo video which Royal Enfield withdrew after keen-eyed viewers spotted a peg snapping off as the bike landed following a jump, a moment captured in the still image below.A Royal Enfield spokesman said at the time that the bike shown was a prototype. Let’s give it a second chance, eh."

And some bad Himalayan experiences:https://www.rushlane.com/royal-enfield-himalayan-customer-repeated-problems-12202664.html
That makes a broken footpeg look like a tiny issue.....
"I seriously think you were better off making bullets, as it was created and given to you and all you have to do was a copy paste." :lol3

Dakar Rally, tough as nails, nah not yet.....

But I hope that RE fixes the issues and gets customer service/satisfaction under control......
 
Seems the Himalayan sales in Thailand has started from today, at the Motor Show. Will check for the price.
 
Price is not yet known in detail but should be below 200.000 baht.
First deliveries in Thailand are scheduled end 2017, hopefully in the cold season.
 
I had a look at some Stallions in Chiang Mai today
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The choke
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A fuel tap, these are not fuel injection bikes but old lawn mower technology, they still have carburettors.

If I had to choose a bike from that list I would go for the Yamaha any day.

Interesting how the Honda on that list is an old one, a better comparison would be the CB 300F which would match any of them on performance but probably beat them all on fuel economy
 
Prices are: 169.800 Baht for the Street version and 191.800 Baht for the Touring version.
 
Nice bike but for the price I still think you get more with a Stallions Scrambler 400 at 116,900 baht. Has 4 valves not 2, 29hp as opposed to the Royal Enfields 24.5hp, lighter at 160kg vs. 191kg for the Enfield and both are EFI.IMGP0005.jpg
 
Interesting, a decent priced YSS front and rear spring/shock upgrade kit for the Himalayan.

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On show at the Royal Enfield booth from 18-08-18 till 26-08-18 at Bangkok BITEC motor show.
Only a show model, so far no production plans :D

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Actually, that doesn't half look bad, not sure how it would perform with all that scaffolding around it.
 
Cool looking bike, but maybe a little overkill for a 400 cc and 25 HP machine?
 
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