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Plus from my experiences

* Very easy to repair and maintain. (Simple tools and basic skills)
* Robust. => Can handle a lot without severe damage

/I have been riding Himalayan in Nepal.
Early model, before introduced in EU.
The only problem was charging system.
But generator replaced in the parking lot outside the hotel

It did was a very good bike for that type of ride. Slow riding on bad roads.
No highways, no Enduro style riding. Just driving gravel roads that were really bad at some times. I should not chose another bike for that type of riding.
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Plus from my experiences

* Very easy to repair and maintain. (Simple tools and basic skills)
* Robust. => Can handle a lot without severe damage

/I have been riding Himalayan in Nepal.
Early model, before introduced in EU.
The only problem was charging system.
But generator replaced in the parking lot outside the hotel

It did was a very good bike for that type of ride. Slow riding on bad roads.
No highways, no Enduro style riding. Just driving gravel roads that were really bad at some times. I should not chose another bike for that type of riding.
The only feedback I've heard about the Himalayan in India was that it is a piece of crap bike not worth sinking your money into... but I'm not sure that the people who said this to me were riding it properly (Indians tend to ride a bit hard on their Enfields from what I've seen).

Considering that it is no GS, and that it's a nice offroad bike, it's probably worth the investment as there are not many other options within that budget in Asia.
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The only feedback I've heard about the Himalayan in India was that it is a piece of crap bike not worth sinking your money into... but I'm not sure that the people who said this to me were riding it properly (Indians tend to ride a bit hard on their Enfields from what I've seen).

Considering that it is no GS, and that it's a nice offroad bike, it's probably worth the investment as there are not many other options within that budget in Asia.
Itchy Boots seems very keen on her Himalayan and has ridden it from India to the Netherlands and the UK - on and off road and in all weathers. She is now in South America on it and travelling down to Ushuaia and from there back up to Prudoe Bay.

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https://www.itchyboots.com/

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...FRrL6BiVpKC3-e

Yes, there have been some issues but given the route she has taken it isn't unexpected that there would be some issues - regardless of the bike.
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The only feedback I've heard about the Himalayan in India was that it is a piece of crap bike not worth sinking your money into... but I'm not sure that the people who said this to me were riding it properly (Indians tend to ride a bit hard on their Enfields from what I've seen).

Considering that it is no GS, and that it's a nice offroad bike, it's probably worth the investment as there are not many other options within that budget in Asia.
The first model of the Himalayan, the carburated BS3 certainly had some issues. But it seems most of them have been ironed out on the EFI BS4 models. And now the BS6 model is out, hopefully improved and better.

I wouldnt expect it to be reliable as a Honda but for the pricetag it seems not a bad bike at all....
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The only feedback I've heard about the Himalayan in India was that it is a piece of crap bike not worth sinking your money into... but I'm not sure that the people who said this to me were riding it properly (Indians tend to ride a bit hard on their Enfields from what I've seen).

Considering that it is no GS, and that it's a nice offroad bike, it's probably worth the investment as there are not many other options within that budget in Asia.
The difference is that I have been riding on around Nepal.
And you have hear about some feedback.
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