Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

If I remember correctly actually there was a solution to this vapor leak from the fuel tank cap, a jugaad by an owner where he cut a tire tube to the diameter and the size of the fuel cap lid, wrapped the cut rubber under the tank cap and closed it and from him it seems like the issue has been resolved and getting good mileage also. You can google for more information.

Cheers!
VJ

Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

VJ
Yes i saw a post on REH FB page. But i am annoyed with the fact that why we need to go for jugaad when bike is under warranty. So RE should fix this.

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Until RE, pulls their socks off and do something about the horrendous R&D. It seems the engineers and designers had a terrific miscommunication. Yes, you're right, but the parts that are sold too aren't redesigned in any significant way. They are the same old stuff. It's the early adopters that took take the beating, the company has got its money anyway. Though the company is proactively looking at replacing the items now, every now and then parts falling off, rusting, and stuff, takes a toll on people's tolerability limits. But,I hope all goes wellf or you.

Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

Hello Everyone,

I'm planning to buy either Dominar and Himalayan. I obviously like the Dominar, because of the ton of features it offers over Himalayan. But when I think about Himalayan, being the only affordable off road motorcycle currently in the market, it makes me think twice about it. I know Royal Enfield will always need my attention, keeping it with care but when I look at it, my hear says this is what your are looking for but when I think logically, the minds says "Royal Enfield, r u sure" Dominar is a much better package.

So, I'm here asking all of you for your help. Kindly post in your comments, what do you think about it and what should I go with

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I haven't checked the Dominar, so this is purely based on my ownership of Himalayan for the past 8 months.. what you get from Himalayan is the MOST COMFORTABLE riding position with not much of a fatigue even after long rides.. also Himalayan is more of a Sprinter, on its own terms at the same time you don't have to break ur back for a street fighter kind of bike...
So u chose ur priority and preference and decide.. Himalayan won't fail you..

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+1 to what has been said above, even from my 8 months and 20 k kms experience is same.
The Himalayan is a fun ride, do whatever you want to do with this, even I have also not tested dominar so cannot comment, but Himalayan is pure fun, use it for daily use, use it for off roading, use it for touring -- all in one. The new ones are fully sorted out bikes ( I guess).
This motorcycle is my motivation to go to office daily on full broken roads of Hyderabad..

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Thank you for your inputs brother!

The added fun on Himalayan is what I have always wanted to do! I took the test ride of bike this Sunday, and it does everything what you want to do! It asks you to move her into that bump, test the suspension, test the off road skills and it completely excels in the field. I'm definitely more inclined towards Himalayan. I have ridden Dominar before, and she's also a class. The only thing she lags in I'd say is the off-road capabilites, otherwise it has everything else in fact a lot more. I'm still to decide, but think I'll end up buying the new FI variant Himalayan. The waiting period here in gurgaon is around 1.5 months. I'll certainly update once I get to a decision. [emoji2]

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Wow..20K in 8 months compared to 3K (that's why I didn't quote the KMs earlier), that's a great count of KMs driven in this time span... I try to keep my REVs around 3.5 to 4k...Is that optimal?? Cos I'm getting less mileage (27kmpl)..
Also I have faced 2 serious issues both resulting in bike unable to start...
1. Battery didn't get charged due to Faulty COIL...COIL was replaced and working fine (touch wood) now..
2. Recently just when I started and made a small turn, the bike shut off completely and there was no indication of any battery power (none of the display, horn, starter) worked.. tried my luck with starting the bike by pushing in gear and it worked.. I drove carefully to home, while it stopped similarly thrice in between. The next day ASC guys came and took it to showroom. Told that the Ignition wiring has torn off, so bike loses power when turned at certain angle.. they have ordered for replacement and did a temp fix in between...
Awaiting for the replacement to arrive for a permanent solution..

Hopefully I don't get to see any other issues anymore..

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Ignition wiring torn off just by turning handle!!!! Guys, how you are tolerating after spending almost 2 lacs ?

Re: Royal Enfield Himalayan

Leave him, just think of the guy who buys the Himalayan Fi, and his ignition wire gets torn. Getting the bike home would be a truly Himalayan experience, so there is no need to pollute Leh and Ladakh for our adventure needs.

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Yeah I felt really p****d off.. but this is a First Gen bike and I knew what I'm getting into...

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What was the reason for the wiring tearing off? Will the ASC ensure that this will not happen again? This is serious QC issue.

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Are these issues solved by RE or are you suggesting that we need to do these to solve it ourselves???

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That is most important question.
If the new bikes are still having issues and in the name of customer service what Royal Enfield is doing is changing them ASAP, that doesn't ensure it won't happen again, that doesn't ensure that the replaced parts are of any better quality.
It just ensures that Royal enfield has listed down the frequent issues and is prompt in replacing those parts if they get faulty.
It just ensures they are counting on the fact that not all bikes will have the same faulty rate for same parts.
Then it makes the existing and prospective buyers to question the authenticity of the claims made by Royal Enfiled about rigorous testing of Himalayan in Himalayas and elsewhere in 4 or N no. of phases. It makes them think that it was just a publicity and media event done for advertising.
Indeed the concept of a touring adventure bike, are met by Himalayan and it reflects in its performance too, but everything crumbles when the reliability of product is not certain.
I presume most of failing parts are result of poor quality (which itself is a result of poor vendor selection) and lack of thorough R&D.


I am myself holding on my decision to buy the Himalayan on same grounds that the Royal Enfield has yet not sorted all the issues and is primarily active on only replacing pasrts ASAP. I tried to get specific details (if not in written then atleast verbally), that what exactly was done to resolve the issues, but all I get mostly is a blanket answer that new lot is not having these issues, whereas I have seen several cases on forum itself where issues were reported on new bikes itself.

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They haven't confirmed the reason yet. I'm planning to talk to the Regional service head and make him accountable.