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**masterminds** · 02-21-2017, 02:24 AM

Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

Originally posted by Ajeet Padhi View Post

Ouch! Sorry to hear about it.
Glad to know that only minor damages are there and the parts are cheap and easily replaceable.
I hope it will be like the "kaala teeka" to ward off any evil eye, boley toh kisi ki nazar na lage.

Cheers and regards,
Safe Riding!

PS: Well, technically it is not entirely your fault.

Please elaborate. I'm not getting your point regarding a tricky side stand.

Cheers and regards,
Safe riding!

Long time no see buddy, howz your bike now. The first damage always hurts a lot no matter how small it is [emoji2] . Hope to see you around here more often.

**Hemanz** · 02-21-2017, 08:31 AM

Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

Originally posted by GauravD View Post

Yes absolutely dust settling issues and rusting are definite potential issues which even i thought of, unless its made of nylon which I feel may not absorb water. But even then I would be going for the un-roped ones. Vibhas quoted INR 3,200 for both, if I went to his factory and had it fitted. Did not query about the courier charges since I would personally go across, would help in checking out the quality myself before I buy it. Yeah totally agree with you - it looks slick with the rear rack, no idea why he took it off though.

Cheers mate !

So, I came across this today. I liked the idea of it. There is this person called Monish Patel who designed it. It cost about 2500 + shipping. Person to contact - Jigar Gangar on FB.

**rajithcherian** · 02-21-2017, 01:11 PM

Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

Exploring new trails on a Royal Enfield Himalayan, Hero Impulse and Karizma. Found a hard packed gravel road and boy did Himalayan deliver. Himalayan in not an Enduro/Trail machine but gravel is where it feels home. This was just recce and we will hit the entire section with the gang soon.

Off the road: On any Sunday - offroad ride - OTR EP5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2HZIScO3uA

Exploring new trails on a Royal Enfield Himalayan, Hero Impulse and Karizma. Found a hard packed gravel road and boy did Himalayan deliver. Himalayan in not...

**Ajeet Padhi** · 02-21-2017, 04:44 PM

Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

Originally posted by irumbu_kudhirai View Post

The side stand is not well angled enough to park the bike on. U need a high ground to park the bike comfortably on its side.

Haven't encountered such problems, but I noticed that the stand does allow certain degrees of movement which changes the leaning angle of the stationery bike. I use the center stand exclusively and side stand only on flat and solid ground surface. I have always been wary of the side stand, glad to know that it is something to be wary of.

Cheers and regards,
Safe riding!

Originally posted by masterminds View Post

Long time no see buddy, howz your bike now. The first damage always hurts a lot no matter how small it is [emoji2] . Hope to see you around here more often.

Yup, I was away to attend a cousin's wedding, came back this Sunday. The bike is running good and smooth, has done 950kms so far. The lower mud guard of the front wheel has lost 2 screws which has resulted from vibrations. They do get loose with time and need to be checked regularly.

True that the first damage always hurts a lot more no matter how small.

PS: Congrants for the new SOL helmet!

Cheers and regards,
Safe riding!

**Koogly007** · 02-22-2017, 02:05 PM

Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan First Ride...

So Guys! I had the Pleasure of Riding the Himalayan for a while as my friend Exchanged it for my bike ( An RS200) and Boy, It Was a pleasure to Ride!
I Had Some thoughts on it and Made a First Ride Video of it.

Hope you Guys Enjoy it!

Also Do Let me Know What you think!

**irumbu_kudhirai** · 02-23-2017, 11:55 PM

Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

I faced my first trouble today... It's been lurking around for 2-3 days I guess... It all started with my battery warning indicator glowing in the evening 2 days back... I noticed the indicator glowing when the headlight was switched on and not when switched off...
Today had little trouble starting the bike..It was not cranking properly...After 3 attempts it started and I drove to my office (9kms)... Switched off the engine as usual when I reached office...
My instinct told to try starting again and that's when the battery gave up...It didn't fire at all...Tried few more than 5 times and stopped that...
Thankfully I was able to start by pushing the bike in 1st gear (felt bad for such state on a FLAGSHIP model)... And drove straight to the service center...

Was told there might be a problem with the Charging Coil or the battery itself and will get it fixed by tomorrow... Now have to wait and watch...

If anyone faced this with the Himalayan please let me know how it got resolved!!

**masterminds** · 02-24-2017, 01:32 AM

Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

Originally posted by irumbu_kudhirai View Post

I faced my first trouble today... It's been lurking around for 2-3 days I guess... It all started with my battery warning indicator glowing in the evening 2 days back... I noticed the indicator glowing when the headlight was switched on and not when switched off...
Today had little trouble starting the bike..It was not cranking properly...After 3 attempts it started and I drove to my office (9kms)... Switched off the engine as usual when I reached office...
My instinct told to try starting again and that's when the battery gave up...It didn't fire at all...Tried few more than 5 times and stopped that...
Thankfully I was able to start by pushing the bike in 1st gear (felt bad for such state on a FLAGSHIP model)... And drove straight to the service center...

Was told there might be a problem with the Charging Coil or the battery itself and will get it fixed by tomorrow... Now have to wait and watch...

If anyone faced this with the Himalayan please let me know how it got resolved!!

There is a issue with the coil, many people have reported the same.

**Pique242** · 02-25-2017, 05:16 PM

Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

Hi friends,

Due to few valuable contacts, I got Himalayan yesterday evening for weekend ride. It is a test ride bike which they have given me. I shall return it on Monday morning.

Went to hills yesterday night, I must say its torquey engine makes it a breeze to ride on the hills inclines. But the high front end did make me nervous on corners and thin front wheel made me nervous that it would skid on gravels. Maybe I am not used to it.
Most of the times when other bikers were changing gears on inclines, I was just relaxing and playing with throttle on 2 gear.

This morning I left for a 200kms ride to have a good feel of it for touring as well as little off roading. Here are my views, please feel free to correct me if I'm doing something wrong:

1. The bike does feel heavy in traffic especially when you have to filter in close places between car. The other 100-150cc bikers gave me dirty looks for going too slow or blocking their way :P

2. The engine is very powerful and never felt underpowered to overtake cars going even at 70.

3. Engine did heat up in traffic, felt significant heat on my shins and feet. Even in high speed cruising, I felt it some heat on upper shins.

4. The bikes engine is powerful, but I felt the vibrations a little too much for touring purpose. My feet felt a little numb after 100kms. Even the handle bar were vibrating a little way too much for me. Even though I was wearing gloves. I feel the engine should be a little more vibration free and refined.

5. The wind deflector, didn't work that great. But putting down helmet visor did help a little. Otherwise all the air was hitting my face and giving 'gshhhgshhh' sound, after I put my helmet visor down it was much better.

6. Gear shifting were very hard, I had to rev it to between 2.5-3.5 k to change them. Anything above or less made it difficult to shift.

7. Clutch was very hard too, my fingers are paining a little right now.

7.1 the bike is awesome when it comes to mild off roading, there were times when I was cruising at 60-70 when I saw a sudden bad patch of road. I mean really bad patch. All I did was stand on the pegs and let the bike handle the bumps. I simply sat down after bad patches went away. Hehe.

8. The posture didn't seem the best to be riding for long. It is up right but it did make my shoulders hunch a little. Just a little but still. I'm 5'9 with fairly long hands :P

9. The bike reached 80kmph at 4000rpm on 5th gear. Even at that speed I didn't feel comfortable with vibrations I was facing. For long tours, the vibrations causes lots of fatigue to me.

I had test rode the bike for 2 kms thrice before from their showrooms . I didn't face these problems and difficulties before. I guess it makes a difference when you test ride it for longer periods. I still have full day to test it tomorrow. What I can say is I'm not very impressed. Maybe I was expecting too much out of it..

**Hemanz** · 02-25-2017, 08:25 PM

Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

Originally posted by Pique242 View Post

3. Engine did heat up in traffic, felt significant heat on my shins and feet. Even in high speed cruising, I felt it some heat on upper shins.

4. The bikes engine is powerful, but I felt the vibrations a little too much for touring purpose. My feet felt a little numb after 100kms. Even the handle bar were vibrating a little way too much for me. Even though I was wearing gloves. I feel the engine should be a little more vibration free and refined.

5. The wind deflector, didn't work that great. But putting down helmet visor did help a little. Otherwise all the air was hitting my face and giving 'gshhhgshhh' sound, after I put my helmet visor down it was much better.

6. Gear shifting were very hard, I had to rev it to between 2.5-3.5 k to change them. Anything above or less made it difficult to shift.

7. Clutch was very hard too, my fingers are paining a little right now.

7.1 the bike is awesome when it comes to mild off roading, there were times when I was cruising at 60-70 when I saw a sudden bad patch of road. I mean really bad patch. All I did was stand on the pegs and let the bike handle the bumps. I simply sat down after bad patches went away. Hehe.

8. The posture didn't seem the best to be riding for long. It is up right but it did make my shoulders hunch a little. Just a little but still. I'm 5'9 with fairly long hands :P

9. The bike reached 80kmph at 4000rpm on 5th gear. Even at that speed I didn't feel comfortable with vibrations I was facing. For long tours, the vibrations causes lots of fatigue to me.

I had test rode the bike for 2 kms thrice before from their showrooms . I didn't face these problems and difficulties before. I guess it makes a difference when you test ride it for longer periods. I still have full day to test it tomorrow. What I can say is I'm not very impressed. Maybe I was expecting too much out of it..

Hey Pique,

I am glad that you got a chance to test it for such a long time. Most of the points that you stated are in alignment with the experience I have had with my H. I am commenting only on the ones in which my experience has been a bit different.

3. In city it does it heat up like hell. But when cruising most (90%) times I haven't felt the heat. 10% times, agree with you that I have felt the heat.

4. Not sure why you felt the vibrations, I have taken it till 100kmph (Not a fan of speed, hence forgive me). Only at 90kmph (4.5K rpm) I felt the vibrations, not sure why only at that speed it's sudden vibrating a lot, but post that till 100kmph, no vibrations.

5. For my height, 6 1'wind deflector isn't much useful either. Remove it and you will feel better when riding, but trust me, suddenly your H won't look like Himalayan anymore. hence I put it back, and I close down the visor (as you did) works better!

6. Gear shifting has been a problem. RE is well aware of this and they are taking necessary steps to change the clutch assembly for the bikes that have this problem.

7. Clutch? If you have gone through the earlier posts, in one of the posts, tripster has re-routed his clutch. It helps. If still it doesn't, use classic 350 ka clutch cable. Very smooth.

8. I love the upright position.

9. No clue why you had vibrations. :/

Hope others can share their experiences on the points raised by you

Cheers!

**masterminds** · 02-25-2017, 10:12 PM

Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

Originally posted by Pique242 View Post

Hi friends,

Due to few valuable contacts, I got Himalayan yesterday evening for weekend ride. It is a test ride bike which they have given me. I shall return it on Monday morning.

Went to hills yesterday night, I must say its torquey engine makes it a breeze to ride on the hills inclines. But the high front end did make me nervous on corners and thin front wheel made me nervous that it would skid on gravels. Maybe I am not used to it.
Most of the times when other bikers were changing gears on inclines, I was just relaxing and playing with throttle on 2 gear.

This morning I left for a 200kms ride to have a good feel of it for touring as well as little off roading. Here are my views, please feel free to correct me if I'm doing something wrong:

1. The bike does feel heavy in traffic especially when you have to filter in close places between car. The other 100-150cc bikers gave me dirty looks for going too slow or blocking their way [emoji14]

2. The engine is very powerful and never felt underpowered to overtake cars going even at 70.

3. Engine did heat up in traffic, felt significant heat on my shins and feet. Even in high speed cruising, I felt it some heat on upper shins.

4. The bikes engine is powerful, but I felt the vibrations a little too much for touring purpose. My feet felt a little numb after 100kms. Even the handle bar were vibrating a little way too much for me. Even though I was wearing gloves. I feel the engine should be a little more vibration free and refined.

5. The wind deflector, didn't work that great. But putting down helmet visor did help a little. Otherwise all the air was hitting my face and giving 'gshhhgshhh' sound, after I put my helmet visor down it was much better.

6. Gear shifting were very hard, I had to rev it to between 2.5-3.5 k to change them. Anything above or less made it difficult to shift.

7. Clutch was very hard too, my fingers are paining a little right now.

7.1 the bike is awesome when it comes to mild off roading, there were times when I was cruising at 60-70 when I saw a sudden bad patch of road. I mean really bad patch. All I did was stand on the pegs and let the bike handle the bumps. I simply sat down after bad patches went away. Hehe.

8. The posture didn't seem the best to be riding for long. It is up right but it did make my shoulders hunch a little. Just a little but still. I'm 5'9 with fairly long hands [emoji14]

9. The bike reached 80kmph at 4000rpm on 5th gear. Even at that speed I didn't feel comfortable with vibrations I was facing. For long tours, the vibrations causes lots of fatigue to me.

I had test rode the bike for 2 kms thrice before from their showrooms . I didn't face these problems and difficulties before. I guess it makes a difference when you test ride it for longer periods. I still have full day to test it tomorrow. What I can say is I'm not very impressed. Maybe I was expecting too much out of it..

Hellos, I would just like to say, If your heart is not happy with it, dont go for it. No matter what people tell you. Try out different bikes from different manufactures till you find the one !

**GauravD** · 02-26-2017, 11:37 AM

Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

Originally posted by Pique242 View Post

4. The bikes engine is powerful, but I felt the vibrations a little too much for touring purpose. My feet felt a little numb after 100kms. Even the handle bar were vibrating a little way too much for me. Even though I was wearing gloves. I feel the engine should be a little more vibration free and refined.

5. The wind deflector, didn't work that great. But putting down helmet visor did help a little. Otherwise all the air was hitting my face and giving 'gshhhgshhh' sound, after I put my helmet visor down it was much better.

6. Gear shifting were very hard, I had to rev it to between 2.5-3.5 k to change them. Anything above or less made it difficult to shift.

7. Clutch was very hard too, my fingers are paining a little right now.

9. The bike reached 80kmph at 4000rpm on 5th gear. Even at that speed I didn't feel comfortable with vibrations I was facing. For long tours, the vibrations causes lots of fatigue to me.

Hey bro, the vibrations that you were facing could also be due to the abuse which test ride bikes actually go through coz the riders who test ride try to get every ounce put of juice of the engine to test its capability without a run in being done. So that may be a very important reason as to why you were facing vibrations.

I have looked up a winds hield extension on Aliexpress which is manual (need it - pull it up types) so that is bound to help. Did this coz during my test rides I was facing the exact same issues. Not to forget I am 5 ft 9 too .. lol

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Universal-Motorcycle-Windshield-Airflow-Adjustable-Windscreen-extension-Deflector-for-fit-Kawasaki-BMW-Ducati-honda-KTM/32752527757.html?

As mentioned before the clutch assembly can be changed in full by svc if you raise the issue since the H is supposedly being taken seriously by RE. The hard clutch has a workaround which is to replace the clutch cable by that of the Classic 350 which is longer than that of the H and hence eases up the clutch a trifle.

**masterminds** · 02-26-2017, 12:11 PM

Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

So it's been a month since I got my himalayan, till date clocked 1500 kms of happiness.
Yesterday got the leg guard for
the bike (bought it courtesy zana motorcycles).
The bike is consistently giving an avg of 30 + for now.

**GauravD** · 02-26-2017, 01:02 PM

Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

Originally posted by masterminds View Post

So it's been a month since I got my himalayan, till date clocked 1500 kms of happiness.
Yesterday got the leg guard for
the bike (bought it courtesy zana motorcycles).
The bike is consistently giving an avg of 30 + for now.

Looks pretty cool bro .. Even I have shortlisted this guy for the crash guards and the saddle stays... You have any comments on the quality of the crash guard ? How much did you get them for, if you dont mind ...

**masterminds** · 02-26-2017, 02:16 PM

Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

Originally posted by GauravD View Post

Looks pretty cool bro .. Even I have shortlisted this guy for the crash guards and the saddle stays... You have any comments on the quality of the crash guard ? How much did you get them for, if you dont mind ...

It was couriered to me for 1600 bucks, quality wise it is good, fitting it is a bit complicated than normal guards.
I had to carry a pic to my mechanic to show him how it's installed.

**tripster** · 02-26-2017, 08:10 PM

Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

Originally posted by Pique242 View Post

Hi friends,
.

Your observations are true. The bike heats up in city. Single cylinder 400cc drawback. The TD bikes are messed up and are from 1 st lost so mostly they are bad. Clutch change helped my 1st lot bike a lot. The vibrations can be handled by a bit of torquing which TD bikea are mostly noy given even after the abuse. The windshield works only with closed lid. Its removal just means your torso getting the blast instead of face and you feel tired after say 500 km more than if you are using one. The wind deflector will be a good option to prevent this. The H is a very good compromise of a lot of things. Offroading, touring, commuter. but it solely depends on your personal choice. Its master on none but jack of all. D400 is one other option but then you lose on the offroading capability. Not that you can't take D to offroads bit you won't be much comfortable. The H can take you to a lot of places where we don't wish to take our beloved machines without a heart ache. If possible ride a rider's bike. And if you can wait the Katoom Adv390 will be coming. BUT, a big latino one that is, it would be priced around 3lakh. Just my guess after seeing the pricing of Duke 390.

The H is a beautiful bike if you can live with its idiosyncrasies. The new ones have smootherand softer clutch. Vibes are far less than for a guy who has been riding a Bullet for years. Other bike owners differ though. Ridesafe \m/

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