Royal Enfield Himalayan Off-Road on the Montana Trail to Superior Arizona 

It is a tractor and I think what a lot of people overlook is the that for it's weight, it is very easy to pick up.

@@motometaphor love mine !

Glad you enjoyed it!

If its fuel injected, On centre stand key off, wait 10 seconds, key on and start. On side stand wait 5 mins with key off, yes, it takes that long to reset the tip over sensor if uts on the side stand. If its carbed, on centre stand, walk away from it first 10 mins, enjoy the scenery and let the flooding in the carb clear

That is one of the joys of having a big enough bike to handle the highway but not too big to have fun on the trails

It was a blast. I want to try that hill again with new tires

That is a great trail but I've heard that it has become worse in the past couple of years

Thanks. I'm putting new tires on soon

I'm glad I did that track with a small group

The best thing about the Himi is the versatility and being able to ride to the trails

We have had a lot of rain this year so I think the ruts are worse than normal

agreed

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed. lol

I was also thinking the same

@send clean pants I'm still on stock tires and getting worn. I need to replace with something that will be good on both highway and those rocky hills

@@motometaphor I highly recommend Motoz tires. #TeamHimalayan

definitely a fun ride

it is a surprising capable bike

Thanks. I hope you are enjoying the Himi

Two girlfriends?

Yup. I agree

It was a fun ride and I agree that once we got up high the views were spectacular

Still on stock tires. Was thinking about the sprocket change but I need to do a lot of highway riding to get to the trails and the Himi currently maxes out around 75 mph on flat road

I was totally surprised when I landed upright sitting in a rut that I hadn't hurt anything

Yup - the CRF would eat up those trails easily

I'll give that try

What are these? Have a link?

Thanks

thanks

That does not sound fun. I never had any problems with the bike stalling like you explained but I have seen some videos of people adjusting the idle

@@motometaphor If you watch the YT channel On Two wheels Ben, he covers all the typical problems found in the Himalayan. All the problems that my bike has had up to now, are very typical. The three biggest problems reported are stalling, transmission, and steering head bearings. And mine has had all three. You can adjust the idle and it will do nothing to stop the stalling unless you adjust it up to 2,000 rpm, which will make it very difficult to ride off road. If you have no problems so far thank God, because as you put miles on the bike it will likely begin breaking down.

As someone once said to me - Motofitness

I've got no clue what this means

@brettb8706 The Himalayan is a capable machine. The seat height and ability to touch to ground would be much easier than your DRZ. Keep in mind thought that the power output of the DRZ is much different than the Himi. The Himi has a much "softer" power output that is very forgiving but can also have you wanting something with a little more get up and go. In the end if it was me, I would chose the Himi because of the windscreen, gas consumption and tank capacity, and general comfort

Yes - when I am on this terrain - the problem is I use the Himi for my daily ride around town and some freeway and only get on these trails about once or twice a month

I think I got close to 350kms on the tank and reserve - maybe more

@@motometaphor yep n I carry an 1.3 liter can on the right front bracket just in case if I or someone else on the trails runs out.

I've thought about it but I do too much highway driving to get to the trails

I agree. Still learning

Agree. At the time recording this video, it was my only bike I had in Arizona. Unfortunately I really enjoy those kinds of trails.

possibly

I haven't missed it

One was on a Beta 350 I think and the other was on a KTM 450. they were the leaders of the group and usually always out front. They were also riding on Moose tubes or Moose tires - first I heard of them. They had no worries of getting any flats as it was like a foam inner tube. That 3rd guy Steve who rode in front of me was on a DRZ400. I ate their dust the whole day

Right on. Looks like a fun trail. You held your own with that Himalayan. I’m looking to get a Honda XR650R

Because I'm a lazy shifter :)

I was thinking same thing. Gotta use the torquez. Anyway you did good. Slow and steady!

I'm surprised it's not already broken

@@motometaphor that's why they make hammers

Rough but fun

How do you like the Tuareg off road? I road to Four Peaks with someone last month on a Tuareg while I was on my Husqvarna 701 and he was constantly out in front of us. It seems like a capable bike

I've never considered myself a particularly skillful rider. I ride conservatively, and I'm out for the scenery and the camping and finding new roads to get to neat places. I could never get the hang of sand on my old Tiger and just figured it was a skill I was just not destined to have. I bought my Tuareg last summer and right after the 600 mile break-in I rode it with friends up to the Colorado BDR. My immediate thought was "you can't buy skill, but you can buy a Tuareg." My riding buddies were immediately impressed with the change in my riding capability. I still don't enjoy sand, but I can get through it. We went and rode the SoCal BDR a month ago and I definitely bitched about the sand, but I made it through it. There was about a 2-3 mile stretch of it from the route being ruined by rain that we had no idea was going to be there, right after the Joshua Tree section. You doing the AZDSR ride this Saturday over this same trail? Still unsure if I'm going to go on the Tuareg or if I'll take my little bike, a Husky FE250. I had always heard that the Himalayan was a tractor, I'm kind of surprised it stalled out on your climb in the video. You did make it to the left bend before it stalled though, which is farther than most folks make it that I've seen. Usually they stall out about 20 yards before the turn. If you took the turn wider or slipped the clutch a little more, you would have kept going up. Losing inertia in one of those big divot-potholes is a killer. I was bouncing between a Husky 701 and the Tuareg. I'm kind of surprised someone who owns a 701 would also own a Himalayan. What motivated that decision? A rally tower or even a modest windscreen on the 701 seems to make it a tolerable tourer, at least as good as a Himalayan would be.

@@kcconnor2636 I can't make it to the ride on Saturday. I was out with a group last week to Box Canyon and that area. We found ourselves into some advanced trails and I was on the 701. The bike was too bike for those trails and my skills were not advanced enough. Multiple guys had to take turns riding my bike up the rocks to get out of the canyons. I figured I would give myself a break this weekend.

that is an understatement