Royal Enfield Himalayan revealed with specifications

The Royal Enfield Himalayan was one of the most eagerly awaited motorcycles of last year. One of the main reasons for that was that it was to be the nation’s first fully homegrown adventure motorcycle. It was a long wait filled with rumours, spy-shots and a couple of ‘stonking videos’, but the motorcycle is finally here. 

In profile, the motorcycle looks slightly odd but tends to grow on you, the more you look at it. The high placed headlamp and the raked flyscreen assert its adventure bike credentials, a claim that is only reasserted by the swept up exhaust, dual purpose tyres and the optional panniers on either side of the bike. The Himalayan in powered by an air-cooled, 411cc single cylinder LS4 engine which makes 24.5PS of power and 32Nm of torque between 4,000 to 4,500rpm. The engine now sports overhead cams compared to Royal Enfield’s trademark push rod architecture. With this crucial shift, the engine should be able to freely rev to 6,500-7,000rpm. The engine has also been fitted with a counter balancer to reduce vibrations, which should make the Himalayan, the smoothest and the most refined Royal Enfield yet. The engine is mated to a 5-speed gearbox that drives the rear wheel. 

The instrument panel houses an analogue speedo and tachometer along with a digital watch and a digital trip meter. The cluster even houses a compass and also an altimeter so one can measure the exact height of the Khardung La pass. The suspension up front are long travel telescopic forks and for the first time ever, in its entire over 100 year history, a Royal Enfield comes with a monoshock rear suspension. The tyres are dual-purpose off-road, on-road tyres especially developed by Ceat mounted on 21-inch spoked wheels in the front and 18-inch spoked rims at the rear.

The braking duties will be done Bybre disc brakes both up front and the rear though ABS isn’t offered even as an option. The bike weighs 182kg and has a fuel tank capacity of 15 litres. It has a ground clearance of 220mm while seat height is 800mm.