It felt nimble enough, comfortable and although not blessed with loads of power it's enough in most cases. Brakes were quite good and believe me, decent brakes are needed here!
I'm seriously considering buying one as a second bike living down here. It's too hot most of the time to be blasting around everywhere so the relaxed nature of the bike suits the climate well. There's more dusty tracks and trails than tarmac in this neck of the woods and I've ridden both a DRZ400 and a 690 R along most of the local ones..........and I could do all of them on the Himalayan without any trouble at all and that comes from someone with fairly basic off road skills.
Off to the dealers tomorrow to see if I can squeeze a bit more out of him for my part-ex and who knows, I could be heading to the hills in comfort........albeit at a rather sedate pace.
flat. If your not in a hurry this is the bike for you. I had as much pleasure from riding around the country lanes at 30-50 mph all day and taking in the views as I do travelling abroad and doing thousands of miles in a week. This bike brought memories of my youth back , to the days of me riding lanes at a sedate pace and actually enjoying riding a bike again. It just goes to prove you don't need a 1000/1200 bike to have fun and pleasure when 411cc will do the same and bring that smile and fulfilment back again.
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