Trooper74

What problems did you have with yours .... we're all listening

If i understand what my dealer tells me the engine of the Himalayan is a product of the Coventry / Bruntingthorpe design house set up ... the new 650 are lovely bits of kit ... but no longer part of my biking world ... The Himma and my MZ 300 will do for me ...

My dealers, Manhattan Motorcycles of Sheffield are superb ... brilliant support, sorted a couple of minor warranty issues ... sorted a recall for rear brake calliper sticking by replacing front and rear callipers and master cylinder !!.... and got all their money back from RE .... .... Faultless ....

Top class kit .... throughly recommended ... life long two and 4 stroke high performance rider .. and lots of MZ's ... https://www.themotorbikeforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=73644#p1151978 Himma is a breath of fresh air , reliable and comfortable ... although at 6' 2" i could do with a higher seat so i strap a swimming float on ... works fine ... Designed for owner servicing ... Bought mine with 400 miles on the clock for less than £4K .... Why would anyone be sniggering ?????? And today ... with the bar guards and screen refitted for the winter .....

Thought I'd escape for a few hours this morning, after school run, on the bike. Weather pointed to riding north so i decided to visit one of my old RAF bases, Church Fenton then swing round to Squires cafe before tootling home .... BUT ....... RAF Church Fenton is no more ..... Leeds East Airport ..... never heard that one before ...

This chap overtook us the other day ..... what the hell is it ....

We pulled up at the lights in town yesterday .... Honda CG 125 lookalike sat next to us ..... the rust was bursting through the mudguards, the spokes where rusted .... the paint was flaking off the frame .. How old ? ...... 2018 ! We ANPR'd it as the condition did not reflect the age ... yep.. 2018 and already dissolving .....

Ah .. the weekend ..... 16 year old on xbox, in between setting fire to things in the back garden and attacking the pile of tree trunks with the chainsaw, building up the wood pile ... girls (10 and 9 ) fighting to get out to their friends .... go little ones go .... 2 year old cuddled up on sofa with Jules ( nana ) ...watching pepper pig ... We're carer's .. we have this lot permanently ... and love the lot of them ...

£4k ..... new Royal Enfield Himalayan ...... or very nearly new ..... mine was £3800 with 400 miles on the clock and full 2 year warranty.

Fell asleep ... A14 ... rolled up embankment and fell off ... not injured .... bike undamaged ... rolled bike down to hard shoulder, removed helmet and laid on the grass embankment and slept for an hour until nice police woman woke me up .... she was panicking slightly ....

On holiday all this week .... 5- 9th October ... any fancy riding out, mornings, after school run ? Lincolnshire, Humberside .. the coast ? Drop me a line ... David ...

Anyone fancy weekday ride outs ... the coast, bacon butties in the rain .... Himalayan Rider would enjoy some company ... Genuinely not a psyco ... lol .. sometimes has mad engineering grandson tie wrapped to the pillion ... but mostly just me ... thank god for 6th form .....

Put the screen back on.. Refitted the "Bark Busters" lever covers .. Changed the oil.. Did the chain tension .. Sprayed the entire thing in WD40 ... Winters coming .... How do I know ?? My wife dug out and washed my Helly Hansen fibrepile salopettes .. Winters coming .... OH, That was this morning ... rode to Bristol this afternoon ...

lol ..LOL ... my high point was the YPVS TZ YAMAGAMA that was featured in Streetfighters Magazine .. With a sexy nurse astride it and alongside it... Which is strange, as most of the nurses at our local hospital have their own gravity fields ... however ... TZ 350 bottom end with a YPVS top end ... so no alternator 64 BHP ... pre mix fuel, total loss ignition with a separate battery for the lights .. TZ bottom end, so bump start. GSXR forks and shock .. This bike was my daily ride .. to work, Sheffield to Linton-on-Ouse ... once a month, a visit to my children in Hastings .... from Sheffield ..!! I really hadn't thought it through ... I worked out that a Dettol bottle ... with it's side markings, was ideal for "oil per litre" measurement ....

I bought it with 400 miles on the clock .... it's 3 years old in November ... i've only put 6000miles on it as i was running a 300 MZ until January of this year ... it's a bikers bike ... there's nothing you cant fix yourself ... if you get annoyed with the FI you can retro fit a carb ... but love the FI ... lots of gentle backfires on the over run ... sounds nice ... Totally reliable 2 valve single ..... However .... 25 bhp .... it's a 4 stroke MZ ETZ 300 ... if you can live with that .. then you'll love it ...

Thanks guys .... Ridden from Rotherham to Bristol today for a meeting in the morning on the Himma. Missed most of the rain. Back home tomorrow then off to Newcastle on the Himma on Friday morning to test a train for Northern Railways ... My company pay me 60p a mile if i use the motorbike so every opportunity to get paid for riding my motorbike i take ... Amazing how much test equipment i can strap to the bike ... Thats a Class 357 Electrostar Sander Traction Control box i designed strapped to the back of the bike ,, We fix trains ..

So hi everyone, 50 year motor biker ... first bike, James 125 at 12 yrs old, done the big 4 stroke thing GSXR 1127, ZZR 1100, Kwak 750's, CX500's ..( yes i like them ).. but ... mostly 2 strokes .... LC 250, 350, YPVS TZ YAMMAGAMMA,.... AND ... lots and lots of MZ's ..... 300's, 250's, 150's, 125's ... all rebuilt from scrap into daily use bikes ... Now on the mighty Royal Enfield 400 Himalayan ..... love it .... the David Brown Tractor of motorbikes .... Love it .....

What a nice bunch of chaps .... In my defence i spend most of my interweb time on cycling forums .... It's hard there ... its where all the national socialists hide out .... So hi everyone, 50 year motor biker ... first bike, James 125 at 12 yrs old, done the big 4 stroke thing GSXR 1127, ZZR 1100, Kwak 750's, CX500's ..( yes i like them ).. but ... mostly 2 strokes .... LC 250, 350, YPVS TZ YAMMAGAMMA,.... AND ... lots and lots of MZ's ..... 300's, 250's, 150's, 125's ... all rebuilt from scrap into daily use bikes ... Now on the mighty Royal Enfield 400 Himalayan ..... love it .... the David Brown Tractor of motorbikes .... Love it ..... OH ... i'm the OP .... Landsurfer74 ..... what a silly billy .....