New Royal Enfield Himalayan 450 Fully loaded with accessories! How much did it cost?
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- Опубліковано 19 вер 2024
- Part 2 of the Himalayan walk around looking at all the cost option accessories and adding up what they all cost!
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Let's not forget Royal enfield are currently doing a £650 cash back on new bikes. As of September 2024. So you can negotiate accessories.
I have to laugh at the ruses manufacturers use to rip customers off, with the principle one being the 'comfort' seat! Basically, they fit an uncomfortable seat, and then offer a more comfortable one as an option! Why not simply fit the comfortable seat as standard?
Or a rad guard that guards the rad.......
I find the seat on the 450 better than seat on the 411 I had.
I agree.
If like me you are a hoarder of all things bike you will have a couple of top boxes and panniers in the shed.
My old givi e28 panniers fit perfectly on givi racks and I turn an old e21 pannier on its side to use as a small top box.
The cost of full luggage therefore was £180 for the givi pannier frames and adapter plate for the rack to take another old givi m5 top box plate I had.
These have worked perfectly for myself and management when we travel together on whatever bike we have.
If it's just me I only need 1 30 litre roll bag for everything.
My old Barkbusters also fit.
Even my old tutoro chain oiler now on it's 5th bike, fits well with an additional £3 spent for new tubing.
Yes, I'm tight. But why spend more?
Ride safe 👍
HI Stuart, thanks. It's really helpful to have this additional info to support your overall appraisal of the bike👍
Hi Stuart. Even at the dealership in Mumbai, I saw the configurator glitches you talk of, exist. Sad to say. I had booked a Guerrilla 450. So I removed all accessories except the radiator guard and told them I'd deal with other items later. Possibly from a high quality after market provider. The RE stuff tends to be a bit crude. Thanks for your efforts. Shashi.
one thing i can say is that there is nothing crude about these accessories they are all very well executed.
I was one if the people who made a comment regarding the truing up of tubeless wheels. Saying that, I did have tubeless spoked wheels on my 1990 BMW R80GS. I owned the bike for 20 years and never had to do a thing to the wheels and spokes. They were faultless.
I chuckle when people comment that prices are wrong, when they make the remark yonks after the video been posted
Great vid Stu for those looking for kit.
Good for carrying gear .
But for me, personally, those alloy boxes are ugly as sin on any bike.
Thanks for doing this video Stuart. The pricing for the individual items seems fair. Although once added to the bike price it does make me question the whole value proposition. Especially when you can still get deals on bikes like the Benelli TRK502 fully kitted out for 2k less.
G’day Stuart, fitted a set of Touratech panniers, 45 and 38 litre, pannier frames and rear rack to my 2010 R1200GS.
$4200 Aus dollars😳.
Have had my 450 for the last 4 months.
I fitted my 450 with panniers and touring screen, came out to $10.400 Aus dollars on road.
A good video with plenty of kit to choose from , thanks for sharing , take care & ride safe
Good video. Thank you.
It just goes to show that the basic price for a bike soon adds up. Chinese manufacturers like Benelli and Voge include a lot of kit as standard, plus there is sometimes a free 3 piece luggage offer. I believe the RE panniers are the same that were available for the old 411 Himalayan, as these were the only things common to both the 411 and 450. The accessories do seem to have increased in price over what I paid for speccing up my 411, although there is no tubeless option.
i think in the current political/economic climate we need to think very carefully before buying chinese products.
@stuartfillingham I feel very similar to you, although as has been said many times, China supplies a lot of components that are used by other manufacturers. I'm a big RE fan, but I feel the pricing for the new Himalayan is too high, especially as the Guerrilla base model is a very attractive sub £5k whereas the base Himalayan is £5.8K.
I've got tubeless tyres on mine. It also has the gold wheels, which were apparently not going to be available.
When I had my hunter 350 I bought alot of my accessories from eBay, they come directly from India, probably from the same place the shop bought dealer accessories come from. They were alot cheaper, sometimes half price or more, free delivery and pretty quick too ... Great insight uncle Stu 🎉 x
I think those prices are reasonable for genuine RE accessories and while the total price might seem high for a Royal Enfield it's still pretty good for a fully loaded small adv bike. For every 1 person that buys it fully loaded there will be 10 who add aftermarket kit and the longer the bike is out the more aftermarket stuff will be available. As for fitting every bike I've bought new has included free fitting of extras. Its worth remembering that the mark up on accessories is generally far greater than the bike itself so dealers often have more wriggle room if you're adding a few bits
Another great video Stuart now sun's out time i got the goldstar out for a spin
Hi Stuart good video but you missed the touring seat for the front and rear is over £200
As far as i could tell from the configurator this is the standard seat.
I always buy 2nd hand and let someone else take the hit on accessories
These configurators are all the same. I’ve had similar issues with Triumph and BMW.
Hi Stuart. Nice Video as per usual. One question.Which box did the compost bag fit in? 😄
Brilliant video as always Stuart and they more I see this bike, the more I want one, but I think the Benelli 650 is about the same price 🤔👍🏻
Third world quality at first world prices,I say this being an owner of a himilayan410.
Which is off the road needing major top end surgery
a 10 year old model v their latest version? good comparison, very realistic 🤔
That seems like a sort of a lot to me. I mean I haven’t seen the model as they don’t seem to be in the USA yet, so don’t have a strong opinion. But just based on the numbers you have here, are a few other bike options to look at given the price. Maybe it’s fine for value, maybe there are others as good as value, it would bear looking carefully. Too bad, the other RE prices seem sort of unapproachable by other makers. If that is gone and we’re going toward what the market will bear with this brand too, it’s a shame for all those new/young riders if even RE chooses to ignore them.
Thanks
Thank you! Much appreciated!
Are the tubeless spokes available now?
Those bags on the front don't seem to be available. Hitchcock's aren't showing anything, nor are the various Indian sellers. I would like a pair for carrying smaller items, so I'll wait until they come onto the market.
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Good morning, Stuart, and once again, thank you for your videos, which personally help me to better understand, so to speak, the motorcycle market from a more informed perspective. I have a question for you. I own a first-generation Himalayan, but unfortunately, I’ve had several mechanical issues. I am an admirer of Royal Enfield, and their motorcycles continue to fascinate me, but I’m considering switching to something similar. I’m looking for a bike that, while not having pronounced off-road capabilities, retains affordability, style, the ability to handle some dirt roads, but also has the reliability of Japanese engineering. What would you recommend?
all i can say is that RE have advanced rapidly over the last five years and the old Himalayan preceeds that time period by a considerable amount.
Put a Heel/toe gear shifter conversion on Himalayan 450 ?? what's your opinion.
whatever pleases you. cant imagine any issues.
What is the cost of the pouches?
Seriously?
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