BS6
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Originally Posted by svliker
I'm looking for unbiased views on all the Himalayan's from early BS3 to latest 2021 model's.
I've been brought up on British bikes, appreciate certain sub 200kg Japanese bikes. But I'm ideally now looking for an air cooled adventure bike, the Himalayan fits the budget, Capacity suitable for our roads, but just how bad or good are they? Local agent here in France won't give a test ride even, no demo's, only new bikes he would deem secondhand.
Hope for some sensible views on maintenance etc, thanks
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I would say the from BS6, the initial problems are sorted.
So if you buy a new one: No problem.
I was driving one BS4 in Nepal. I do not know if it was ever imported to Europe. We drove 8 bikes for 2 weeks. Only one issue. The generator on one of the bikes stopped charging. But it could be fixed on the parking outside the hotel.
From other reports. This model still had some issues to sort out. (But no major ones). And RE introduce improvement on the BS6 model.
I think that it is a perfect travelling bike. For all roads except highways. And for no roads. But if you planned to tour Europe on highways and Autobahn, I assume you would not look into this bike.
36 000 km review of the Indian BS4 model
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6sP...C3-e&index=129
11 000 km with BS6 => Service with oil, oil filter, air filter, sparkplug => continue without any issues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msr6...hT6af&index=38
Excellent value for the money.
(The majority of the people having negative comments about this bike, have never used one. )
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