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  • #1846
    Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

    Originally posted by Harkirat008 View Post
    Hello friends
    I got panniers & pannier rails from RE. While fitting them i noticed fitting of pannier rails is not proper & is misaligned at two places as shown in pictures. Has anyone faced this??
    I have tried many times but this remains same. That seems to be a manufacturing defect in either pannier rails or chasis of bike.
    Any thoughts..??
    Himalayan BS6 sleet grey
    I am not sure if I am the right one to comment on this one, as I don't own the exact pannier rails. But from the looks of it, it does seem like manufacturing defect indeed, a shoddy job at one, or I could be wrong. This just doesn't look right after spending all that money on a branded OE fitting add-ons if it indeed is a manufacturing defect. The chassis should be defect free. These aftermarket rods are locally fabricated and sold as RE goods. I strongly feel that this "is" a manufacturing defect. Do cross with with other bikes or with another pannier rail, if you can get hold of one.

    Good luck. Keep us posted.

    Cheers!
    VJ
    Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl 'Will you marry me?'
    The girl said, 'NO!'


    And the guy lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and watched sport on a big screen TV, went fishing and surfing, and played golf a lot, and drank beer and scotch and had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet seat up and farted whenever he wanted.


    THE END

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    • #1847
      Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

      Originally posted by Harkirat008 View Post
      Hello friends
      I got panniers & pannier rails from RE. While fitting them i noticed fitting of pannier rails is not proper & is misaligned at two places as shown in pictures. Has anyone faced this??
      I have tried many times but this remains same. That seems to be a manufacturing defect in either pannier rails or chasis of bike.
      Any thoughts..??
      Himalayan BS6 sleet grey
      Looks like a case of poor manufacturing and even poorer quality control. Plz return them ASAP and seek replacement. I checked my friends Himalayan pannier rails. They fit correctly and there is no such misalignment.

      Plz do not try to forcefully fit it as you might end up damaging the mounting points on the bike and would have a bigger problem on your hands. You should have them replaced and preferably get the new rails mounted in the workshop itself.

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      • #1848
        Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

        I have seen some dominar 400 BS6 type mirrors on some post on Facebook as well as on roads and they look super sexy and sturdier then the stock mirrors, my question is are they a direct fit on to the Himalayan or is there any mods required? or any other mirrors that can be a direct fit and be actually more useful than the stock once.

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        • #1849
          Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

          Originally posted by hd_hardikdesai View Post
          I have seen some dominar 400 BS6 type mirrors on some post on Facebook as well as on roads and they look super sexy and sturdier then the stock mirrors, my question is are they a direct fit on to the Himalayan or is there any mods required? or any other mirrors that can be a direct fit and be actually more useful than the stock once.
          If my memory serves me right, the older Dominar had a different setup which can perhaps fit the Himalayan, provided the nut tap diameter is the same. The newer BS6 Domi's have a separate screw in screw post which needs to be attached on the handlebar, then the mirrors screwed in. Worth a shot if you can actually fit the stalk post on the Himalayan's handlebar.

          Good luck.

          Cheers!
          VJ
          Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl 'Will you marry me?'
          The girl said, 'NO!'


          And the guy lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and watched sport on a big screen TV, went fishing and surfing, and played golf a lot, and drank beer and scotch and had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet seat up and farted whenever he wanted.


          THE END

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          • #1850
            Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

            I have fitted KTM Duke 390 mirrors. Trust me, they are more solid, gives more view & looks good than the stock mirrors on Himalayan. Initially, I too had considered Dominar's mirrors. But as you said, I don't know how it will fit. So bought ktm for ₹448 for a pair & it was easy to fit.
            But, be careful when you try to fit the mirrors in the hole.
            I just rotated the left side mirror in the opposite direction and the threads in the hole(yoke) of the handlebar were stripped. And I made a complete mess which caused the whole threads wiped out. And I had to replace the whole yoke with lever. My bad!!!
            Originally posted by hd_hardikdesai View Post
            I have seen some dominar 400 BS6 type mirrors on some post on Facebook as well as on roads and they look super sexy and sturdier then the stock mirrors, my question is are they a direct fit on to the Himalayan or is there any mods required? or any other mirrors that can be a direct fit and be actually more useful than the stock once.
            Last edited by blackspark3; 09-19-2020, 08:58 PM.

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            • #1851
              Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

              Hi All, I needed an opinion on this one.
              My bike is just 15 months old and my battery gave up 2 months ago.
              I got it charged and was all fine until a week ago when I cranked the engine after 10 days. The engine came back to life and I had kept it for idling and 30 secs later it stopped.
              Tried cranking again but it wouldn't start and took the battery for charging.
              Installed the battery and tried to start and it wouldn't start. The battery guy checked the reading and it showed 8.something and he said the battery is unable to hold the charge. I got it charged for another 6 years and the reading showed 10.
              Spoke to RE service centre and they have asked me to bring it with the insurance and RC copy .
              Now is it normal for the battery to behave this way in a matter of 15 months. But I will admit that my usage had reduced considerably due to the lockdown but I used to ensure I am either idling it or taking it for a short spin every week.

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              • #1852
                Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

                Originally posted by Thim View Post
                Hi All, I needed an opinion on this one.
                My bike is just 15 months old and my battery gave up 2 months ago.
                I got it charged and was all fine until a week ago when I cranked the engine after 10 days. The engine came back to life and I had kept it for idling and 30 secs later it stopped.
                Tried cranking again but it wouldn't start and took the battery for charging.
                Installed the battery and tried to start and it wouldn't start. The battery guy checked the reading and it showed 8.something and he said the battery is unable to hold the charge. I got it charged for another 6 years and the reading showed 10.
                Spoke to RE service centre and they have asked me to bring it with the insurance and RC copy .
                Now is it normal for the battery to behave this way in a matter of 15 months. But I will admit that my usage had reduced considerably due to the lockdown but I used to ensure I am either idling it or taking it for a short spin every week.
                What was the batt brand? looks like yo got sahfted there

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                • #1853
                  Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

                  Originally posted by Manan View Post
                  What was the batt brand? looks like yo got sahfted there
                  Amaron Pro Rider

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                  • #1854
                    Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

                    Originally posted by Thim View Post
                    Amaron Pro Rider
                    Hm that is a decent brand should not have given up on you like that, did you check whether the bike is charging the battery at all ?

                    If all of that is ok, could you state what did you mean by non usage for 15 months that the bike was kept idle even without starting the motor once? if so then through storage the battery simply drained out, if you plan to store like that in the future, disconnect the battery.

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                    • #1855
                      Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

                      Hi all! Today, I tried to remove the tank of my bike to install mobile charger. I saw in many videos there are two hoses under the tank, one for EVAP & another for water overflow drainage. But in my bike(BS6), I saw only EVAP hose. There is no overflow hose. But there is an outlet under the tank for it. Is that how it is supposed to be in the bs6 models?

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                      • #1856
                        Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

                        Originally posted by blackspark3 View Post
                        Hi all! Today, I tried to remove the tank of my bike to install mobile charger. I saw in many videos there are two hoses under the tank, one for EVAP & another for water overflow drainage. But in my bike(BS6), I saw only EVAP hose. There is no overflow hose. But there is an outlet under the tank for it. Is that how it is supposed to be in the bs6 models?
                        I also removed tank to install mobile charger & there are two hose pipes in my bs6 himalayan. That is not supposed to be and there should be two hose pipes underneath the fuel tank.
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                        • #1857
                          Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

                          Thanks for the reply! And I am confused now. Maybe the outlet hose was got disconnected in my tank? But even though I haven't saw any pipe/hose hanging down on the chasis! I even checked after fitting the tank for any hanging wires/hoses! Tomorrow, I will once again remove the tank, check it and will update here!

                          Meanwhile, I found this video on YT about a bs6 owner complaining about waterlogging in the tank cap. And he uses a pipe to drain the water out. But, since it's in Hindi, I can't understand whether he used a separate third party hose to drain the water. Here's the link [emoji1484]

                          https://youtu.be/2j61dVu6vic
                          Originally posted by Harkirat008 View Post
                          I also removed tank to install mobile charger & there are two hose pipes in my bs6 himalayan. That is not supposed to be and there should be two hose pipes underneath the fuel tank.

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                          • #1858
                            Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

                            Originally posted by Thim View Post
                            Hi All, I needed an opinion on this one.
                            My bike is just 15 months old and my battery gave up 2 months ago.
                            I got it charged and was all fine until a week ago when I cranked the engine after 10 days. The engine came back to life and I had kept it for idling and 30 secs later it stopped.
                            Tried cranking again but it wouldn't start and took the battery for charging.
                            Installed the battery and tried to start and it wouldn't start. The battery guy checked the reading and it showed 8.something and he said the battery is unable to hold the charge. I got it charged for another 6 years and the reading showed 10.
                            Spoke to RE service centre and they have asked me to bring it with the insurance and RC copy .
                            Now is it normal for the battery to behave this way in a matter of 15 months. But I will admit that my usage had reduced considerably due to the lockdown but I used to ensure I am either idling it or taking it for a short spin every week.
                            Was it Amaron or was it Exide stock?

                            Originally posted by blackspark3 View Post
                            Hi all! Today, I tried to remove the tank of my bike to install mobile charger. I saw in many videos there are two hoses under the tank, one for EVAP & another for water overflow drainage. But in my bike(BS6), I saw only EVAP hose. There is no overflow hose. But there is an outlet under the tank for it. Is that how it is supposed to be in the bs6 models?
                            The tank has two outlet provisions, one for EVAP and the other drainage. If you just see an open metal nipple, it might perhaps be the the tube that connects to it might be disconnected. And as the other Bhpian posted in the pic, that's how it's supposed to be.

                            Cheers!
                            VJ
                            Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl 'Will you marry me?'
                            The girl said, 'NO!'


                            And the guy lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and watched sport on a big screen TV, went fishing and surfing, and played golf a lot, and drank beer and scotch and had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet seat up and farted whenever he wanted.


                            THE END

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                            • #1859
                              Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

                              Thanks VJ! First thing did in the morning, remove the tank & check once again! There is no overflow pipe anywhere!!! I am quite shocked as how could they forgot this! Thank god, I haven't left my bike in rain till now! I will take it to the ASC tomorrow and check with them.

                              Some pictures attached...
                              Originally posted by B7ACKTHORN View Post
                              Was it Amaron or was it Exide stock?



                              The tank has two outlet provisions, one for EVAP and the other drainage. If you just see an open metal nipple, it might perhaps be the the tube that connects to it might be disconnected. And as the other Bhpian posted in the pic, that's how it's supposed to be.

                              Cheers!
                              VJ
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                              Last edited by blackspark3; 09-27-2020, 10:45 AM.

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                              • #1860
                                Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

                                Thanks VJ
                                It is Amaron Stock (bs4)
                                It's with RE currently for observation. That reminds I need to check with them as it's 4th day. I had given them insurance copy as per their request.

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