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  • #646
    Re: Biking Gear timing

    Originally posted by akshay5641 View Post
    Hi All
    Am a newbee in motorcycling world.

    I never ownned any geared two wheeler before. Now i have bought RE Himalayan. I could ride it easily but i am little confused on the righ timing when i can change from.1st to 2nd and so on. And when to come down.

    I faced challenges when i was riding in Old Khandala Ghat. I did climbing on 1st gear. I felt that i am not doing justice with motorcycle.

    Guys could you please guide me on gear timings and practice you follow while riding in City, Highway and hills.

    Thanks in advance![emoji4]
    Hey buddy.. first of all congratulations on buying this machine. Even I bought mine a week ago and am past 500 already. One thing I have noticed about this motorcycle that for smooth shifting of gears, the rpm needs to be around the 2.5K mark and you would get the smoothest shift you can imagine. But any higher or any lower makes you cringe at the effort needed to shift and the response you get from the bike.

    What issues did you face when climbing the ghats ? If I were you I would definitely not try 1st as it might burn out the clutch..

    Maybe the other veterans on here with the H can advise more precisely.

    Congrats once again !!

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    • #647
      Re: Biking Gear timing

      Originally posted by akshay5641 View Post

      I faced challenges when i was riding in Old Khandala Ghat. I did climbing on 1st gear. I felt that i am not doing justice with motorcycle.
      Old Khandala ghat in 1st is too much. The vehicle should ideally climb in 3rd gear and in some places you can shift to 4th gear.If there is heavy truck traffic at one of the bends you can come down to 2nd, 1st ideally is not required anywhere in Khandala ghat
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      • #648
        Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

        That's right. May be i need more hands on for bike.

        Sent from my HM 1S using xBhp Connect mobile app

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        • #649
          Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

          On sharp turn when i ride on 2nd as soon as i reduce speed bike stalls.

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          • #650
            Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

            Originally posted by madelikeagun View Post
            I agree with you there are more than a dozen issues with the Himalayan. I would like to see the positive side of this. A motorcycle company who had the balls to venture into a territory no manufacturer in India dared to go. They build something from scratch, and launched a product in a category that does not exist in the home grown Indian market.
            Not really! You conveniently chose to forget Hero Impulse, mate. That bike was ahead of its time when it was launched with a bunch of things as a first on an Indian bike tailor made for the "territory", and we Indians were as usual not ready for that.

            Now that we're ready, well we all know what the situation is.

            Regards.

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            • #651
              Re: Biking Gear timing

              Originally posted by akshay5641 View Post
              Hi All
              Am a newbee in motorcycling world.

              I never ownned any geared two wheeler before. Now i have bought RE Himalayan. I could ride it easily but i am little confused on the righ timing when i can change from.1st to 2nd and so on. And when to come down.

              I faced challenges when i was riding in Old Khandala Ghat. I did climbing on 1st gear. I felt that i am not doing justice with motorcycle.

              Guys could you please guide me on gear timings and practice you follow while riding in City, Highway and hills.

              Thanks in advance![emoji4]
              Originally posted by akshay5641 View Post
              Friends plz help
              Since you've mentioned you've not been accustomed to riding a geared motorcycle. I would suggest you to learn how to change gears with respect to engine RPM. In a scooter the gears are a CVT meaning they automatically change gears, you only have to open the throttle. When bikes, you need to upshift, and downshift gears with respect to engine RPM. Don't climb hills immediately, first off, just try riding the bike in plane roads, try changing all the gears from one to five both, upshift and downshift. This would give you an idea of where to change, why to change with respect to RPM.

              Just try riding for a week in flat to medium incline surfaces, you'll get the knack of it and then try some hill riding.

              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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              • #652
                Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

                Guys I have been informed that Himalaya 2017 (April release) would come with updated spec at an additional 4k (Chennai). Any idea about the updated spec?

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                • #653
                  Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

                  Originally posted by raju_amet View Post
                  Guys I have been informed that Himalaya 2017 (April release) would come with updated spec at an additional 4k (Chennai). Any idea about the updated spec?
                  Updated on their website.

                  (Rumour/News: REH with FI and ABS In May2k17
                  Hike FI 10k ABS 20k BS4 5K )

                  Cheers😂
                  Last edited by stealth47; 04-01-2017, 03:29 AM.

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                  • #654
                    Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

                    Originally posted by stealth47 View Post

                    (Rumour/News: REH with FI and ABS In May2k17
                    Hike FI 10k ABS 20k BS4 5K )

                    Cheers😂
                    They could have done this in the start itself. Would have been more than happy to pay 20K from my pocket. :/ Idiots. Feel like a guinea pig now. :/
                    Udne de in Parindo ko Aazad Fiza Mei... Jo Tere Apne Honge Wo Laut Aayenge Kisi Roz...

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                    • #655
                      Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

                      Originally posted by Hemanz View Post
                      They could have done this in the start itself. Would have been more than happy to pay 20K from my pocket. :/ Idiots. Feel like a guinea pig now. :/
                      A proper off road bike generally fueled by carburetor and generally have less electrical gizmo gazets because probability of getting stranded is more with electrical failure during hard core off roading. So dont worry...its the g
                      Dna and purpose of big H.

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                      • #656
                        Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

                        Originally posted by ankit.traveller View Post
                        A proper off road bike generally fueled by carburetor and generally have less electrical gizmo gazets because probability of getting stranded is more with electrical failure during hard core off roading. So dont worry...its the g
                        Dna and purpose of big H.
                        Ahh, I guess you got me wrong. I don't want the FI, Just wanted ABS. Would have been great. But anyway, I have got used to the braking style now.
                        Udne de in Parindo ko Aazad Fiza Mei... Jo Tere Apne Honge Wo Laut Aayenge Kisi Roz...

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                        • #657
                          Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

                          Originally posted by raju_amet View Post
                          Guys I have been informed that Himalaya 2017 (April release) would come with updated spec at an additional 4k (Chennai). Any idea about the updated spec?
                          New spec are updated on the website.
                          24.5 BHP 32 NM torque FI added

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                          • #658
                            Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

                            It's official: The Himalayan BS4 is updated with Electronic Fuel Injection.

                            Single Cylinder, 4 stroke, Air cooled, SOHC, Fuel Injection
                            Displacement 411cc
                            Bore x Stroke 78 mm x 86 mm
                            Compression Ratio 9.5:1
                            Maximum Power 24.5 bhp @ 6500 rpm

                            Sadly, Royal Enfield's only carburretor 500cc machine, the Bullet 500 too now comes with Electronic Fuel Injection.

                            Type Single Cylinder, 4 stroke, Spark ignition, Aircooled, Fuel injection
                            Displacement 499cc
                            Bore x stroke 84mm x 90mm
                            Compression Ratio 8.5 : 1
                            Maximum Power 27.2 bhp @ 5250 rpm
                            Maximum Torque 41.3 Nm @ 4000 rpm
                            Ignition System Digital electronic ignition
                            Clutch Wet, multi-plate
                            Gearbox 5 Speed Constant Mesh
                            Lubrication Wet sump
                            Engine Oil 15 W 50 API, SL Grade & above, JASO MA 2
                            Fuel Supply Electronic fuel injection
                            Last edited by marmiteminer; 04-01-2017, 12:00 PM. Reason: Updated with Bullet 500

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                            • #659
                              Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

                              Right, no ABS added but expected soon as an add on option. EFI added for 10k extra.

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                              • #660
                                Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

                                Any update on delivery of new himalayan ?
                                Seems going to extend another 1 month(may)*

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