Royal Enfield Himalayan Review

Royal Enfield Himalayan Review

Royal Enfield has launched its new all rounder motorcycle known as “Himalayan” which is built completely on a new platform at an attractive price mentioned above. This new bike comes with rich options and features which would definitely attracts the bike enthusiasts.

Colors

The colors available for all the variants of Royal Enfield Himalayan involves

1) Snow
2) Granite

Dimensions of Royal Enfield Himalayan

The new Royal Enfield Himalayan is measured as 2190mm length, 840mm width and 1360mm height respectively and the overall height of the bike is measured at the windscreen’s top point. The kerb weight of the vehicle is found to be 182kg and it provides the ground clearance of about 220mm along with the comfortable seat height of nearly 800mm. It also provides the longer wheelbase of 1465mm which is really great.

Design and Style

Royal Enfield Himalayan seems to be a friendly bike with less panels making lesser chances of noises between the gaps and vibrations between the same. The front got its inspiration from a traditional adventurer tourer machine crafted to function in all sort of roads. The front is decorated with a standard round headlight along with a raised mudguard which helps in preventing the dirt entering into the headlight unit. The company offers a decent combination of digital and analogue instrument console to the bike which features an analogue speedometer, tachometer, trip meter, odometer and fuel guage. Along with that, the bike also has low fuel warning light, low oil indicator and low battery indicator which are quite useful. Its curvy fuel tank of the bike gives a good riding posture by offering decent appearance enhancing the overall body profile. This new bike boasts a split, step up seat with thickly cushioned providing a top notch comfort to both rider and pillion. Next to that, the silencer looks very sportive and the bike gets packed with features like electric start, pillion grab rail, pass light, pillion footrest and engine kill switch. The rear ends with a neat LED tail lamp giving bright vision and safety while riding at night time.

Engine Details

Royal Enfield Himalayan is powered by a 410cc, single cylinder, air cooled engine delivering high power of 24.5bhp at 6500rpm and high torque of 32Nm at 4000-4500rpm paired to a five speed manual gearbox and carburetor fed fuel assembly. This new engine seems to be more efficient than the existed series and it would be really a tough competition for other manufacturers. The new bike is good at fuel efficiency with its powerful new engine and fuel tank capacity of 15 liter fuel. It is also possible to store fuel for any emergency situation which is quite useful.

Braking and Handling

This new Royal Enfield Himalayan gets fitted with durable disc brakes at both front and rear which performs excellent in all road conditions. On the other hand, handling duties are performed by telescopic forks at the front axle along with a strong adjustable mono shock suspension at the rear which easily reduces the hurdles and road bumps. Additionally, this vehicle comes with a reliable and grippy adventure styled tyres of 19 inch wheels at the front and 17 inch wheel at the rear end.

Safety Features

Royal Enfield is well loaded with lot of exciting safety features which include a 12V-35/35W headlight at the front for better vision at night time ride. For a better safety, the vehicle is offered with disc brakes at both front and rear. Their twin rear view mirror helps to watch the rear happenings in a heavy traffic area adding more safety to the rider. Along with this, the luggage carrier and saddlebag holder is quite useful for keeping luggage safely.

Verdict

Overall, Royal Enfield Himalayan is a perfect blending of attractive adventure styling and high end aesthetic values. The safety features and convenience features of the new Himalayan makes the vehicle a fun filled yet safe true adventure machine in all aspects.