More details about the upcoming Royal Enfield Himalayan 450, including its engine specs, have been leaked recently and on paper at least, things seem to be rather promising
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To be a global product, the Himalayan 450 will likely replace the original Himalayan, which despite its humble demeanour, has been selling well the world over.
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Without beating around the bush, let’s get straight to business. The liquid-cooled 450cc, 1-cylinder engine will deliver a maximum of about 40 BHP and 45 Nm of torque. It will be teamed to a 6-speed gearbox.
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To ride on 21-inch front wheel and a 17-inch rear rim wrapped with specially-made CEAT dual-sport rubber, the Himalayan 450 will feature ride-by-wire throttle, 3 riding modes – Rain, Road and Off-road – and switchable (for the rear wheel) ABS.
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Visually, the 450cc adventure motorcycle will, well you’ve seen the spy shot have you not?, be big with a proper middleweight stance
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Royal Enfield is set to give it a 20-litre fuel tank which will add to the visually bulky front half.
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Apart from the leaked Royal Enfield Himalayan 450 specs, it has also come to light that the digital instrument cluster of the ADV will not be a top-notch full colour TFT unit, but, the display would provide all the necessary details nonetheless.
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Thought this was over? Well, not quite, because there is another version of the Himalayan 450 that is under development. Code-named K1X (the regular model is internally referred to as the K1), this will be a more hardcore version of the ADV.
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To be named the Himalayan 450 Raid, this model will come with a more powerful engine, upgraded suspension, wire-spoked wheels that can be fitted with tubeless tyres and even an auxiliary fuel tank.
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While the Himalayan 450 is expected to debut early next year and get launched soon after, the ‘Raid’ will arrive well after by 2025-26.