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Apart from the cost of shipping to India or Pakistan the import duty would be very high making for an expensive pair of tyres. I know 120-17 trail tyres are available in India for a very reasonable price, I had them on my Hero Impulse and a lot of bikes in Nepal had 21" front wheels so they will be available there, the roads will be potholed but even road tyres are fine in India, Nepal and Pakistan, no need for anything particularly knobbly.
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As the Royal Enfield Himalayan is made and sold in India with the same rim sizes as the Suzuki Dr650 one should think that reasonably offroad tyres would be available in India.
If not there are for sure a good selection of offroad tyres available in both Malaysia and Thailand. So you could get new tyres and mount or carry them (yes its a PITA to carry tyres - but sometimes its neccesary)
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Thank you! Yes, good reminder about Royal Enfield and good to know rim sizes are the same. Also appreciate your tips on Malaysia/Thailand. Would like to avoid carrying tires if I can, but still good to know.
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As the Royal Enfield Himalayan is made and sold in India with the same rim sizes as the Suzuki Dr650 one should think that reasonably offroad tyres would be available in India.
If not there are for sure a good selection of offroad tyres available in both Malaysia and Thailand. So you could get new tyres and mount or carry them (yes its a PITA to carry tyres - but sometimes its neccesary)
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Buy Timsum tyres locally. Cheap as anything and available in road off road treads. Trust me, you DO NOT want to have to deal with Indian bureaucracy.
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Hi Mark.
Thanks for your reply. Yes, thats what I am gathering- particularly about duty in India. I just have these barely used tires and was thinking whether it would be easy to get them to me on my route somehow since I already have them. Maybe the easiest thing will just be to sell them locally now and then just buy on the road.
Thank you for the India/Nepal tips- much appreciated!
Yes, I imagined road oriented tires fine for India/Nepal/Pakistan, I was interested in more off-road worthy as I head North from India/Pakistan into Central Asia.
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Apart from the cost of shipping to India or Pakistan the import duty would be very high making for an expensive pair of tyres. I know 120-17 trail tyres are available in India for a very reasonable price, I had them on my Hero Impulse and a lot of bikes in Nepal had 21" front wheels so they will be available there, the roads will be potholed but even road tyres are fine in India, Nepal and Pakistan, no need for anything particularly knobbly.
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