RE Himalayan
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RE Himalayan
So plan today was a trip to Black Bear HD for my mate to test ride the HD Pan American replacing his Fat Boy & V Strom but BB cancelled due to the weather (which translates as to fecking lazy to wash their demo bikes)
So we met in Chelmsford for coffee & decided to pop into Newcombes as just around the corner.
Long story short its raining stair rods & chatting with Peter(who tells it as it is ) the Himalayan came into conversation, fancy a test ride was the bottom line.
With a busted jacket zip I was soaked already so thought why not.
Keys handed over, half a tank of fuel we headed out on a diverse route from City centre crawl to A road.
My mate pulled alongside and asked my opinion, the grin said it all.
I can see the negatives people speak of (though the Euro 5 updates addresses a lot) & I fully embrace Godspeeds comment and have to concur with him.
However I think i preferred it to the Meteor and could honestly see it as my sole ride.
Half hour and and covered in crud we returned. I also had several goes at putting it on the centre stand ( back having
a better day today) and didn't struggle to much (& it comes in 28kg less than a V-Strom 650)
£ for £ again excellent value (by no means perfect, but what is) & the CHonda PX surprised me.
Apparently all available stock in dealerships and no big warehouse top up till later in year.
(Also the meteor ecu light fault is caused by the sensor at the front of the block and occurs when running in and oil change time) reason suspected to it being crimped to fit into loom?
Another short list contender
So we met in Chelmsford for coffee & decided to pop into Newcombes as just around the corner.
Long story short its raining stair rods & chatting with Peter(who tells it as it is ) the Himalayan came into conversation, fancy a test ride was the bottom line.
With a busted jacket zip I was soaked already so thought why not.
Keys handed over, half a tank of fuel we headed out on a diverse route from City centre crawl to A road.
My mate pulled alongside and asked my opinion, the grin said it all.
I can see the negatives people speak of (though the Euro 5 updates addresses a lot) & I fully embrace Godspeeds comment and have to concur with him.
However I think i preferred it to the Meteor and could honestly see it as my sole ride.
Half hour and and covered in crud we returned. I also had several goes at putting it on the centre stand ( back having
a better day today) and didn't struggle to much (& it comes in 28kg less than a V-Strom 650)
£ for £ again excellent value (by no means perfect, but what is) & the CHonda PX surprised me.
Apparently all available stock in dealerships and no big warehouse top up till later in year.
(Also the meteor ecu light fault is caused by the sensor at the front of the block and occurs when running in and oil change time) reason suspected to it being crimped to fit into loom?
Another short list contender
- wightegi
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Re: RE Himalayan
The Himalayan cant keep up with my 250 Xevo , the Vstrom is on another level though 120 mph max and good range .
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Re: RE Himalayan
Really glad you enjoyed it. It’s not about the speed or we’d all buy sportsbikes. It’s a darn decent functional bike that you can take off-road and travel both near and far on.
A good sum up here:
https://youtu.be/9ybMIgmtsPc
A good sum up here:
https://youtu.be/9ybMIgmtsPc
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Re: RE Himalayan
my mate has one .. a himalayan,, he loves the bloody thing , hes added a high lift cam , for more oomph he says it now does 72 which is good he can now keep up with the 125s
my suzuki address will cruise at 60 on the flat and has seen 70 on the a27 for a quarter of a mile were the m3 joins it ,
the cost is the best thing about them bit like the cz was in there day
i do like the look of there 650 tho
my suzuki address will cruise at 60 on the flat and has seen 70 on the a27 for a quarter of a mile were the m3 joins it ,
the cost is the best thing about them bit like the cz was in there day
i do like the look of there 650 tho
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Re: RE Himalayan
was going to have a ride on one couple of years ago,]bloody hell that long] until i tried to get my leg over,no way was far to tall ,i did after some [lots] of effert didnt ride it,and now to get off,i couldnt do it,had to get 2 people to hold bike while i some how got off,did my back hurt.
so that was it.then i get my leg though the suzuki address so easy.
so that was it.then i get my leg though the suzuki address so easy.
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Re: RE Himalayan
Had the same experience, also a couple of years ago. managed to get on Diesel Dave's but had to be helped off. It had the cases on so that didn't help.richie the 1st wrote: ↑Sun Feb 20, 2022 3:20 pmwas going to have a ride on one couple of years ago,]bloody hell that long] until i tried to get my leg over,no way was far to tall ,i did after some [lots] of effert didnt ride it,and now to get off,i couldnt do it,had to get 2 people to hold bike while i some how got off,did my back hurt.
so that was it.then i get my leg though the suzuki address so easy.
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Re: RE Himalayan
I had two mechanical trouble free years worth of running out of a Himalayan, and it was the best all rounder I've owned. All the rubber, fork gaiters etc had to be replaced at around 18 months. The other thing I did after reading some owners reports was drop the bottom fork yoke and grease the steering head bearings, and also the same with the swinging arm and Shock mounts/pivots. All, front and rear were dry from the factory. The other thing to look out for is that the rear shock isn't set too soft as it makes the bike sit almost upright on the sidestand, making it easily blown over in a light sidewind. The instrument screen fogged up on mine regularly, there's a YouTube vid showing how to sort that. People complain about the front brake, I had no problems, and the bike would easily hold an indicated 70mph with the panniers removed. I also found the low speed stability and overall handling excellent for something with such a basic spec. Mind you it was designed by this man;
https://www.hotcars.com/coolest-bikes-d ... erblanche/
https://www.hotcars.com/coolest-bikes-d ... erblanche/