Royal Enfield's Himalayan is a simple, yet capable small adventure. motorcycle. It's won fans around the world for its ability and affordability. In this episode of The Motorcyclist Podcast we talk about all the reasons we like the Royal Enfield Himalayan.
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00:00Hey, welcome back to the Motorcycles Podcast. This is where we talk about motorcycles and
00:04everything that makes them great. Topics of this show always change, but the one thing that always
00:09remains is two-wheeled fun. In this episode, we are going to talk about Royal Enfield and
00:15specifically the Royal Enfield Himalayan or Himalayan, depending on where you're from.
00:20But before I do that, let's have some introductions. We've got editor Adam Waheed.
00:25We've got photo director Jeff Allen, and you've got myself, executive editor Justin Dawes.
00:30So we're going to dig into a motorcycle that has won fans across the globe, just not with
00:36horsepower, but with simplicity and soul. This bike was literally made to conquer the Himalayas,
00:44and it's awesome. And so we're going to get into why this little humble ADD bike
00:50punches way above its spec sheet. So we've got a quick history. Who wants to be the historian today?
00:58I think Jeff's pretty good at that.
01:01Am I? Okay.
01:02Yeah, you did a good job last time. You ran through it like you were a seasoned vet.
01:07Okay, yeah. So the Himalaya was introduced in 2016. And I didn't realize it, but I recently learned that
01:17Pierre de Turblanche, you know, we talked about a couple of episodes ago.
01:23Yeah.
01:24Ducati and Monoguzi fame. Like, he headed the design team for Royal Enfield on the Himalayan.
01:29On the OG Himalayan.
01:31Interesting.
01:31Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:32Yeah, the 411.
01:342016.
01:35Yeah, okay, the 411. Yep. Nice.
01:37Yeah, it was a little surprising. It doesn't exactly look like his work, does it?
01:41No, but I think he's, for the most part, a great designer and understands what a certain
01:49motorcycle should communicate in its shape and its style. And so he nailed it in that regard.
01:55Yeah, that man's a man of proportions. And that's the one thing that that bike had was good
02:00proportions. I could argue about a lot of other things, but the proportions were right.
02:04Yeah, and I'm a fan of the fact that it looks, you know, so different than other either dual
02:13sports or small dual sports. A lot of them tends to start looking the same, you know,
02:18even if it works differently.
02:21Yeah, because the form follows function, especially in ADV, sort of, you know, they all kind of
02:27look the same. But this thing, it kind of like, you know, Royal Enfield is like a historic
02:31company. It's got a long history. And so they, it's kind of that 411 had kind of a retro
02:39vibe to it. It was like a, a Land Rover, a shape in aesthetic.
02:44Yeah, that's a good analogy. Yeah. It has a, that retro look and maybe even semi-militarian
02:51look.
02:53Very much so.
02:54Yeah. So, yeah. So, you know, that it was, the intention was that thing would be like
03:00designed for the rugged hills or the mountains of the Himalayans. So, uh, I think it, I think
03:08it meets that target.
03:10Yeah, very much so. I mean, and that bike was super simple for 11 CC air-cooled, single
03:16five-speed gearbox. Um, you know, had like a built-in luggage rack, had a center stand windscreen,
03:22had these like crash bars on the tank. Like it just looked like you could take it somewhere
03:27and abuse it and it would be just fine. And then, you know, people did. So we'll get,
03:34we'll get into that a little bit when, you know, Jeff's ridden them actually near the
03:39Himalayas. So that's pretty cool. Um, but then what about the new one, 2000, uh, the newest
03:46model? I mean, in 2021, I got some upgrades, um, with like EFI and ABS and some other stuff, but
03:532024 was a big change for Himalayas.
03:57Yeah. And you're the, you're the one who's ridden that. I don't know why I haven't ridden
04:02the, you're talking about the 450.
04:04Yeah. So, so the Himalaya 450 is the new one and, uh, came out in 2024. So 2025 in the U.S.
04:11And it's a liquid cooled, uh, dual overhead cam four valve single, like it's thoroughly
04:19modern. And the, the shape of it is, is become more modern, but still throwback-ish a little
04:26bit and still has a connection to the 411. Um, still has like the racks and the crash bars
04:33on the tank and that kind of stuff, but it's, it's a, it's an all new engine. It's an all
04:37new chassis. It doesn't share any parts with the 411 and, uh, it's basically the first
04:43modern, we'll say modern being water-cooled Royal Enfield. Um, it's the Sherpa, the engine
04:52is called the Sherpa 450. Now it's used also in the Gorilla 450. So, um, it's a, it's a
04:58new, uh, a new path for Royal Enfield. Um, but it seems to be working.
05:04Yeah. So, so, so, you know, still blazing new paths all these years later, right? It's
05:10you know, Royal Enfield is the oldest continuous, uh, uh, in production motor, motorcycle company.
05:19Yeah. For the most part. Yeah. More than 20, 120 years.
05:22Yeah. But it got there in a, in a really interesting way because it was an English
05:26company. So started in 1890 as a needle manufacturer. I should say the owners of Royal
05:32Lanfield bought a needle manufacturing factory. Um, and then they got, uh, got hit up to build
05:40some gun parts and then they did guns. And the first motorcycle they had was in 1901.
05:45Um, and so they went all the way through the, the war, you know, the two world wars, um, world
05:52war two, they supplied motorcycles to drop out of airplanes called the flying flea, which
05:57now they're re reusing that name for the, the, the new electric coming out. But, um, you
06:04know, uh, British company, you know, uh, and then in the fifties, uh, Madras, uh,
06:14contracted to build Royal infields in India under the Royal infield thing. So went through
06:22the fifties, sixties, and then things started kind of waning for Royal infield in the, in
06:27the sixties, uh, late sixties and production in the UK stopped in 1969, but production kept
06:36on in India as, uh, Royal infield industries. I think it was called, it was not just straight
06:42Royal infield, but then, um, in 94, uh, the huge, uh, Indian company Iker, uh, merged with
06:54Royal infield, basically brought them into the fold, tons of money back into the company
06:58and they started building the company back up. Um, and an interesting fact that I found
07:04in 2007 Royal infield produced 45,000 motorcycles. That's not a lot. No, I know where you're going
07:14with this. It's an, it's an incredible, uh, yeah. So in 2024, almost 1 million motorcycles.
07:23Yeah. That is a stratospheric growth. That is insane. Yeah. And that's, they're expected
07:33to be over a million this year. Yeah. And they're going to be over a million this year.
07:36And, and it's because they've, they've stuck with their heritage. They've made really cool
07:41looking motorcycles. They've made them at a price point. That's awesome. And now they're
07:45introducing more modern motorcycles that are still at a really, really good price point.
07:49I think that's one thing we didn't go over a quick history of the Himalayan. It's only
07:55$6,000, $6,100 fully optioned. Fully optioned, but you can get it at like 5,500, uh, 50, 5,700,
08:065,700. Yeah. 411 was 5,500. So I only went up a few hundred bucks with all this new tech. It's
08:12got a TFT dash. It's got all this red stuff. So, um, you know, it's a, it's a big
08:19growth for Royal Enfield. They're doing it. They are walking this very cool line between
08:25traditional motorcycles and modern motorcycles. And they're finding a really good mix that,
08:30that hits with, with the public. And it's, it's a great price point. So, yeah.
08:36Well, you can walk that line, you know, when you can run a little bit smaller margins when
08:41you're selling a million motorcycles, you know, exactly, exactly. Very much so. So, um, well,
08:47let's, let's get into like the Himalayan itself. Do, do we, do we enjoy the Himalayan? Like,
08:53that's the first thing we should tell our viewers is, do we like it? So let's start with Jeff,
08:57because you've done a few trips on Himalayan. Yeah. So, you know, the, my early experience on
09:03the 411, you know, of course you, you get on it and you, you sort of expect it to be like a
09:09Japanese bike. And that, that bike wasn't like a Japanese bike, you know, it, it definitely had
09:14some shortcomings. Uh, uh, you know, I remember not loving the stopping power, you know, the brakes
09:21have great feel, but you know, obviously, or not obviously, but since then they've improved
09:26everything, including that. But yeah, I, I had a, uh, I, I do enjoy that bike. I, it's not really,
09:35in my opinion, it's not really a, a bike for, you know, trail riding as a, as a dual sport.
09:42This is an adventuring bike, you know, it's a small adventure. Yeah. You know, and some,
09:47some dual sports are more like intended for trail. And this thing is, and the fact that it's got all
09:54those bars for, you know, strapping to, to just that as well. So I do like it. It, it's, it's,
10:01it has, it's underpowered, but that's okay. It's a 400. It's what you expect. Yeah. So what about
10:07the modern one then? Have you had any experience riding the modern one? I don't have any experience
10:13on the, on the 450. Okay, cool. Adam, what about you? Uh, I, I really liked the looks of the Himalayan.
10:21I think it's a good looking bike. Even the old one was, was, was good looking again, the proportions
10:26were right. And honestly, it, it, it looks really nice. You know, the older version, I wasn't super
10:33fond of, you know, definitely if you're maybe a motorcycle rider looking for a very nostalgic
10:40type bike from the very, very old days, you might like that bike with all the shake, shakes,
10:45rattles and rolls, but you know, it wasn't really my cup of tea, but the new one certainly looks like
10:51it's going to be, you know, much better bike. Royal Enfield's doing a good job on all their new
10:572024 and 2025 models with their, with their, uh, platform overhauls. So I I'm actually really
11:04looking forward to, to operating that, that 450 Himalayan one day. Yeah. Personally, I,
11:11I really enjoyed the old styling of the four, four 11, the, the original Himalayan. I, but I like
11:19weird boxy, strange stuff, right? Like I, I'm into Urals, I'm into, you know, square shaped cars and
11:28vehicles and Jeeps and things. So for me, that thing styling wise was a home run riding it. Yeah.
11:35It was underpowered, a lot way down on power. Um, because it was a very simple, you know, 411 CC
11:44single air cooled. So what, you know, what are you going to expect? And yeah, the brakes weren't
11:49great. Um, the ride quality was, yeah, it was okay. It wasn't great, but, um, you know, this new
11:55one, uh, fixes all those problems. Um, I would say, I don't think it looks as good as the old one.
12:02Um, but it's, it's more modern and it has like 17 more horsepower than the bike hit replaces,
12:09which is, it's almost doubled. It's almost doubled. For such a small, uh, uh, engine
12:16displacement. That's a crazy, that's a crazy gain. Yeah. Yeah. It's crazy gain. That's what
12:21modern, uh, engine design will do for you, you know? Uh, so reinvesting the profits from a million
12:27motorcycles. Exactly. And, and reinvesting and, and going for it. So, uh, I like them both. I think
12:35they're both really cool and, uh, I wouldn't hesitate to, to recommend people look at them,
12:40um, if they're shopping for, um, you know, a smaller mid-sized adventure bike. Cause I think
12:47that it works for a lot of people and it has a very cool character and the company has a really
12:52cool story and it has a history and, um, you know, it's just, it's just cool. So, um, yeah,
12:59the, the, the history of that company. So a bunch of years ago, like 2008, I visited their factory
13:05in their headquarters in Chennai with our, with our boss, Mark Hoyer. And, you know, we,
13:11we rode the, uh, the, what is it? The thump, the, uh, I'm lost on the name. It's like a 350,
13:22like a bullet or something. The bullet. Sorry. Yeah. It was the bullet 500. It was the redesigned
13:26for the bullet. It was a 500 fuel injected. Anyway, during our visit, we met with the CEO,
13:33you know, and it's in India and he has a, you know, he's a very bright guy and very personable
13:39and, um, warm, but he's also in, uh, sandals. Yeah. I think we should, uh, yeah, definitely
13:47touch on, on the, the boss, uh, Siddharth. He is fully, fully invested in Royal Anfield. I mean,
13:56he comes, you know, he runs a big, big, big business, but he is every bit a writer and
14:02an enthusiast. Like he loves the brand. Yeah. He is. He has got his fingers in every bit of it.
14:08He's at every press launch. He's at anything that's going on Royal Anfield. That guy is there
14:12and he's mixing it up with, with everybody. He, he loves it.
14:17Like the, uh, like the Royal Anfield version of, uh, Ducati's Claudio Domenicali.
14:22Very much so. I think even, I think he's even more connected to his customers probably than Claudio.
14:29Claudio, absolutely. Excellent writer, uh, engineered, knows everything about Ducati. He's like,
14:35excellent, excellent, uh, boss. Sidd is, I think, even more passionate about his brand maybe than Claudio.
14:43So, yeah. Yeah. I, I enjoyed my time, uh, uh, meeting him. Yeah. Yep. So, um, so anyway,
14:51you went to the factory, dah, dah, dah, dah, and then you guys went for a ride. So that was rad.
14:56We rode in, yeah, we rode the, we rode at a racetrack. We rode through town. We rode in traffic,
15:01which was intimidating to say the least, you know, splitting lanes and all that stuff in India was crazy.
15:07And then, then you went back in 2020, 19. When did you go back? And you rode.
15:17Well, I went and rode. Yeah. I, I rode the, uh, 411, but not in India, in Nepal.
15:25Oh yeah, that's right. In Nepal.
15:26But in the Himalayas, you know, the Nepali, uh, uh, Himalayas. And I mean, again, that like the,
15:34in, in the cities, like we flew into, uh, Kathmandu and, uh, uh, you know, we ended up
15:42taking a bus to another town. There's, you know, it's a long story, but it was the, the Oregon,
15:47it was well organized, but things don't always go as planned in, in India or in Nepal. So we had to do
15:53some, some crazy stuff to get ahold of the bikes, but riding through the cities and stuff like that
15:58was, you know, a little, it was intimidating for sure. Traffic is, is crazy, but getting out of
16:06town, getting on the dirt roads and into those, those, um, into the mountains on those, those
16:13well-known, uh, Himalayan dirt roads where you see, like, it's just a sheer cliff down this side
16:19and straight up on the other side. And there's, you know, trucks come in in either direction and
16:25there's only room for one of them. And it, you know, and it, it was super crazy. We saw a lot
16:31of really, really unique things, which you would expect it would happen in a, in a place like the
16:38Himalayas. And it was, uh, a great experience. That bike was well-suited for what we were doing.
16:47It wasn't particularly fast, but you don't want to be going particularly fast, uh, on that kind of a
16:52road. You come around a bend and there's, you know, a truck sitting there, which happened quite
16:57often. And, uh, it's, uh, it was fun. I would do it again in a heartbeat. It was an, it was a, uh,
17:06it was a ride put on by Royal Enfield for a very, very reasonable price. Um,
17:13Yeah. What was the, this was back, what year was that?
17:182022. So it was 22. Okay. So not long ago. And it was, how much was it? It was like in the,
17:23when you told me the price, I was like, there's no freaking way it was that much money.
17:27They told me the price. I was like, that can't be right. Like I was, they've messed up the math
17:31and the translation or something, but, uh, yeah, it included, it was, I can't remember now I was gone
17:39in a couple of weeks, but it was, I mean, it takes a while to get to Nepal from, from the West coast
17:43of America. And it was 1900 bucks and it included everything. It's crazy except your airfare, which
17:53is expected and included everything except lunch and fuel and fuel over there is pretty affordable
18:01in Nepal. And we weren't using a lot of it anyways. Uh, you know, the days weren't particularly,
18:07the miles weren't particularly long. Cause you know, you're on these back roads and you're
18:11figuring stuff out and yeah. And it was 1900 bucks. No, it was crazy good. Hey, that's it.
18:18That's a good way to go do a test ride. If you're into, uh, uh, interested in really finding out if a
18:24Himalayan is for you go try it on the Himalayas. Yeah. How many, how many days was the duration? I think
18:30I missed that again. I want to, I can't, I don't remember exactly, but it was around, uh, eight or nine
18:37riding days, something like that. Wow. Probably eight riding days. That's crazy. It was crazy.
18:43And then like everything, like during the, uh, once you get to the hotel and stuff, any issues
18:50with their bike, they would do all the maintenance. They would, and to be fair to the bikes, as much as
18:55we were riding in some pretty rugged stuff, you know, I don't remember there being many, uh,
19:02issues. And these are rental bikes that, I mean, there's part of their rental fleet. So they don't
19:07have the, you know, the, the kindest life. You're right. These rental bikes, you know, I'm sure that
19:12those bikes have all been crashed at some time or another, but my bike was, was great. Other than,
19:18you know, I didn't love the tires. It had those stocks, Seats or Seats or whatever.
19:24Yeah. Yeah. I mean, that's not really the gripper. Yeah. The gripper. Yeah. There were some, some
19:32fun experiences for sure. Nice. From food to everything. Right on. What about you? Heed,
19:40you have any interesting Himalayan stories or just straight up tests?
19:45Just probably. Yeah. Test rides from just back in the day on the original one, you know, again,
19:50I guess it's just pretty much the same thing as, you know, as what we were talking about in the last
19:57little shtick is, you know, really liked the looks of it. It looked cool, was, you know, not the most
20:03excited to ride it, but not, not excited either, you know, just based on its looks. But then, you know,
20:09I started riding it and I'm like, Oh God, here we go. You know, it's, it's a neat bike, but it's just,
20:14it's not designed for, for me or my type of riding. It's just designed for people who just
20:21want to go very slow and just rattle their teeth out and just see stuff, you know, then I think it's
20:28okay. But, you know, for a modern motorcyclist. Yeah. I mean, and we're talking about the 411. So
20:36you are. So yeah, I mean, in heat is a high performance individual. So he's always, he's
20:44always wants to, to grip it and rip it. So, um, for me, uh, I just got done testing one, actually
20:52I had the four 50 and I was beyond impressed with the bike with the new four 50. Um, it's a huge step
21:01up from the four 11. So we did a test where, um, basically I tried to figure out how far it would
21:08go. We started on the street. Then we went to like gravel roads. Then we went to two track.
21:11Then we went to single track, um, you know, sand washes. Um, I wrote it on a motocross track,
21:18a small motocross track. Um, and then tried to do some, we'll put it in quotes, hard enduro. Cause
21:24we didn't get very far, but it was because of the tires. The same thing Jeff said, the tires are,
21:29are not the greatest, but the bike's built at a price point. And if you want to have better tires,
21:34you can put better tires on it. But I would say that the new engine is great. Um, the suspension
21:39on the new one is phenomenal. It's not adjustable besides preload in the rear shock. And it works
21:46excellent. I mean, Jeff, you were there. I, I was jumping a tabletop on the thing. I was banging
21:51through whoops on it. Yeah. Yeah. Oh yeah. I remember you going through the whoops on that thing.
21:55Yeah. Yeah. And it, and it, it worked good in the, in the sand wash too, as far as I could
22:00tell. Yeah. I mean that the tires, obviously, uh, it wandered a little bit, but it didn't
22:06go into any tank slappers and it didn't, you know, drop to the bottom of the sand wash when
22:12you let off the gas. Cause it, it's not light, but it's light in comparison to maybe a big ADV bike.
22:17And that was my whole point of the test was like, do you have to spend $30,000 to have a capable
22:23go anywhere ADV bike? And the Himalayan absolutely answers that question. No, you do not. You can
22:30spend $6,100 and do everything with that motorcycle. So I would say that if you target your, you know,
22:42over the years I've been doing this, like I tend to target or my riding to what, you know, to what
22:49the bike is intended for, you know? So if, if you, if you keep that in mind on virtually anything,
22:56whether you're talking about a Multistrada or a, or a Himalayan 450, like, I feel like I've,
23:02I feel like I like all motorcycles. Like if you do, if you're doing it in the, in the right way,
23:07Yep. I think they're all pretty good. And that's one of the reasons I like the Himalayan.
23:11Yeah. Honestly, experiencing the Himalayan in the Himalayans would probably be the most optimum,
23:17ideal way to ride that bike. I mean, that's what the bike, yeah.
23:21Yeah. I know, I know, I know we're on the same thing and that wasn't lost on me. It was,
23:26it was pretty awesome. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, um, I want to know, like, I mean, we've kind of talked
23:35about it just through our experiences, but why is it, why is it so popular? Why is Royal Enfield,
23:40you know, why is this bike doing well?
23:46Probably the price and just the way it looks, you know, just the, the price is so affordable
23:50compared to other competitors in that segment. And then, you know, Royal Enfield, like if there's
23:56one thing they get right, it's the styling. They do a mighty good job of the styling on these bikes.
24:02So, you know, honestly, it's an easy sell in theory at a dealership where you're just looking
24:07at it and you're looking at the aesthetics, wow, this looks good. And this price tag is very
24:12affordable. I can buy this right now. It's kind of a no brainer. Yeah, I would agree with that.
24:19I would agree. And I think the company is, I think the company is also finding, you know,
24:24a following, you know, that, Oh, for sure. Like the it's a, it's sort of a, like a, a Harley
24:31Davison kind of thing. Yeah. I'm sure there's, there's plenty of fans of their enthusiasts of
24:38that company. Yep. I'm, I'm willing to bet there's more than a few Royal Enfield tattoos out
24:43there. Yeah.
24:44Yeah. That's when, you know, you've made, made it as a company when somebody is willing
24:50to, to mark themselves permanently with your brand. Yeah. That's a good one. Yeah. I'm
24:57sure that I'm sure you're right. Yeah. So yeah, there's a, there's definitely, I would
25:02say it's in some aspects, it's kind of a cultish bike. It's a cult classic, especially the classic
25:09bikes, but these more modern bikes are speaking to maybe newer riders that have never even,
25:15they don't even know the history of Royal Enfield. Yeah. But they, like he'd said, you go to the
25:19dealership and you see him and you go, that looks cool. It's affordable. I like, why is
25:26it half the price of that bike? If you know, that bike's also like a 400, but it's $12,000
25:32or 10,000. This is sick. I'm going to take this, you know? And I think that's where they,
25:37they're doing really well is that they're, they're offering massive value in pretty much
25:43everything that they do. So. Yeah. Yeah. There's a uniqueness to it too. Like if you roll up at,
25:48at a, at a, at a bike gathering, whether, you know, if it's just like a Saturday ride or whatever,
25:53you roll up on that and people, you know, we all, we're motorcycles. We like to talk about
25:58motorcycles and our motorcycle. And that's, that's a bike that you're going to get questions.
26:02Mm-hmm. You know, it's a unique machine. And it's a bike that can leave, depending on your
26:08budget, can leave a lot of money in your pocket to make modifications, make it your own, which then
26:14further increases the talk about, of your motorcycle. Cause you go hang out with other
26:20Royal Enfields. You're like, I did this and everyone looks at each other's bikes. And,
26:23you know, so that's an important part of owning a motorcycle is customization and making it yours.
26:28And when it's affordable, it, it, it can, depending on your personal budget, leave you more money to
26:35spend on travel, fuel, tires, and customization. And I recommend getting ahold of Royal Enfield and
26:42finding their, their, their rides. Cause they are, yeah, they have a number of them. And that,
26:47that was a really fun experience. Yep. For sure. So, I mean, uh, the, the, the way Royal Enfield is
26:55going right now, everything looks great for that company. Um, I think that they've got many,
27:02many, they got another a hundred years ahead of them, probably no problem. Um, what updates do
27:08you guys think? What do you see in the future, I guess, for, for Royal Enfield? Are we going to see,
27:13um, more modern bikes? Are they going to continue with nostalgia? Like, do they, what do you guys think?
27:21Uh, well, one would be more displacement. Well, they got the 650s. Yeah. So, you know, a bigger,
27:34uh, uh, dual sport, like a bigger Himalayan or an actual dual sport, a bigger Himalayan. I mean,
27:43why? Okay. I mean, that is a successful, uh, direction for them to go. It's like we're saying,
27:48and that's their, that's their image is for that, for that motorcycle. I think that's a pretty much
27:54a given. I think there's been some, maybe some supply shots and stuff, but, um, that's a very
28:00logical thing. Way to go. I remember at, cause it, well, on my ride in the Himalayas, there were a
28:06handful of, of, uh, of, uh, Himalayan or, uh, Royal Enfield execs and product planners and things
28:13like that. And I remember asking them about it. Cause even back then there was, uh,
28:18rumor and they would just give me a big smile. They'd be like, I don't know what you're talking
28:22about. You know, like the knowing smile that, that exactly. Yeah. I think, uh, yeah, I think
28:30that, you know, there's that there's more displacement, but I think there's also, um, I think there's
28:35a long more to do with this four 50 Sherpa engine. You know, I think that they can, they can put
28:42in a lot of different models. I think they could, I would like to see a higher performance
28:47Himalayan, like a Himalayan rally, longer suspension, maybe adjustable suspension,
28:52just cause I always like to like push it to the limit, I guess. And I, after riding
28:59that bike, I can see that there's so much potential in that bike. Um, that's not being
29:05utilized. Like the, this is nowhere near its ceiling of performance. And so I think that
29:10there's, there's the, maybe the ability to build a, a rally version of it.
29:14Yeah. Yeah. So I would be, I would be, I would, I would be excited, I guess, to see
29:23that. Yeah. Yeah. It would be fun, fun, fun little ride. So, um, well, uh, we are bumping
29:31up against our time limit, so we're going to, we're going to shut this down, but, um, we're
29:36going to say the Royal Enfield is proof that adventure doesn't need to cost $20,000. It doesn't
29:42have to come with a touchscreen if you don't need it. Um, it's about the experience and
29:47not the spec sheet. Um, and that right there is the reason the Himalayan works. So, uh,
29:54thanks for watching. Thanks for listening. Um, put in the comments down below, would you
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30:08not just Royal Enfield, but across the board, what we should talk about. So, uh, we appreciate
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