Himalayan 450 Rally vs XPulse 200 Rally Sprint Race

A head-to-head between a 450cc liquid-cooled 40 BHP adventure motorcycle and a modest 18 BHP air-cooled trail specialist. The outcome is predictable, but still gives a glimpse into the capability of both the Himalayan 450 and the XPulse 200.
Let me know what you think of this video in the comments section below.
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[@antonydecosta6262]

Xpulse is such a capable trail machine but in the right hands

[@ahmedAli-ok7gz]

just waiting for the 210cc LC engine version of Xpulse and the game will change

[@SH_motivation98442]

That xpulse right there is not the new 4v model its the 2v old model.

[@gauravchamoli1951]

​@@SH_motivation98442 It's the 4V variant brother. The badge can be seen on it's tank if you zoom in a little.

[@ഭിത്തിയിലിടിച്ച്വികലാംഗനായതു]

Pretty evident that the weight and size of the machine plays a part. RE is significantly more powerful and obviously it's faster on a straight line. Still with it's agility the Xpulse close the gap time to time. Xpulse have that dirt bike DNA which is unmatched by it's current rivals. But considering Himalayan is so much better for touring i feel like the small compromise in off road capability is justified. It's a really capable tourer which can do off road stuff when it's needed. Shed some weight is the only thing you've to do. As it's an RE reliability is always a question mark until it's proven. But seriously impressive machine at first glance 🙃

[@dhruvdhiman2398]

These guys were Not pushing it. If the himalayan would have been at full throttle, there wouldn't have been a video for us to watch. That specific section where these guys are, is in favour of the himalayan. The xpulse can leave it behind but in a different scenario, not here. I own an xpulse and would prefer one any day considering my usage. But a fact is a fact, my personal preference doesn't matter.

[@ഭിത്തിയിലിടിച്ച്വികലാംഗനായതു]

@@dhruvdhiman2398 Can't disagree mate. Because it was kind of a flat track rather than a technical trail. They could've pushed the Himalayan a bit harder. But then the weight comes into account as well where most people in the real world with their limited skill set won't be able to push a top heavy machine like himalayan that hard. But Xpulse is much more manageable for a wider audience. Unbelievably nimble. On a rocky technical trail Xpulse would smoke the himalayan. It's just for different purposes we can say rather than going for a direct comparison.

[@souparnadaz]

the entire thing about re is reliability. Idk what you are on @@ഭിത്തിയിലിടിച്ച്വികലാംഗനായതു

[@souparnadaz]

yup exactly. this was not even off roading. the riders were obviously good but the road was meh... re was always going to be the winner here. xpulse will shine in a proper offroad, where only the torque will be the key but the weight and pickup will be disadvantageous for himalayan which was just the opposite here.@@dhruvdhiman2398

[@DanceWithShivam1]

I wish new xpulse comes soon with a bigger engine

[@joyroy7284]

Thanks for showing us this side of Himalayan 450, probably no one is gonna upload this kind of video on KZbin.

[@zaheerahmed4901]

Obviously he'd make the best content

[@gshiva8516]

Abhi means.... best technical creator No bakwaas

[@baahubalii]

Only stupid can compare 451 vs 200 cc bike and moron would appreciate such videos

[@su-1337]

@joyroy7284 check the OG sagar sheldekar

[@SUBRATADAS-dx7yo]

Superb

[@udayansingh6642]

The xpulse suspension took the last jump very well

[@niputosheqi8928]

On the point...👍👍👍

[@MUSTANG-tc7rv]

i'm actually impress of Xpulse 200 performance . it can keep-up with RE 450 liquid cooled engine .

[@shree397]

Its not the bike its the rider, put the Xpulse rider on RE H450 and its game over

[@kailashsingh7169]

In this kind of terrain u can't go past 100 and hold the speed that is the reason

[@tangetaier1783]

​@@kailashsingh7169not stock xpluse tho

[@damirtham5199]

This is also not a stock Himalayan​@@tangetaier1783

[@GrowDigital-lk4ig]

@@shree397Xpulse can best himalyan easily at hardcore off roading.is race me surface is nit that worst so himalyan is having benifit.Give me the xpulse i can pass at himalyan .

[@anilrao4334]

While watching this Who else were blowing on to their mobile screen to clear away the dust coming at you 😅 kudos to the team for this amazing content 😁

[@prakharthegreat]

Crazy. The skills of both the riders is commendable.

[@ogasi1798]

as good as this upgraded 452 is the little x-pulse holds its weight just fine, proof that off road things are equalled somewhat

[@kugangles9860]

It's too bad its release was delayed here in the US.

[@sarcasticbhai]

Just curious about one thing. The Himalayan proves out to be superior but why it was not able to increase the gap.

[@studentofthegr8art]

The expulse rider was a pro who has won rallies. Also the bike is lighter and so can go braking late and catch up in the corners. If you watch closely every time the Himalayan was sliding the expulse was getting closer without braking. Then coming out of the slides the Himalayan was tearing away from the expulse. A good rider can make use of the lightweight of the expulse well.

[@ladakhman]

Coz it's footage video where both bikes had to be kept in frame. Not a race

[@terneros1852]

Increíble!! Viva la India !

[@shinparmar2]

@abhinavbhatt this video is like a small action movie. What footage !!! You only need to add some awesome music to this.

[@barebonesmc]

great video, love to hear more of your thoughts about the 2 bikes, Ride Free my friend

[@deepak3267]

That's almost full commitment 🔥

[@Shivaye-y5n]

Both bike are doing great job and riders too

[@mikimafia-]

Incredible footage and Comparison, The Himalayan is a more powerful of the two for obvious reasons, but the fact that a 200cc machine is able to compete on a level of this machine and a lot more economical in terms of service cost makes me happy about owning an Xpulse 4v. Cool stuff Happy and Safe Riding 🏜

[@Whatreally123]

Whenever i see your videos in this area, i am jealous. We only have a lot of hills around Bangalore, and finding such vast expanse of flat dirt area is almost non existent, at least close to Bangalore.

[@abhinavbhatt]

I'd take the hills any day.

[@sailalmishra4860]

Both, amazing riders..

[@ShibasSadhu]

Xpuls❤

[@thekushinator]

THat was a seriously cool vid guys!

[@NationalParkRider]

Hi Abhinav, could you share the helmet brand and model you were using in this video? Thanks!

[@pembatamang8233]

please do a Yezdi Adv vs Himalayan 450 lap on this same track, maybe switch the riders after a lap.

[@raulgangsta5750]

Xpulse is like the rx100 of Indian dirt bike fraternity

[@raw_enduro]

Rider was not switched right??

[@bobstv2556]

Love xpulse. For the price and simplicity.!

[@myselfyuvi]

After having dropped so much weight, Himi was not really able to break away from xpulse other than the straight lines. So much hype for having built 'the best off-road bike', it's actually just a good highway tourer by RE.

[@sudiph8478]

I don't think you understand. No matter how powerful and faster a bike is, on any type of bend or corner you will have to slow your bike down to avoid crashing. Here the Himi had to slow down at the bends to a certain speed as it was going a lot faster than the Xpulse. But, since the Xpulse was already going slower than the Himi he didn't need to slow down much for the bends, so it carried on with almost its usual speed at the bends.

[@sushobhonkonar1155]

Adv and dirt bikes are different

[@arpanchamlingrai]

There trail is an example of "No Replacement for Displacement".

[@vmetrobikeparts1198]

XPULSE DID AWSOME , IT WAS TRAILING VERY CLOSE TO HIMALAYAN 450 . IMAGINE XPLUSE ENGINE HAD 300 TO 350 CC WOULD HAVE SEND HIMALAYN BACK TO HIMALAYA LOL

[@TusharMalviya]

Let's wait for xpulse 400

[@one6803]

xpulse is light and easy to maneuver and give better fuel efficiency

[@Daljitsinzz]

Ih Himalyan is double the Power but couldn't increase the Lead So its good on Straid Patch but worst on Jumps as controling is quite difficult

[@Moto_India]

Bhayankar bro❤

[@Preetpalsinghaulakh]

Xpulse doing great performance

[@MrtalkieBoy]

When compare those bikes himalayan is 450 and xpulse just 200 cc,,,, in mean half of himalayan... But its perform great,,,,...

[@surujjyotineog562]

xpulse lover❤

[@kaamiKunn]

Very cool video

[@Vishalmanhaas]

This is too much safe and fun way of motorbikes unlike those superbikes which kill peoples. Those are kiler machines . these are real fun machines.

[@vysakh9686]

🔥🔥

[@prathamchauhan8421]

Bhai ye hi raste pe KTM Adv 390 SW.ko lekar RE se rece karo ...ye off road nahi matti wala stretch he...next video with ktm sw

[@abhinavbhatt]

Bhai, mere kisi dost ke paas KTM nahi hai, but dhoondhta hu.

[@tanerbalkan2159]

Both nice Indian made motocycles

[@techguide57]

Is that himalayan modified

[@abhinavbhatt]

Little bit.

[@wasimuddinmulla2168]

Loved it.

[@sir_prize_ma_the_farcar4547]

Only thing missing Drones shots 😅😅😅

[@jpsingh1764]

X Plus ❤

[@niputosheqi8928]

Do or die .. xpulse is the best...💪💪💪💪💪

[@instaranjanvlog]

Too good

[@justusmachado8462]

Worderful off-ride I should say. This could have turned better by recording on professional FPV drone.

[@flyby7735]

200cc 2v did a better job than 450cc

[@bankeshsarkar8075]

What better job 200 cc did?

[@ajitgaikwad2277]

Conclusion?

[@Rohit10-jr]

He is showing what this Himalayan is capable of, by this you can come to your own conclusions, whether to buy one or not.

[@AbhinavVerma-l6v]

If you want to have fun then buy xpulse and if u want go for long ride especially for mountains then buy Himalayan

[@traveledits10]

Himalayan is just wow 😍 🐐

[@Blvo1]

This 200cc could win in other laps which have rocks n ol.

[@harshpandey8368]

Bhai Himalayan ka POV kn dikhayega?!😂

[@abhinavbhatt]

Watch the previous video.

[@sathishkv5531]

200 Cc vs 450 cc

[@IAmAnAlbatross...]

Yezdi adventure se karo. Kya bacchon se larai kar rahe ho😂

[@amitbaidya1173]

In cover the long distance in such terrain himalaya is more capable due to his big engine rider make himself more comfortable

[@ThisisCristianoRonaldo]

450 cc ka kya paida jo 200 cc ko takkar nahi de paya

[@Tani110]

Lol how can xpulse 200 go against 450 engine 😅😅😅😅

[@disisashish]

Look what 200cc bike did with old guy 450cc… only bhed chalwalo ko pasand ayega ye 🤪

[@im100rya]

just imagine Xpulse getting a 400 cc engine, goosebumps already

[@anirudhshroff7612]

I believe that it's actually in the testing phase but we'll have to wait just a little longer. It would be fun to see both the bikes with close power figures but before that we may actually see another xpulse probably around same cc but more improvements...

[@shubhampandey9497]

Karizma Xtreme and Xpulse 400 are already in testing phase✌❤

[@im100rya]

@@shubhampandey9497 no its xpulse 210 cc 😞

[@defence3355]

440

[@OriginalBrownMunde]

It will be a heavy bike.

[@kaamiKunn]

Very cool video

[@___SSS___]

Holy moly , too good ❤❤❤ I'm feeling proud seeing indian motorcycles, indian riders and indian youtuber in this kind of video 😅

[@kingshukdas2727]

You spoke my heart ❤️❤️❤️

[@spawnI-_-I]

Amateur my s. If he’s amateur then i m newborn baby.

[@NOLIMITS21]

The Himalayan guy doesn’t seem like amateur to me 😂

[@narasimhadevarasetty]

If there were more twists and turns then race would be more neck to neck, but still thanks for the video and if possible use drone next time outcome will be spectacular .

[@abhinavbhatt]

I don't have a drone.

[@narasimhadevarasetty]

@@abhinavbhatt 👍

[@anirudhhhh]

Xpulse would shine with a more technical course or at least the race will be more fair.

[@edwinyairulloquecuadros7505]

Excelente vídeo , Saludos desde Colombia ... Estamos a la espera de la llegada de la himalayan

[@abileshsuthaveeran4327]

In the slow sections the Xpulse is Great

[@rijithxpulse2004vpro]

Comparing 400 cc with 200 cc .From this anyone can understand how terror xpulse is. Happy & proud to be the owner of xpulse.

[@krishnabangari1292]

A ameture on Himalayan and a pro on xpluse. For the price and CC xpluse did a great job to keep up with 450cc machine

[@aashik3584]

Interesting take would when xpulse 400 and himalyan is pitted against each other..

[@lostbeast782]

Dude! I'm loving what you're doing with the Himalayan. It's mad! Loving the contents. Thanks man.

[@nizamabbas7523]

Been waiting for this Camera Angle, Thanks

[@motoonism1991]

Now, this is a Himalayan worth waiting for.

[@VM-1964]

Outrightly evident that X Pulse is simply as good and infact, much lighter to ride, and with rally kit options too👍👍

[@avishekmochari]

Leave the Bike aside for a while..and focus on the FUN they are having

[@v.n.s6528]

200CC VS 450CC BUT THEY ARE MATCH EACH OTHER 😂😂😂😂

[@27saransh]

Damn... It's super awesome. Ab kaam me dimag nhi lagega bhai

[@MrJishnu]

bro got confused between the words amateur and expert

[@motoinfo07]

Himalayan was torqui. But in these kind of trail xpulse is more balance because of weight.

[@12symphonies20]

We need content like this. Not the same old sh*t talking about chassis, spects, engine, modes, ABS and all, the company tells them on their webpage. We need to know the capabilities of a bike, and I am quite surprised at what the Himi can do :)

[@nandans2506]

It's all about weight. Xpulse 400 could be something amazing but there's a lot of weight that can be chopped off current offering itself. I'm loving my xpulse, really believe it's gonna be one of those models that's gonna age really well. We'll be looking at the good old times of xpulse few decades down the line

[@souradip06]

Sheer size of the engine and power pushes the RE, let the track get a bit more technical, we'll easily see the Xpulse shining. RE bikes are not ready to take a beating that happens in a dirt track.

[@prasannar1610]

Xpulse is actually faster in u-turns than RE

[@STRidesKenya]

I don't believe this is a fair comparison. The larger engine is the only thing keeping the Himalayan in front. For off-road a lighter weight machine and a lesser cc like the XPulse is much more fun and more importantly relaxing. The moment the heavier bike falls is when one knows the burden of picking it. Most people won't have the experience these riders have and the bike would probably fall several times. Take the Himalayan on off roads where there are rocks water etc and see how the XPulse shows it some serious capabilities.

[@joyngamkhumlo2520]

😂😂😂 offroad my foot, i can ride r15 in this road 😂😂😂. city guys offroad 😂😂😂 this is just my village road, lastly, my village women can ride scooty on this kind of road...anyway nice comedy video.❤❤❤.

[@sathwikkumar1469]

Xpulse is holding up prettyyy good against a bike which costs almost twice its price .

[@nps7742]

Your comparing a 40 bhp with 18 bhp . You should watch itchiboots current Madagascar series to understand the difference.

[@qaz123orama1]

Jitni ride karni hai karlo....jish din yanha pe corporate office and residential society ban gayi na....riders royenge trails karne k liye 😢

[@kunalshows5098]

Any race between Triumph scrambler 400 x and Himalayan 450 ?

[@vishnus605]

We need them to do some talking after the ride bro

[@sohamroy1872]

I heard somewhere that hero has started testing of xpulse 400 which will probably based on Dakar rally model. If it's true then hero is going to be a neck pain for other ADV manufacturers. Proud of you Hero motocorp.

[@RR-mq1ee]

This is very new to watch. I have seen several reviews and races, but only on the road. This is very different and comparatively intersting.

[@akshay4892]

One extra data needed to conclude the comparison, the Himalayan ride was mind blowing, can he explain how much effort he made to maneuver the bike vs the xpulse, was it hard or easy for him!? Compared to the xpulse Just asking this because of the longer wheelbase of the Himalayan and less initial torque

[@ladakhman]

Heavier adv bikes are ridden by throttle & brakes with my past GSA experiences, I don't have much issues adaptinf to heavier bike. Xpulse to Himalayan I say 15% more effort. 10% more only coz off the extra wide tank blocking agressive cornering.

[@ankursamanta5582]

It's always the rider ;-)

[@billcotton1551]

Hole shot to the Himi every time! These guys are great riders!

[@GrowDigital-lk4ig]

Upload a video of hardcore off roading that is where Xpulse is going to show upper hand.in these sprint races himalyan is having clear advantage of Xtra power furthermore surface is not worst enough.plus nice racing lines taken by both riders

[@VideosfromaSailor]

Tagda video hai bhai, maza aa gya dekh ke

[@dhruvdhiman2398]

WOW! who are these riders Abhinav Sir. Please share their social media handles. These guys are crazy!

[@ursmukeshr1]

If an Xpulse with 200 cc can do this, imagine what 421cc Xpulse would do. I watched this video more to estimate future Xpulse 421 bike.😍🤩

[@Ron.xionzre]

Great stuff Abhinav, this was a brilliant video!