Royal Enfield Himalayan First Ride: Highlights
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The Royal Enfield Himalayan is the Indian bike maker's boldest attempt at making a motorcycle, which is completely purpose built adventure tourer. The Himalayan is a first-of-its-kind by any Indian manufacturer and RE's most advanced yet. The bike will be officially launched on March 16 and is expected to be competitively priced under the Rs. 2 lakh (ex-showroom) mark offering a host of features including longer suspension, knobby tyres, free revving engine and go-anywhere capabilities.
Highlights
The Himalayan is the boldest attempt by Royal Enfield in making a global offering that is expected to be competitively priced and will kick off a completely new segment in India.
The adventure tourer uses a newly developed 411cc, overhead camshaft, air-cooled, single-cylinder engine tuned to produce 24.5bhp at 6500rpm and develop a peak torque of 32Nm at 4500rpm. The engine is paired to a 5-speed gearbox. The new motor is a rev friendly unit compared to older Royal Enfield engines and can also run longer between service intervals. This also means, the new motor will be far more reliable out in the wilderness.
Other salient bits that help make the Royal Enfield Himalayan a purpose built bike are the 21-inch front and 17-inch rear tyres; 41mm telescopic forks at the front and a monoshock suspension with 180mm travel at the rear along with a ground clearance of 220mm. The chassis too is completely new on the adventure tourer developed by Harris Performance and is said to be more agile and responsive than other RE models.
Also Read: Royal Enfield Himalayan First Ride Review
The Royal Enfield Himalayan not only makes an adventurous statement, but is likely to make people take up wanderlust more often. Simply put, this Royal Enfield is designed to go to Ladakh.
The adventure tourer uses a newly developed 411cc, overhead camshaft, air-cooled, single-cylinder engine tuned to produce 24.5bhp at 6500rpm and develop a peak torque of 32Nm at 4500rpm. The engine is paired to a 5-speed gearbox. The new motor is a rev friendly unit compared to older Royal Enfield engines and can also run longer between service intervals. This also means, the new motor will be far more reliable out in the wilderness.
Other salient bits that help make the Royal Enfield Himalayan a purpose built bike are the 21-inch front and 17-inch rear tyres; 41mm telescopic forks at the front and a monoshock suspension with 180mm travel at the rear along with a ground clearance of 220mm. The chassis too is completely new on the adventure tourer developed by Harris Performance and is said to be more agile and responsive than other RE models.
Also Read: Royal Enfield Himalayan First Ride Review
The Royal Enfield Himalayan not only makes an adventurous statement, but is likely to make people take up wanderlust more often. Simply put, this Royal Enfield is designed to go to Ladakh.
Last Updated on March 15, 2016
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