Royal Enfield Himalayan 450 will make its world premiere on November 7 and will be powered by a new liquid-cooled engine
Royal Enfield started the promotional campaign for the new-generation Himalayan a while ago on its social media platforms and we got to see many interesting insights and details from the set of films. In the lengthy film appropriately named “The Final Test”, the homegrown motorcycle manufacturer showed us what went down in the final testing phase of the adventure tourer.
We are currently riding the new Royal Enfield Himalayan 450 on a four-day media session in the Himalayas. The adv will make its global debut at the 2023 EICMA show in Milan, Italy on November 7 and our detailed ride review will be posted on November 10. A set of handpicked riders rode the new Himalayan from RE’s production facility in Oragadam, Tamil Nadu to Umling La, Ladakh.
In August 2022, 82 pre-production prototypes of the Himalayan 450 were taken to the Himalayas and earlier this year, extreme winter testing was conducted in Ladakh at minus 27 degrees Celsius. The adventurer touring machine will use a new Sherpa engine, paired with a six-speed transmission and it also gets a slipper and assist clutch.
The video shows the exact power produced and the peak torque output in a graphical manner and the assigned rpm levels. While being ridden on varying terrains and surface conditions showing its capability, the thoroughly evolved design language of the Himalayan 450 can be clearly noted in the video. In addition, the new circular TFT instrument console (first for RE) has its top half dedicated to turn-by-turn navigation and the bottom half for other vital information.
The integrated navigation with Google Maps is accompanied by music control and helmet communication devices can also be paired, adding to the extra layer of convenience. It will become the first Royal Enfield motorcycle to offer ride modes (Eco and Performance) accessed through the M button on the right side of the switchgear.
On the left side, the motorcycle gains a switch cube (first on a Royal Enfield again), which is basically a five-way joystick for controlling different modes on the cluster. The ABS for the rear wheel can also be turned on or off.