MJR Roach: A turbocharged Royal Enfield Himalayan

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MJR Roach: A turbocharged Royal Enfield Himalayan

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It's not got a pod air filter, so that's one good thing. The challenge is to find another.

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Re: MJR Roach: A turbocharged Royal Enfield Himalayan

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With a VFR rear end for some reason. Or is it Ducati?

FIle under 'why TF not?'. :D

EDIT: VFR innit, Ducatis have one BFO nut while Honda used the car style 4 studs.
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Re: MJR Roach: A turbocharged Royal Enfield Himalayan

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I saw that one at the NEC Bike Show in 2019... the RE stand was full of custom bikes, I think it was a competition or something.
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I see that the tank is held down by a 'repurposed parachute strap'. Hit something head-on and the catch on the strap will repurpose your gonads.
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Re: MJR Roach: A turbocharged Royal Enfield Himalayan

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Does the swing arm really need to be that long? I like it, maybe because I don't have gonads to worry about.
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Re: MJR Roach: A turbocharged Royal Enfield Himalayan

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Trinity765 wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 1:00 pm Does the swing arm really need to be that long? I like it, maybe because I don't have gonads to worry about.
If I were built the other way, I wouldn't want to expose my undercarriage to it either!
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Re: MJR Roach: A turbocharged Royal Enfield Himalayan

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Believe that RE's R&D team bolted the turbo from a Citroen C3 to a 500 Bullett with good effect.
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Re: MJR Roach: A turbocharged Royal Enfield Himalayan

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50 bhp. Up there now with a mighty Honda CB 500 commuter bike... Wow..! :angelic-green:
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Re: MJR Roach: A turbocharged Royal Enfield Himalayan

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On a standard Himalayan, without that swing arm, 50bhp would be great for motorway and A road riding
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Re: MJR Roach: A turbocharged Royal Enfield Himalayan

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Whysub wrote: Wed Jan 20, 2021 4:29 pm On a standard Himalayan, without that swing arm, 50bhp would be great for motorway and A road riding
Or you could buy a CB500, though it's not very hipster
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Gets filed in the "just because you can, doesn't mean you should" folder.
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Re: MJR Roach: A turbocharged Royal Enfield Himalayan

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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Jan 20, 2021 4:39 pm
Whysub wrote: Wed Jan 20, 2021 4:29 pm On a standard Himalayan, without that swing arm, 50bhp would be great for motorway and A road riding
Or you could buy a CB500, though it's not very hipster
It would also be shite on the gravel tracks i ride my Himalayan on. Tried riding the Street Triple on some of them, but had to turn back. Tracks like this.
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