Royal Enfield Himalayan 750 Walkaround - All Details, Finally! | Times Drive

So it has finally happened, we've been asking Royal Enfield to come out with the twin cylinder Himalayan forever and as you can see, that has now become a reality. It's the bonus though, because it's not a 650 Himalayan that has broken cover, it's this, the Royal Enfield Himalayan 750. In this video, we'll tell you everything you need to know about it. If you're enjoying this video so far, do consider subscribing to the Times Drive YouTube channel. We do put in a lot of effort to bring you this content and yes we do travel to wonderful places like you see behind me all the way to Sicily in Italy to bring you all of this content right on your screen. So if you do like it, make sure you hit that like button. Let us know in the comment section what you think about the motorcycle and do consider subscribing. It really means a lot to me and to my team. Now back to the video. But before we talk about the nitty-gritties of this brand new motorcycle, let's understand first where the Himalayan 750 sits. The Himalayan range now starts with the Himalayan 440, which looks like the Himalayan 411, the OG motorcycle but with the 440cc engine. That is the entry to the Himalayan range. Then we've got the Himalayan 450, which is the natural step up and a proper new generation Himalayan that you can buy. Now, however, there is going to be a new Himalayan, which is this one right here, which is going to be the flagship offering in their lineup. And as you know already, this is going to be the Himalayan 750. Now, let's understand this motorcycle bit by bit. Let's start with the design. First of all, let's start with the wheels of this motorcycle. In this motorcycle, you get to see a 19-inch wheel in the front and a 17-inch wheel in the back. There is no 21-inch wheel on offer. Some may call it blasphemy. But does that really look like a big requirement? Well we have ridden the motorcycle, we can't tell you about it, we can't tell you how this motorcycle is to ride just yet, so make sure you subscribe to the Times Drive YouTube channel for the review which will be dropping very soon. What you see here is a spoke wheel setup right here in the front. There is also a version of the Himalayan 750 which comes with cast wheels although even that is 19 inch wheels at the front At the back, you have 17-inch wheels on the Himalayan 750, so this motorcycle is riding on the 1917 wheel combination. Now, let's talk about some of the design elements. I particularly want to talk about this panel right here. If you remember the original Himalayan 411, there used to be a grill-like element for side pannier mounting. The shape of that element, the form factor of that element has been retained here in the form of this fairing that we see over here. Now, when you couple this fairing design along with the tank on offer, which is also similar to the original Himalayan, what you have is a silhouette that you can instantly recognize as a Royal Enfield Himalayan and I quite like that. Yes, one thing is for sure, we don't get to see anything deep in the front. So they have definitely gone for a different look and feel with the Himalayan 750. Since we're talking about the front, I want to talk about the headlamp that we have on offer. Now the headlamp units of all modern Royal Enfield motorcycles has been something which has left us wanting for more. Be it the Himalayan 450 or any of the 650cc motorcycles on offer, we've wanted more illumination from the headlamp. Looks like Royal Enfield has heard the feedback and they have now come out with a new generation headlamp which is making its debut on the Himalayan 750. If I put my hand here, I get to see a lever which allows me to adjust the angle of this headlight. Does this headlamp have more illumination than before? Well, we've not ridden the motorcycle in the dark so you'll have to wait for a proper review to come from the Indian Roads where we will answer that question. But yes, this is an all-new generation and they are saying it's stronger. Coming to the middle of the motorcycle, well, what you can see is that you have a very narrow waist of the motorcycle, so if you were to look at it from the top, you see the cross section over here where your legs go, you realize the motorcycle is quite narrow and as a result, you can really plant your feet onto the ground. Speaking of which, with that, let me show you how I fit on the motorcycle. So for reference, I'm 5'10 and getting on the motorcycle. is actually not that difficult. Once I do get on top of the motorcycle you can see I can pretty much plant both of my feet firmly onto the ground so there is a lot of confidence that gets instilled into the rider almost immediately. If you talk about the handlebar it falls to you naturally it is not something that you have to reach out for and it's not awkwardly too close to you either with my feet on the foot pegs. This is how I fit on the motorcycle. If you want to know the size of the motorcycle, then you can take reference from me. You can see the presence of this motorcycle, how it is going to look. Now. I know what a lot of people might think immediately that this is simply a bored out 650 twin engine that Royal Enfield has been making for a very long time, but that cannot be further from the truth. Royal Enfield says that the engine you are seeing in the Himalayan 750 is 90% all new. The 10% similarities in this engine from the 650 twin are things like the chains, the fasteners, the seals, so on and so forth. 90% of the engine is new and all of it has been done for a better form factor that can fit into this motorcycle, better cooling as well. Royal Enfield is running an all-new cooling system in this motorcycle and it has been done for more power as well. Its 743 cc in cubic capacity makes about 55 ps of power and 63 newton meters of torque. Peak power lands up about six and a half thousand rpm and a big chunk of the torque is actually available very early in the rpm band which is what Royal Enfield says is something that their customers would like. This engine comes with a six-speed transmission and even the transmission has been reworked heavily to meet the requirements of this new 750 twin engine almost new 750 twin an engine that this motorcycle has. The gear ratios are different. Royal Enfield says the first and the second gear will feel familiar to the 650 twin. It is from the third gear onwards, where this engine actually properly provides you with a different gear ratio. Due to which, you should also have a different riding experience. Whether it happens or not, we will tell you in our review. Last but not the least, let's talk about the exhaust. It's an upswept exhaust as always and it is quite compact as well. One thing though has to be mentioned that Royal Enfield actually is developing a slip-on exhaust for this motorcycle as well with Arrow although that is not something that we will get in the Indian market. Now we are talking about a Royal Enfield motorcycle so it's almost mandatory to do an exhaust note check as well. Let's take a look. Let me know how you find the sound of this motorcycle. This is at idle and now I'm going to rev it. How do you find that? Let me know in the comments. Coming to the back of the motorcycle, I do have to talk about the lights. Well, what you can see here is that it does not have a conventional center stoplight. The stoplights are actually integrated into the indicators as well, just like the Himalayan 450. It's the same signature as you get to see in a Royal Enfield Himalayan 450. So from a distance, you recognize it's a Himalayan going around. Although it is the profile that you see from the back along with the tire and just how everything is put together, that really tells you that Something is off, this is not a Himalayan 450, this is actually a bigger Himalayan, you will get to see such a feel here. Here too, you can see that we get to see a 17-inch wheel here. This motorcycle here, you are getting to see spoke wheels in it, and as I mentioned earlier, you can have it with cast wheels as well. The good part is that Royal Enfield has heard the feedback and both The cast as well as the spoked wheels come with tubeless tyres. Since we're talking about the tyres, well there are two tyres that come with this motorcycle. If you go for the spoked wheel setup, like on this motorcycle here, you get tyres from Metzeler and if you go for the cast alloy wheels, those tyres come with CEATs. How they are in terms of riding, we'll tell you in the full review. Let's talk about the cockpit of the motorcycle. As you can see, you continue to get around All digital instrument cluster on display over here as well just like the Himalayan 450, although there has been quite a few changes under the hood to make it better in terms of usability. Is it more usable or not? Well, I can't tell you that as of now but yes that is the change that has been done. So it may look identical to the Himalayan 450 but once again there's been quite a few things that have been done to perhaps make this a little bit better. Let's talk about the windscreen, we get to see a new wind deflector in this motorcycle and it is adjustable as well. So if you sit on the motorcycle, you have to press this handle here, you can press it down or up, you can also adjust it in the middle if you want to. Now you must be seeing that I am applying a lot of pressure, Royal Enfield says that when you are riding the motorcycle and then you will adjust it, then this whole mechanism will be a little easy. Last but not least, let's talk about the switch clusters. They have been updated, but we still get to see the same rotary style pass switch in this motorcycle. The joystick has been updated. This comes with a different shape than before. And even the buttons have been moved around. You get cruise control buttons on the right switch cluster along with a mode button as well. There's another change, the mirrors have been redesigned completely. These are new mirrors that Royal Enfield has worked on and they are saying they've taken the feedback that they have got from the mirrors of all of their motorcycles and they have now come out with new mirrors for the bike as well. So well, there you have it. This is all you need to know about the Royal Enfield Himalayan 450 right here from wonderful Sicily in Italy, very near to Mount Etna is where we're bringing you this story from. Everything about the motorcycle has been unreal except for the price. The price of this motorcycle is expected to come out at the Royal Enfield MotoVerse event later in November. So make sure you stay tuned to TimeDrive to find out the price. How is this motorcycle to ride? What does it feel like when you take it out on some of the most beautiful roads that Europe has to offer? Well, we have that that story coming your way as well. So I will see you right there. Thank you for watching.