Three Himalayans at a motorcycle rally.

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Three Himalayans at a motorcycle rally.#87453

By papasmurf - Mon Jan 27, 2020 11:49 am

- Mon Jan 27, 2020 11:49 am #87453

Usually when I go to motorcycle rallies Royal Enfields are as rare as rocking horse poo and unicorns.
Last weekend camped at a rally at Cotswold Airport there were three Himalayans.

Re: Three Himalayans at a motorcycle rally.#87459

By Adrian - Mon Jan 27, 2020 2:14 pm

- Mon Jan 27, 2020 2:14 pm #87459

Papasmurf, that does sound like the opening line for a joke...

No doubt the relevant riders are happy with their bikes, no slur is intended.

A.

Re: Three Himalayans at a motorcycle rally.#87461

By Rushour - Mon Jan 27, 2020 4:04 pm

- Mon Jan 27, 2020 4:04 pm #87461

I'm not surprised, its a wonderful motorbike which seems to be growing in popularity, if I am going to work ( around B roads ) - I will jump on the Himalayan over my Interceptor most days - and you don't have to clean it !

Re: Three Himalayans at a motorcycle rally.#87466

By papasmurf - Mon Jan 27, 2020 5:20 pm

- Mon Jan 27, 2020 5:20 pm #87466

Judging by the stickers on one of the Himalayans it has already been to half of the planet.

Re: Three Himalayans at a motorcycle rally.#87467

By stinkwheel - Mon Jan 27, 2020 6:12 pm

- Mon Jan 27, 2020 6:12 pm #87467

There were loads of them at last years Dragon rally, to the point I stopped going and looking at them. I expect there to be more this year.

The bike could have been designed for UK winter rallies

Re: Three Himalayans at a motorcycle rally.#87485

By Rushour - Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:15 pm

- Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:15 pm #87485

Our local Owners club had a run to the Sammy Miller museum last year - 7 bikes in total - 4 were Himalayans !

Re: Three Himalayans at a motorcycle rally.#87773

By stinkwheel - Tue Feb 11, 2020 11:00 pm

- Tue Feb 11, 2020 11:00 pm #87773

As suspected, a really good turnout of Himalayans and classic bullets (both Indian and Redditch) at the Dragon. Probably pushing double figures. Also one brave soul on a new interceptor.

Quite a few BMW GSs were seen lying on their sides with or without the rider under them. I bet the himalayans made it off the field unassisted.

Someone snapped a nice picture of the aftermath with my bullet sitting in the middle of it. Interesting nights camping! An even more interesting ride to get back out of North Wales. Got plenty of deep-water riding practice in, thank goodness for waterproof socks!