Might be of interest for those of you who were at the recent NEC show, some more comments from Nathan about his R E Himalayan :-
"My bike's finally back from the shippers after its trip across the US. Noticed the head bearings have gone notchy again so I'm going to look to see if I can drop and grease them myself rather than relying on the dealer. Also due a valve check, oil and filter and a few other service items. She looks pretty beat up but at 16,000 miles I've had no big issues.
This last week I was on a trade stand at the big UK bike event at the NEC. I had a borrowed Himalayan on the stand and then mine towards the end. The bike got a lot of interest. A lot of people were just wanting that final nudge to make the decision. I was meant to be selling tours but spent most of the time talking Himalayan. I met a lot of owners, pretty much all of which were universally happy. There was one guy waiting on a head gasket to replace the one that had failed. One had a bearing in the engine collapse and had to replace that. Another complained of a roughness above 4000rpm which his dealer had said was normal. We agreed he needed to try another dealer. One other lad went on a test ride and the throttle cable snapped, which seems to be semi-common. Everyone seemed positive though and in the age of £20,000 GS 1200s many could see the appeal in a £4000 Himalayan. It just seems that they need to work on their parts supply as the head gasket had been on order four weeks already"
There's quite an active forum on the ADV site which might be of interest:-
https://advrider.com/f/threads/royal-enfield-himalayan-owners-thread.1253460/page-230Regards
Tony
