New toy - Enfield Himalayan
- JohnS
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Re: New toy - Enfield Himalayan
Nice one DD,I'm sure it will give you much pleasure in the future.
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Re: New toy - Enfield Himalayan
rode one from worthing to Sammy millers in the new forest good for 55 60 cruises on the motorway but the seat is to hard or too low the ride home was not very comfortable got over 100 miles to the gallon tho
- knapdog
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Re: New toy - Enfield Himalayan
Swopping a Harley Davidson for a Royal Enfield.
Perfect in my book.
Perfect in my book.
- Diesel Dave
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Re: New toy - Enfield Himalayan
Wanna go out and play on the new bike but it’s going to rain all week long.
I’m blaming the missus, I reckon she’s doing some sort of rain dance on the sly.
I’m blaming the missus, I reckon she’s doing some sort of rain dance on the sly.
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Re: New toy - Enfield Himalayan
Well I've just had a very pleasant ride on my RE with billyfix on his 1200 Bonnie .
I'm still unsure what the tank range is on it so I filled up with juice anyway. I know I did 123 miles since last fill up and I put in 6.3 litres averaging 91 mpg.
I'm still unsure what the tank range is on it so I filled up with juice anyway. I know I did 123 miles since last fill up and I put in 6.3 litres averaging 91 mpg.
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Re: New toy - Enfield Himalayan
Nice one DD Was looking at one last Wednesday and others at Bowins.I know I am tall,but how do you get your leg over,i suffer from a bad back and have great difficult getting leg over.
Was it new..???
Would do what you have just done ie,ride over to Germany.
Was it new..???
Would do what you have just done ie,ride over to Germany.
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Re: New toy - Enfield Himalayan
I LookedDiesel Dave wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2019 1:47 pmAnd I suppose that fact she's not hard on the eyes makes 'no never mind' to you Dave....dmw1950 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2019 9:14 amThey must be good, 'Itchy Boots' youtube video round the world travelers bike Basanti is running well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNvo7tjzjXI
Really! I expected more from a man of your advanced years.
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Re: New toy - Enfield Himalayan
Or is it your new project DD to put a diesel lump init.
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Re: New toy - Enfield Himalayan
No diesel conversion for this one, I have enough of those to keep me busy.
It’s deceptively low, I can swing a leg over despite the cases and I only have 28” inseam and 3 fused vertebrae. Of course the seat is too soft as all modern bikes are, seems to be made of some sort of gell rather than foam.
I see no reason why it can’t be used for extended touring, it has a lot more power than my old 10hp diesel, controls are light and positive - the only think I may tune is the seat and that would be for a firmer version.
So far it’s proving great at shopping, but your SH is probably batter at that anyway.
It’s deceptively low, I can swing a leg over despite the cases and I only have 28” inseam and 3 fused vertebrae. Of course the seat is too soft as all modern bikes are, seems to be made of some sort of gell rather than foam.
I see no reason why it can’t be used for extended touring, it has a lot more power than my old 10hp diesel, controls are light and positive - the only think I may tune is the seat and that would be for a firmer version.
So far it’s proving great at shopping, but your SH is probably batter at that anyway.
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Re: New toy - Enfield Himalayan
Nice new toy Dave,