New bike time! RE Himalayan 450

[crofty1984]

rev-erend said:

crofty1984 said:

All home. Good ride, apart from nearly hitting a cat on leaving the dealership. Just really impatient to have it run in!

Come on, that's not a Royal Enfield.

It's a modern great looking bike not something designed in the 1950's.

Not having it

I'm perfectly happy to say that it's a modern Indian bike that happens to share a name (in reality the tires are a lot closer, but you get the point)
Only done 100 miles on it so far because when I get the good weather I've been focusing on fixing up the lotus in my al fresco workshop!
Impressions are good, feels solidly made. The fact that I'm currently limited to 4k/50mph while running it in is killing me! Main negative is the side stand leans over really far, and being pretty top heavy as a short bloke that can be a struggle, but I'm generally happy with it.

[gareth_r]

A side stand foot extender would lengthen the stand a little.

Could even lift it a bit more with some alloy plate or flat bar, some longer bolts, and a bit of work with a hacksaw, file, drill, and countersink.