The red dust of the Utah Canyonlands blanketed our bikes, contrasting with the matte black paint, giving them a patina only an adventure can. As Declan and I parked up in the center of the alpine village of Vail, Colorado, kids on bicycles quickly swarmed around us, ignoring the Ferrari’s and Bentleys parked nearby. “I […]
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PowerTronic Plug and Play ECU Upgrade For Royal Enfield Himalayan
One of the criticisms of the Himalayan is the lack of power and top speed. The 411cc engine delivers 24.5 horsepower (18.02KW) at 6,500 rpm, which is somewhat meagre by adventure bike standards. To boost performance, Race Dynamics, an Indian company developed the ‘plug and play’ PowerTronic kit which remaps the ECU controlling both fuel […]
Baja 2020
When you are living through the worst pandemic since the Spanish Flu and are locked down in a curfew mandated by rioting and looting, following the tragic murder of George Floyd at the hands of the police, the thought of escaping becomes increasingly appealing. To quote the great Kiwi explorer Sir Edmund Hilary, “let’s get […]
2020 Himalayan First 50
25 May 2020 Having spent weeks in a Covid19 lockdown and researching a trip from Phoenix to Cabo San Lucas and back, I reached out to the Royal Enfield team to see if they would be kind enough to lend me a couple of bikes for the trip. I would film the trip, write extensively […]