Last August, some painful images reached our editorial office of what at first appeared to be several prototypes and test units of the Himalayan 750 in a scrapyard located in the United Kingdom. As we later learned, Royal Enfield has a Technology Center in Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire, where it carries out the development of the brand’s different products, including its future ADV model.
Later, on the occasion of the Interlagos Festival, held on the legendary Brazilian track, the brand unveiled a new evolution of the model which they called “Adventure 750 Concept”although clearly we were looking at a Himalayan 750 without the final finish that the three recently photographed units do show. In any case, we were already able to verify some of the standard equipment that the model will have once the registrationable version is launched in just a few weeks.
Three Himalayan 750 and two different versions
Finally we come to the current moment, in which images of three copies of the model have recently gone viral in what apparently was the filming of an advertising advertisement. Beyond the technical aspects that these photographs reveal to us, the color palette chosen by the brand to decorate the body of its new frame draws our attention.
As Motoblog points out “The colors used are very Royal Enfield style, respecting its brand manual a lot. Reds, yellows, blacks, sand, and a completely smooth version in a kind of pewter, a tone that was already seen on the GRR 450”. Furthermore, if we look closely we can see how these three units are assembled under two different configurations.
Small details that make a difference
We are referring to the fact that two of them are equipped with radial tires and a conventional front fork, covered by dust bellows in the upper part, and the third is mounted on a configuration clearly focused on the road. To do this, it uses radial wheels and tires more focused on this use. It also has an inverted front fork. In any case, all three use a central rear monoshock to complete the suspension section.
Likewise, the braking system is common in all of them, with double front discs and a third anchored to the rear wheel. What also does not seem to be the same are the brake calipers on the front axle. If we enlarge the images we can see how there are subtle differences between those selected for the Himalayan 750 in on-road version and those that drive the discs of the harder variants.
There is still much to know about the model
This is the feeling that these latest images of the long-awaited Himalayan 750 have left us. Although we know, for example, the main details regarding its mechanics and equipment, there are other issues that are still up in the air. One of them is undoubtedly whether the Himalayan will have two or more versions and whether these in turn will be divided into variants delimited by the different equipment packages offered by the brand.
In any case, the Himalayan 750 will have a parallel twin-cylinder engine with a power that could exceed without many impediments the 60 hpalso offering the possibility of accessing a limited variant according to the current A2. It will also include equipment elements never seen before in any other model of the brand, such as the electronic accelerator (ride by wire), or cruise control.
