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Originally Posted by Snakeboy
Too bad the RE Himalayan doesnt seem to be at a acceptable quality level.
I have been riding the RE 500 Bullet through Bhutan, Sikkim and a good bit around in Nepal and just loved it.
Why do they make a new engine that that doesnt even fit emission standards?
I know they made some models with EFI but had problems with those and went back to carburators. Its not the right direction to go...
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Wrong direction indeed! Enfield will have to embrace fuel injection (and a more efficient head and valve design as well) if they are to survive into the future.
I'm quite sure the tech exists in India to help guide Enfield as so many of the BIG OEM's are now producing bikes there for export ... latest being BMW with the GS 310. KTM are there too with the 390's and I guess the big four Japanese OEM's are doing some production there as well.
The Chinese will prove to be the toughest competition for Enfield. I'm sure the Chinese bikes will pass emissions worldwide. Good luck to Enfield, but may be too little too late for them at this late date.
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