A video documenting the journey to & from the first service at 300 miles, including a look around Royal Enfield Peterborough & an explanation of what the service includes.
Good morning and welcome back to the channel so today is a bit of an exciting day for me to be completely honest because today I am on the way to Royal Enfield Peterborough and I’m going to be getting the first service done on the Himalayan
So to be honest guys I never thought I’d be quite so excited about being able to go 50 m hour on the bike um but I’ve got to say uh yeah I’m over the moon and uh I just yeah I just can’t wait to get it
Done to be honest I’m going to take you guys long for the ride uh potentially show you a little bit of the dealership when we get there as well tell you how much it cost what they do and uh yeah little bit of an overview of the first service so uh stay
Tuned okay here we are Royal Enfield peterb I changed the showroom around last time I came here they used to have BMW and nfield together but looks as though they’ve uh yeah they’ve changed the showroom a little bit so park up have a chat to the guys inside and
Uh yeah see what bikes they’ve got in there so I popped in to see the guys at Enfield and it turned out that the other building that I was talking about is solely for the sale of BMWs now and it’s the uh the service side as well of Royal
Enfield Peterborough and the site I’m at currently is the completely Tod do the sales of the uh the Nills first bikeing shot red and white scram really interesting bike I do hope to ride one at some point only difference real difference really between that and the Himalayan different styling different
Seat and of course it’s got the 19in front wheel as opposed to the 21 in of the Himalayan couple of 350s coming up so to begin with we’ve got the hunter 350 which I think looks absolutely magnificent in that particular colorway and uh coming up now we’ve got the
Classic 350 again I’ve actually tested ridden a a classic in the past not the best colorway in my personal opinion but a cracking old bike nonetheless I’m probably my uh my favorite out of the 350 range moving on next to the super meteor 650cc using the same engine derived from
The uh from the Interceptor in the Continental 650 not the prettiest bike in the Enfield range in my humble opinion um an interesting bike nonetheless I do think this kind of silver and dark blue coloray does suit it quite well though uh for me personally uh Cruz is just really aren’t
My style B that’s what you’re into that’s the great thing about Royal Enfield you know they’ll uh there’s probably something in the range that will uh that will suit everybody and then just on the left of sh hair we’ve got a an array of Triumph Tigers which
Actually again really cool in my opinion if I were going for a a slightly high capacity adventure bike it’s probably going to be on my uh on my short list for sure so just going into the showroom now the first bike you’re going to see is a is a fully kitted out camo
Himalayan with the the luggage on it and the the handguards as well really cool looking bike and then just next to it again we’ve got a couple of uh couple of different color variants of the scram and you could potentially argue that the the scram is a little bit of a prettier
Bike the only thing I’m not too sure of with the scram is that front headlight I kind of really do like the utilitarian kind of rugged look of the uh of the Himalayan and that’s the bike for me next to sunstrip Sunset Strip sorry uh um I’ve completely forgotten the name
Of the bike and it’s one of the bikes I actually wanted sunet strip Interceptor cracking looking bike in my opinion and one of the uh one of the best colorways in the in the range so after this was shot went for a a coffee did a little
Bit of shopping and then uh pick the bike up a little bit later okay so back well on the way back from Peterboro through the little village of thorney and W boy what a long day it’s been so woke up at 6:00 a.m. this morning left shortly after 7:00 and it
Took us a little over 2 hours to get to the dealership this morning uh cuz we went in the back roads like I said in my previous video when I’m running in the bike I want to avoid the main roads avoid the national speed limit roads if I can and avoid the dral
Carriageways uh I’m glad I did um we had to go on a little bit of dual Carriage right it was a little bit sketchy to say the least uh but boy did it take a long a while to get there uh now when I booked the
Uh when I booked the bike in for the service uh the chaps over repeat Rush told me they’d have it all day um and I knew that would be the case because the valve clearance is need to doing and they needed the engine to cool down
Before they could do any work on it I was kind of hoping all day meant they’d finish at 4: half 4 unfortunately not I gave them a call about quter 4 no the bike will be ready at half 5: and I didn’t end up leaving the dealership
Until about4 to 6 the time is now 6:31 so about 45 minutes into the ride home uh so yeah long all day and uh after driving back from Southampton from my honeymoon yesterday I’m in need of a beer and a lie down to say the least and
Then back to work tomorrow but anyway enough about my life what did they do on the first service well as I’ve already alluded to valve clearances required to be checked and say checked altered at 300 Mi and then the next service after this will be the 3,000 Mi service and they’re
Going to need adjust in again then so the three main things they really do valve clearances oil change filter change and that’s pretty much it uh charged me £220 for the privilege but it’s a main dealer it’s a it’s a first service and I appreciate that’s where
The uh that’s where the dealers make the bulk of the money so it is what it is I’ll be going back to them uh until she is at of warranty I will then be serving ing myself so in the past I’ve done oil and filter changes on other bikes I’ve done air
Filter changes what else break fluid change different bits and pieces like that I have never though done or checked valve clearances that’ll be something new for me so I’m going to do a little bit of research on the matter that’ll be a couple years down the line anyway so
Not something I need to worry about for the time being but hopefully in the future I can do those myself save myself a little bit of cash so how does the bike feel since the first service in all honesty no different whatsoever I think sometimes
You can do an all change on a bike and perhaps it does feel a little bit fresh if it’s been a while since it’s been changed a little bit peier um but to be completely honest I can’t tell any change with this whatsoever um but it was running running absolutely perfectly
Before so that is of course a good thing uh however I am pleased to say that I’m am now able to go above 40 m hour so going to put that to the test live for the first time see how she pulls uh and it is so nice to be able to do
That because I haven’t been able to for the first 300 miles and I’m not going to be going around 50 m hour everywhere I go uh that’s for sure I still want to be careful with the bike but it’s nice to know I’ve got that option just to go that little bit faster
When I want to the other thing I found is as well with slow speed riding in town I was trying to keep the bike under 3,000 revs and that is now so much easier because I don’t have to keep constantly looking down at the Rev count and see
Where I am to make sure I don’t go over it let’s have a quick look actually 50 mph fifth gear let’s see how many ref she’s doing so that’s 50 and yeah 4,000 refs so it’s pretty much what I’ve read on forums previously so you that initial running period if
You’re buying a Himalayan brand new if you’re doing 3,000 revs and unn she should be absolutely fine and by the looks of it you know 4,000 reps is going to be my kind of limit or so technically speaking for the next 900 mil because until 12200 M again
You’re not going to take the bike over 50 m hour uh how strict I’ll be with that I’m not entirely sure uh but at least until mile 5 or 600 the intention is at least not to go about 50 and uh and after that we’ll see
How we go but hopefully you can see this okay I wanted to record this really quickly know the lights fading thank you so much for watching and until the next time goodbye
9 Comments
Great stuff! Riding in can drag on a bit but its a nice relaxed time on the Himalayan.
P.s esp with current weather.
For valve clearance check and adjustment I highly recommend Nick and Jodie's Episodes. Nick is a car mechanic and does his own maintenance on their bixe. They have recently bought a Himalayan for Jo and a Scram for Nick. He has done some excellent maintenance videos on other bixe he's owned too. Another YT channel I watch is Economical Rides. He has a Meteor and a Himalayan. He says that the little Enfields don't feel loose until 2000 miles or km. He lives in the eu so I'm not sure if he said miles or km.
Great vid I am going through the same nightmare as you on my new Himalayan and what I have found is it is bloody dangerous going slow on todays roads
Now you have the next step of the run-in to do, an achingly long/embarrassing trudge below 80kph/50mph until you get to 2000km/1200miles. It will feel gutless up steep hills at speed, just gear down and mind your revs – expect to be slow. Pull over often to allow faster traffic to pass. Plan your rides to avoid fast roads and other people. It will get better.
My dealer told me when I picked up my Himalayan ( a week ago) that to follow the running in instructions posted in the book would both dangerous and virtually impossible. He simply said, not to over-rev the engine not to put the engine under and strain in any gear in other words …….be gentle with the bike. I have so far covered some one hundred and forty miles following this advice with no problems what so ever. I shall be taking the bike up to 60mph max after the first service. Again, my dealer has told me this is not a problem. This is a well proven engine that has now been in production for some time. Neither my dealer or I have heard of any 411 engine blowing up during the running in process. Of course you have to be respectful to both bike and engine. Several mechanics have told me that you can in-fact be over cautious in running in a bike. I don`t say this to criticise you in anyway and admire you patience and caution. This may however, help others who may be put off buying a Himalayan because of the running in period. They are a great well proven motorcycle and are built to last. I wish you many happy miles and smiles on your Himalayan.
Hi there, just to give you a bit of hope; my Himi that I bought last august was very tight on the engine initially, but loosened off after about 1000 kms, but now she has 93Ã Ã kms on the clock and the engine performance is SIGNIFICANTLY better.
Compared to cars, motorcycles cost a fortune in servicing – and need a lot. I Had a new Fiat Panda 18 years ago and the first service was set at 12000 miles (or a year).
After the bike is broken in and you can go at highway speed, I'd be interested to hear how you feel about the weaknesses of the bike and how you feel about the 411 Himalayan in light of the new 450 version about to replace it.
😎🙌thank you for that video, keep it up 🤟