Adventure Bike Rider Forum

dave h wrote: ↑Sun Mar 20, 2022 8:37 pm surely this post should have bee titled I've got some money burning a hole in my pocket,

enjoy your new trail bike,

dave.

Jak* wrote: ↑Thu Mar 17, 2022 10:29 pm I have had mine about three and a half years and done 33,000 miles. For the first couple of years it was pretty standard but now has a lot of little mods and I have just fitted one of the Indian made ‘performance’ camshafts. If you avoid long stretches on motorways and straight dual carriageways it is brilliant on road. The handling means you can pass a lot of bigger bikes on the twisties. Excellent fuel economy (about 85 mpg is common) and a reasonable size tank means you only have to stop about every 250 miles or so. I have used mine for a mix of commuting and a couple of longish trips, Spain, Portugal, Italy etc, through the Picos, Pyrenees. Alps and Dolomites it was awesome. Did a few dirt roads over there too. I am not a great off road rider but it inspires confidence. I actually enjoy riding it off road more than I did my CCM GP450. It’s mild manners mean you can potter along and enjoy the views. I guess if you are a bit more serious off road rider you might want to upgrade the suspension, but it is okay for me.
Issues have been steering head bearings (they forget to tell the workers to grease them), the side stand is too long, the brake callipers seized if they got salt on them, some bikes have issues with relays (mine hasn’t), like a lot of modern vehicles if you don’t use them regularly the battery doesn’t last (mine is still on the original), the seat is not the best although mine seemed okay to star5 with and deteriorated after about 10,000 miles. Mine is a 2018 model and a lot of the problems have been sorted on the later ones or been subject to a factory recall. There is an excellent Facebook group.
Most dealers have ones you can test ride or Nathan Millward does his experience days when you can have a day out on the and other similar bikes.
Personally I reckon they are probably one of the most complete ‘adventure bikes’ out of the box. A lot of owners on the forum have bigger bikes as well but find they hardly use them cos the Himalayan is so much more fun. The last big trip I went on was Scotland and I thought about taking my Guzzi Cali 3 but I was doing mainly minor roads and 85 as opposed to 55mpg swung it for me.
I only wish Enfield had brought it out a year earlier, then I wouldn’t have wasted so much money on the CCM.