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[KungFooBob]

https://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/r ... 022-review

Paired down Himalayan from RE.



Not my thing, but I bet it's gonna be proper cheap!

[Taipan]

Doesn't look 3 bad, a bit budget bound maybe, but not the worse bike out there.

[KungFooBob]

It's not a terrible thing. There's some funky paint jobs. As a budget commuter it's got to be better than some of the Chinese offerings.

The Himi is cheap and that's got to be cheaper.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

It looks like the barstard offspring of a mid 80s BMW and a MZ ETZ250

[Yorick]

It's not a terrible thing. There's some funky paint jobs. As a budget commuter it's got to be better than some of the Chinese offerings.

The Himi is cheap and that's got to be cheaper.

Funky? It's grey.

[KungFooBob]

It's not a terrible thing. There's some funky paint jobs. As a budget commuter it's got to be better than some of the Chinese offerings.

The Himi is cheap and that's got to be cheaper.

Funky? It's grey.

You could always click the link and look at the other pictures.

[Yorick]

It's not a terrible thing. There's some funky paint jobs. As a budget commuter it's got to be better than some of the Chinese offerings.

The Himi is cheap and that's got to be cheaper.

Funky? It's grey.

You could always click the link and look at the other pictures.

I did. Nada.

[Trinity765]

At 24hp it's going to be very boring.

[KungFooBob]

At 24hp it's going to be very boring.

Depends where you ride it.

My 500 Bullet should make 27bhp.

I ride it two up around the local lanes. It's loud and slow. When you ride it past a pub beer garden everyone looks.

I wear a brown leather jacket and an open face Blue Oyster Club helmet.

It's the best bike I've ever owned.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

At 24hp it's going to be very boring.

Depends where you ride it.

My 500 Bullet should make 27bhp.

I ride it two up around the local lanes. It's loud and slow. When you ride it past a pub beer garden everyone looks and laughs.

I wear only brown leather chaps and an open face Blue Oyster Club helmet.

It's the best bike I've ever owned.

Corrected that for you

[dern]

Wow, bland-o-bike. I’d totally buy that if I’d given up on life and I couldn’t afford a kia shit box.

[Yorick]

At 24hp it's going to be very boring.

Depends where you ride it.

My 500 Bullet should make 27bhp.

I ride it two up around the local lanes. It's loud and slow. When you ride it past a pub beer garden everyone looks.

I wear a brown leather jacket and an open face Blue Oyster Club helmet.

It's the best bike I've ever owned.

New drugs?

[Yorick]

At 24hp it's going to be very boring.

Depends where you ride it.

My 500 Bullet should make 27bhp.

I ride it two up around the local lanes. It's loud and slow. When you ride it past a pub beer garden everyone looks and laughs.

I wear only brown leather chaps and an open face Blue Oyster Club helmet.

It's the best bike I've ever owned.

Corrected that for you

I was too polite to do that.

[Felix]

At 24hp it's going to be very boring.

Its a big bike for little people.

[The Spin Doctor]

At 24hp it's going to be very boring.

You need 10 hp to corner at 60 mph.

Years ago we instructors had to run in 20+ brand new CG125s at the training school before the 'Ells Angels got their hands on them by riding them home and back to work. I was doing 60 miles a day, so took me around 8 days to run a bike in. I think it took three weeks all told to get them all past their first service.

The rides took me a bit longer than the motorway route but the twisty cross country routes from Maidstone to Kent were great fun. Avoiding slowing down becomes everything. Most of the bikes had scraped pegs by the time they went out on general release!

[Cousin Jack]

At 24hp it's going to be very boring.

How often do you actually use more than about 24hp? For commuting I would guess the answer is about 0.1% of the time.

[Yorick]

At 24hp it's going to be very boring.

How often do you actually use more than about 24hp? For commuting I would guess the answer is about 0.1% of the time.

So why not have 12? That will do 60.

And only about 50 in yer car

[Cousin Jack]

At 24hp it's going to be very boring.

How often do you actually use more than about 24hp? For commuting I would guess the answer is about 0.1% of the time.

So why not have 12? That will do 60.

And only about 50 in yer car

I only have 47 in my bike. 'Tis enough, more would be nice at times, but it is an acceptable compromise for me, I plan to do a 4000 mile tour on it later this year. Many people have to compromise, so if a cheap bike only has 24 that may be OK for some.

[Yorick]

How often do you actually use more than about 24hp? For commuting I would guess the answer is about 0.1% of the time.

So why not have 12? That will do 60.

And only about 50 in yer car

I only have 47 in my bike. 'Tis enough, more would be nice at times, but it is an acceptable compromise for me, I plan to do a 4000 mile tour on it later this year. Many people have to compromise, so if a cheap bike only has 24 that may be OK for some.

I took mine out yesterday. Was fine for first half hour. Then I chose to let the full 202 bhp loose. That was fun.

I'll choose my way

[Trinity765]

How often do you actually use more than about 24hp? For commuting I would guess the answer is about 0.1% of the time.

So why not have 12? That will do 60.

And only about 50 in yer car

I only have 47 in my bike. 'Tis enough, more would be nice at times, but it is an acceptable compromise for me, I plan to do a 4000 mile tour on it later this year. Many people have to compromise, so if a cheap bike only has 24 that may be OK for some.

The Himalayan is an adventure bike and while most reviews said it lacked power, it is good on road and off road with ample torque. You can load them up with stacks of luggage and trundle off over mountains and also commute at a reasonable cost. If you remove the adventure part of it, you're left with an under powered bike that you can't carry loads of shopping on that is never going to make you grin. If all you want to do is commute in 20 to 40 limits great, but for me, there's no fun aspect to it. I'd rather have a Grom because they're comical.