Real Adventure on the Royal Enfield Himalayan | The review by KNOX

Royal Enfield made this bike to tackle some of the toughest roads, in the most remote places in the world. The Himalayan is tough, solidly built, constructed to take a kick in the teeth and get back up again, bruised but not beaten and ready to go another round.

2020’s latest adventure motorcycles feature 6 axis IMU’s, full suites of electronics, traction control systems, heated grips, cruise control, satellite navigation and selfadjusting suspensions systems. They even incorporate telephone system’s connecting you to right back to the madness your adventure is designed to take you away from.

The Royal Enfield Himalayan has none of this, a simple engine, a throttle and clocks that tell you everything you need to know. Riding the Himalayan isn’t about taking a heated safety blanket with tour guide included, its about getting out there and doing it!

While it is 199kg wet, it doesn’t feel it, its easy to manoeuvre, has a great turning circle, the seat is low making paddling with your feet very easy and the whole package feels light and manageable.

Taking the Himalayan up Hardknott Pass, the steepest road in England, the Himalayan took it all in its stride, its rugged adventure aesthetics fitting perfectly with the landscape there.

Like all Royal Enfield’s, they run the risk of feeling underpowered on our fast UK roads, its 400cc single producing 24hp and 32nm of torque. However, they have maximised the power on offer with a close ratio gearbox and consistent torque throughout the rev range. The Himalayan will hold 70mph all day, does not slow down up hills, and I saw an indicated 85mph on a long straight.

But where the Himalayan really excels is its ability to go further and all of its confidence inspiring nature translates to the way you ride it off the tarmac.

In our test of the Royal Enfield Himalayan, we took it up one of the most challenging roads in England, but also some of the rough and tough trails we have in the Lake District where Knox is proud to be based. As you can see in the footage, it performed incredibly and the whole Knox team where super impressed by its dogged performance.

All in all, the Royal Enfield Himalayan is a brilliant Adventure bike and where it lacks in power and on spec, it makes up in gutsy on and off road performance and will have riders tackling bigger and tougher motorcycle adventure than they’d have ever thought possible!

To check what we were wearing on test please see below:

Olly was wearing:
Urbane Pro Shirt https://planetknox.com/product/urban...
Frontier Jacket – tba
Richmond MKII Jean – https://planetknox.com/product/richm...
Covert MKIII Gloves https://planetknox.com/product/cover...
Knox Orsa OR3 Gloves https://planetknox.com/product/orsa...

Geoff was wearing:

Urbane Pro Utility Shirt https://planetknox.com/product/urban...
Waterproof outer jacket and Trousers – https://planetknox.com/category/wate...
Shield Jeans https://planetknox.com/product/shiel...
Cover MKIII Gloves https://planetknox.com/product/cover...
Knox Orsa OR3 Gloves https://planetknox.com/product/orsa...

In this review, we also quoted an insurance quote from Devitt, https://www.devittinsurance.com/motor..., for Mr Average of £111, which plays in to the bargain that the Himalayan represents. Mr Average is:
Based on a 40 year old married Bank Clerk, living in LA13. Kept in a Garage, held full bike lis since 2000. Bike has Biketrac and a Datatool S4 C1 Red security. No accidents or claims. Comp cover, 3000 miles, 5 years protected NCD and just SDP use

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The Knox Team

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