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Ordered my nice new black Himalayan today can't wait to get it.
Hope our hosts do a nice range of bits to spend my pocket money on 👍👍

Sounds like Happy Days ahead.

I believe our Hosts are planning parts for the Himalayan and they have a new Home Market example in the Workshop but it may be a while before they appear in the catalogue as the latest model has only just been released here in the UK.

REgards, Mark

I have been waiting to test ride a Himalayan for ever and ever and because of the wait have given up of ever getting a test ride, I just hope the new 650 twin does not suffer from the same long term delivery probs and arrives in April as expected, but I wont be getting excited.

I ordered a new Himalayan at the Scottish bike show last year. I was told May delivery so sold my Electra X, May came and went as did June and July, leaving me without a bike. Eventually I got my deposit back after many many phone calls and emails. I was the lucky one because the dealer went bust leaving dozens of people out of pocket. I still want one and will get one in a couple of years when all the problems are ironed out. Till then I will keep the sixty5 my wife bought me as a wedding present. At present my nearest dealer is 90 miles away so it will be a while till I get to ride one

Hi Davie Hall,

For the past few months I've been expecting to hear that someone else would become an RE dealer in Central Scotland / the Lothians. I'm quite surprised that it hasn't happened because I think that the previous dealer showed that there was a decent market for these bikes in this area. Hopefully something happens.

The RE rep at the NEC told me that the new 650 is scheduled to start production in April for UK deliveries in May. The Himalayan was held up because of changes in Indian emission standards. This necessitated altering the Bullet range, to which all production was switched for the much larger home market. Glad someone has taken the plunge; no pioneer bravery for me though, I'll let someone else feel Nash off the development. The 650, designed in England, should be a much better bet IMHO. Hope to ride both though, out of interest.

Who's Nash? Finish.

Had a look at the Royal Enfield UK web sight and it seems that in Scotland we are down to two dealers, one in Perth and one in Renfrewshire, does not look good for the future but this does reflect the state of the motorcycle industry in general, The shear lack of money in peoples pockets is hitting two wheeler sales.

Perhaps so; then again there is a trend towards PCP deals, at least with the mainstream manufacturers. It’ll probably end in tears again; people have short memories. Can one buy a Royal Enfield on PCP? The other thing is that it is likely that many buyers of the new twin will be older than average and will therefore have less of a problem affording one and paying cash.