I'd rather sit here at my computer than ride a 150ccc Chinese bike around South America. Don't know enough about the Himalayan, but it it's pretty standard technology, and I think it is, any bike shop can fix most things. It's been out for a while so it should be known what goes wrong. If there are things that cannot be replaced with generic parts, and they are unlikely to last 15,000 miles, bring them with.
I did South America on a bike that doesn't exist outside of North America and brought a fuel pump and drive belt with me. I used the belt.
I think it's cool to do a trip on something that is not a clone of everyone else's bike, but that's just me. BTW, If I were taking an RE on that trip, , it would be the 500 Classic.
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