2017 Royal Enfield Himalayan With Fuel-Injection To Be Launched Soon

Royal Enfield will soon be launching the updated Himalayan adventure tourer with a fuel-injected engine to comply with the BS-IV emission norms. The earlier bike, which had a  carburettor, only met BS-III emission norms and had to be discontinued when the BS-IV norms were implemented in April this year. Over the last couple of months, Royal Enfield has been developing a fuel-injected unit based on the earlier engine for the motorcycle. As per our sources, the fuel-injected bike will be priced at a premium of Rs 4,000 to Rs 5,000 over the discontinued model (the difference does not include the effects of GST). The earlier version was priced at Rs 1.60 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). From here on, the company will only sell the fuel-injected version of the Himalayan. The updated bike is expected to hit showrooms by mid-August. Read our review on Himalayan here.

The Himalayan is currently the most affordable adventure tourer motorcycle in the country. The updated bikes will be powered by a 411cc fuel-injected engine, which develops 25PS at 6500rpm and a peak torque of 32Nm at 4250rpm, mated to a 5-speed gearbox. Since the engine has a displacement of over 350cc, the adventure tourer will be considered as a luxury item under the new GST norms and will attract 31 per cent tax instead of the 28 per cent that will be levied on bikes with smaller engines. A half-duplex split cradle frame underpins the Himalayan. Suspension duties are handled by 41mm telescopic forks with 200mm of travel at the front and a monoshock unit with 180mm of wheel travel at the rear.

Braking duties are handled by a 300mm disc brake with 2-piston floating caliper at the front and a 240mm disc brake with single piston floating caliper at the rear. The bike is shod with a 90/90 R21 tyre at the front and a 120/90 R17 at the rear. It gets a 15-litre fuel tank and weighs 191kg. A seat height of 800mm means it can accommodate average-sized riders too.

Watch out for this space for more updates on the updated Royal Enfield Himalayan.