The cross-spoke wheels with tubeless tyres used to come at Rs 12,424 while they will now be available at Rs 40,645 for the existing buyers.
Royal Enfield has silently hiked the price of cross-spoke wheels for the Himalayan 450 in the Indian market. The cross-spoke wheels will now be available as an optional accessory with the ADV bike at a cost of Rs 40,645 while earlier they used to loosen the buyer’s purse by just Rs 12,424. However, the new price of Rs 40,645 is only for the existing buyers as the first-time buyers can avail the cross-spoke wheels with tubeless tyres by paying only Rs 11,000 which indicates a significant rise in price for the current buyers.
Royal Enfield Himalayan 450 is one of the very few adventure motorcycles in the middleweight segment, which comes with cross-spoke wheels at an affordable price tag. The stock motorcycle is offered with tubed wheel setup and in order to upgrade to cross-spoke wheels earlier, the buyers had to pay merely Rs 12,424, which was quite competitive in nature and even less than most of the tubeless-conversion kits.
Royal Enfield Himalayan 450 cross-wheel setup is available in three colour schemes namely black, black olive, and gold. There is no difference in price between the aforementioned colour options as all of them will now cost Rs 40,645 for the existing buyers and Rs 11,000 for the new customers, who club it with the purchase of the motorcycle.
Sitting on a steel twin-spar frame, the Himalayan 450 rides on 21-inch front and 17-inch rear wheels. It boasts of disc brakes at both the ends while the suspension duties are carried out by Showa-sourced inverted cartridge forks at front and monoshock absorbers at the rear. The ADV bike gets a switchable ABS, multiple riding modes and ride-by-wire system in terms of features.
Mechanically, the Himalayan 450 is powered by a 452cc single-cylinder liquid-cooled petrol engine which generates max power of 39 bhp and highest torque of 40 Nm. The engine is linked to a 6-speed gearbox. It is available in five colourways namely Kaza Brown, Slate Himalayan Salt, Slate Poppy Blue, Kamet White, and Hanley Black.
Royal Enfield Himalayan 450 is priced between Rs 2.85-2.98 lakh (ex-showroom) in the Indian market. It directly rivals KTM 390 Adventure in the domestic market. The competition will further heat up in the coming months with the arrival of TVS RTX 300 and Hero Xpulse 421.
