The Royal Enfield Himalayan promotional video that captured the unfortunate incident of CS Santosh losing a footrest after some rigorous off-roading has been taken off from the official YouTube channel.
‘The #Himalayan – The CS Santosh Diaries – Ep.1 Kolar’ saw the Dakar rally rider perform several rigorous tests for Royal Enfield. But one particular stunt, with CS Santosh on board of the Himalayan, going air-borne and landing on the ground from a height of around 3-4 feet saw the adventure tourer lose one of its foot pegs.
Click here to check out the 360-degree video of the new Royal Enfield Himalayan here
The officials at Royal Enfield say that they have made changes to the unit and made it better or durable. Royal Enfield came said in an official statement:
“It’s the torture testing of a prototype, no aspect has been left untouched to give you exactly what you want. We pursued quality to deliver the promise of endurance. This testing proved to us that if you land from a jump that’s 6ft above ground, the footpeg could break, so we made it better and did it all over again and again before we broke out with the #Himalayan.”
The Himalayan is India’s first home brewn and an all new adventure tourer from Royal Enfield which is powered by a four stroke air cooled 410cc (411cc to be precise) single cylinder motor that looks different in shape and construction than any thumper that we have seen or ridden till now. The new motor cranks out max power of 24.5 bhp @ 6500 rpm with peak torque rated at 32 nm @ 4500 rpm.
The motorcycle was officially unveiled in February 2016 however it is scheduled to be available for sale from March 2016. That’s also when Royal Enfield will unveil the prices.