A weak summer sun strains to break through a darkening wall of clouds, its rays catching the shale. My boots methodically kick the rock loose as I work my way up a steep slope of scree. I’m slick with sweat, my helmet is chafing, and I’m completely alone in my misery. But the painstaking plod…
The Royal Enfield Himalayan 440 is a back-to-basics adventure tourer that effectively takes the place of the erstwhile Himalayan 411, with an updated 443cc, oil-cooled single-cylinder engine borrowed from the Scram 440. Here’s what works in its favour, and a couple of reasons why it might not be the best option.
There’s a special kind of frustration that comes with motorcycle electrical problems, and it’s nothing like a blown fuse or dead battery. We’re talking the kind where the bike runs fine for a week, then abandons you in a gas station parking lot for no apparent reason. You swap rectifier-regulators, it keeps happening, so you