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be honest , looks great but feels a little odd . It has the usually information and can gain more by linking to your phone although we ’ ve never been able to get this to work and others have told us that when they have it has done nothing but drain the phone battery in near record time , although a USB port is included to charge the phone if when needed .
On the road the Royal Enfield Himalayan 450 is a vast improvement on the 411 . Highway cruising is just that , as the 452cc single shows extraordinarily little signs of vibration like the previous single . In fact , at around 110 kilometres per hour it felt more like a twin , and power delivery with instantaneous through the throttle by wire , wind it out and off it went with little to no buffeting from wind .
Off the sealed stuff and the Himalayan was quite impressive considering the rider was around 100 kilograms and with luggage on top of that . The suspension managed most of the terrible stuff that the Indian tracks were able to throw at it , even more so than what many Japanese bikes in a similar category would cope with . Of course , this all depends on the riding style , take on the challenge of off-road with a little more speed and the Himalayan struggles , the rear tends to bottom with a thud
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