Great write up by Rukka. Real life ride reports are what this forum needs more of.
It sounds like if you do your research, address the known weakness' and perhaps fit a fuel filter, a $3000 brand new RE will serve you well. After that report I'm thinking of doing a similar trip
I think the trick here is to buy a new one. I cant imagine second hand ones with plenty of miles will offer the same experience. They're built cheap. That's fact. Another fact is that cheap doesn't last. A reason why chinese bikes are usually scrapped within 5 years
I didn't know they were so cheap new. So for that reason, Ill withdraw my criticisms from earlier posts. At that price you just can't complain.
Re. Jetting. If you're spending a lot of time at altitude then it makes sense to rejet. For a few days there is little point. Rich motors wont destroy themselves. They just tend to carbon up after prolonged milage. Fouls up plugs etc. Pinning it open in a highway does a lot to burn up carbon.
A CV carb does adjust to altitude itself to a certain extent. But nowhere in the realms of FI.
I don't know anything about the RE carb, but often you can adjust the needle height if you dont have jets.
However, as far as I know, the Himalayan now comes with FI as standard ??
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Last edited by *Touring Ted*; 22 Oct 2017 at 12:57.
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