Chassis breakage issue and possible solution | New Himalayan 452

[@ReddyHHH210]

I followed your videos so much that now I wanna change my hair color too !!

[@SrinivasGanesh]

Hahahaha this was just an experiment. 🤪

[@Shahzu7]

Brother, the quality of your videos is one of a kind. It's really good.

[@SrinivasGanesh]

Glad you like them! Thank you so much for watching!

[@sarath89892318]

everything that you said is true. you should nvr mess with the safety. if you dont have enough knowledge about what you are doing just follow what the company recommends even if thats expensive. thats safe for you that way. unncessary accessories that compromise your safety is not desired.your safety is of highest priority

[@SrinivasGanesh]

True that! Thank you for watching the video! 🙏🏽🫶🏽

[@suhas.kotian]

Hey Sri, I'd like to add 2 points. 1. You mentioned about aftermarket guards transferring impact directly to the chassis. While this is true, in those 2 cases, there was never a crash. So this point is invalid here right? 2. The crash guard used in one of the bikes was zana and everybody made videos saying it's mounted to the engine/chassis connecting bolt and it wasn't torqued correctly but zana has officially made a video showing their crash guards never was mounted to that bolt (you can check the video on their official page). So instead of pointing fingers, I think we should question RE here so that no other owner ends up with broken chassis.

[@adityabhat1508]

Fair point brother. And I haven't even seen the Royal Enfield officials use the Torque wrench for fixing any crash guards 😂

[@Bumblebee_Jayesh]

Correctly said mate, questions should be pointed towards RE rather than others

[@iam_saurabhsharma]

Completely in agreement with you bro here... Rather than defending vague answers from a manufacturer, they should have taken ownership & rectify it. And as far as Royal Enfield crash guards are concerned, they are not available even after paying almost 10k rupees for it & has a waiting period of almost 2 months !!! Never ever saw a waiting period for accessories !!! And that too on crash guards 😂 RE has Always considered their loyal customers as beta testers. So bike toote ya bandha... RE ko ghanta fark nahi padta... And despite all this, they are far too slow to correct their product.

[@SrinivasGanesh]

Thank you for commenting. While I didn’t point fingers at zana, I’d like to add that due to launch of new bikes, most aftermarket companies rather compete with others to deliver their products before their competition. Not saying all after market products are bad, I’m mean look at my interceptor, it is full of custom parts here and there. But sometimes it all comes down to chance. Now moving forward, One solution for existing owners who have installed aftermarket crash guard is for them to get the crash guards torqued to spec, even though most RE service centre will not have a torque wrench, we must do with what we have. Use thread locker if necessary, and that should be good to go. Again, I’m not blaming zana, I’m also saying that this will not happen on all RE bikes, it was a matter of chance that these chassis’ broke. We only move forward from here. 🙏🏽

[@SrinivasGanesh]

They did replace those chassis’ under warranty.

[@rahul___k]

I'm planning to buy this motorcycle. I have the HD x440 and Himalayan 450 on my list. The x440 is very refined however I want to know from you how is the refinement on the Himalayan, and the heating. I primarily will go to office with this in Bangalore and occasionally go to some rides outstation

[@SrinivasGanesh]

For both purposes this bike is really good. All bikes will heat up if you get stuck in traffic.

[@sureshkumar054]

You referred some motorcycle experts but I recommend your name to my friend now he owns new Himalayan

[@SrinivasGanesh]

🥹🫶🏽🫶🏽 thank you

[@itachiuchiha-yx2yn]

A weld point near the engine head mount. Its like a ticking bomb😮

[@SrinivasGanesh]

yep

[@jimmydickson8854]

Thanks for the advice mate

[@SrinivasGanesh]

My pleasure

[@amitrane130]

Its Informative, even company started calling people to not install after market crash-guard or some unacceptable mods which may considered for void Warranty. Other than that after using ur Himalayan 450, did you face any joystick and these handlebar button controls issue? and how you overcome those.

[@SrinivasGanesh]

No issue, you just have to get used to the positions. 🙏🏽

[@johnharris7353]

Thank you for good English !

[@SrinivasGanesh]

Thank you for viewing. 🫱🏽‍🫲🏾

[@danieldayal2570]

I own 450 but the logic u mentioned is illogical. 1. Hanle black dint have any sign of 3rd party crash gaurds installed 2. The kamet white had zana but it was running on highway n the chassis broke. So if u blame zana it is no way connected to chassis. In India 95% of the bikes are installed with after market crash gaurds only. But RE came up with lame excuse saying that happened because of aftermarket crash gaurds instead of research on the chassis and solutions for the 450 owners

[@SrinivasGanesh]

One solution for existing owners who have installed aftermarket crash guard is for them to get the crash guards torqued to spec. Use thread locker if necessary, and that should be good to go. I’m not blaming zana, I’m also saying that this will not happen on all their bikes, it was a chance that these chassis’ broke. We only move forward from here. 🙏🏽

[@collyernicholasjohn]

Thanks for video. 0.01% ain’t bad. Be good to know detail about what happened.

[@SrinivasGanesh]

Sure. 🙌🏽thank you for watching the video

[@bhavanijayaraman8500]

any suggestion for people who have already aftermarket? i got the bike in first lot delivered in Dec 7 and for the next 2 months after multiple times inquiring the showroom people had no idea on the GMA availability, however guys at Mototorque had these aftermarket assessories available from week 2 of Dec

[@SrinivasGanesh]

Well this issue is not going to happen on all motorcycles. Just get the bolts torqued to spec from the service centre and you’ll be good.

[@ratishrajan9185]

loose screws and bolts after long trips. is that true?

[@SrinivasGanesh]

Haven’t been on a long ride yet. 😔

[@ganeshsole8269]

Namaste. Loved the info

[@SrinivasGanesh]

Namastey to you as well. Thank you for watching the video! 🫶🏽

[@Whatreally123]

Everyone who loves to blame RE, answer these below points 1. Why do we never see any chassis issues of RE bikes sepcially Himalayan (411 or 450) from western markets? Why is that these issues only happen in india? 2. Why do indians love to bash this company and not have the same attitude towards other companies? People have made countless videos about the "vibrations" of the new Him 450 but in all honesty its the same or mote refined than the KTM 390 adv but houll not find mamy videos titled ktm 390 adv vibration or refinement issue. The him 450 has had 2 cases of chassis breakage and people are acting as if every single bike sold has an issue but last year the swingarm of the Triumph 400 broke and harksy any coverage of the same. Why? Why wasnt there a huge youtube or instagram frenzy about a broken swingsrm? 3. And if you go and read on international forums, youll see people reporting about chassis issues on big adv and other bikes from krm, bmw, triumph etc. Bikes coating lakhs of rupees. So does that mean these companies have no quality control cos issues are found in their top end products? And if anyone 2ants to reply and bash RE or anyy brand, reply addressing the points I have raised. If not, dont bother. If you just want to bash RE and think that makes hou look cool on the Internet, youre just wasting your time.

[@SrinivasGanesh]

Which is why I pointed out in the video, just 2 incidents after selling ~20,000 motorcycles. And people loosing their shit thinking that this is going to be in all of their motorcycles. Not even reading about the fact that RE did replace chassis for both motorcycles, under warranty and goodwill. 🤣 And people are saying one of the bike did not have a crash guard installed, how is it that it broke? To that I say, it could be a fluke that the bolts were not torqued correctly in that specific motorcycle. But nope. Let's blame and become keyboard warriors. hahaha . Thank you for your comment sir.

[@Whatreally123]

@@SrinivasGanesh yeah. And it's irritating and hilarious to see people make videos who have never owned these vehicles. Just put a title of "Himalayan 450 chassis broke" and put an idiotic "shocked" expression photo and they think they'll get views. And imagine the thought process that these people will find faults in a huge manufacturer like RE who spend millions on R&D but will 100% believe in some aftermarket crash guards which are made by unqualified people who are just welding some pipes. 🤣

[@Pegasus009]

This always happens with RE. People do install after market things on their bikes but only RE has such issues

[@SrinivasGanesh]

😥

[@Toxic420guy]

Bro what about moto torque crash gruad🤔 and suggest best crash guard for himmy

[@SrinivasGanesh]

I would say go for a Royal Enfield crash guard. OEM is the way to go. Just have the bolts torqued to spec.

[@TI3WTI]

I agree with you, but You can not see a crash guard on that photos....

[@SrinivasGanesh]

yea. manufacturing defect and was replaced under warranty by RE.

[@abctanmay]

While on a trip or general commute aren't you concerned about punctures with stock tube setup ?

[@SrinivasGanesh]

There is always a solution to either learn how to change tubes yourself, or get a tubeless conversion done on your rims. I have done the latter on my interceptor 650. And I am patiently waiting for cross spoked tubeless rims for my Himalayan 452.

[@scorpio9414]

@@SrinivasGanesh Cross spoked tubeless rims where did u get that?????

[@SrinivasGanesh]

@@scorpio9414 Have not got it. Royal Enfield will release it soon. So waiting for that.

[@abctanmay]

@SrinivasGanesh , after the tubeless conversion if tightening of spokes is required then does it affect the conversion ?

[@yawg333]

new hair goes hard as hell

[@yatrikashish]

🤣

[@SrinivasGanesh]

Hahaha it was white/ grey a while back, now excess sun and dirt is making it yellow somehow. 🤣 lol just an experiment.

[@SrinivasGanesh]

Hahahaha just an experiment. 😜

[@paybackgaming7728]

Bro do you recommend using crash guards from mototorq?

[@SrinivasGanesh]

No.

[@paybackgaming7728]

@@SrinivasGanesh thanks a lot sir for the info

[@SrinivasGanesh]

@@paybackgaming7728 my pleasure!

[@skeet295]

thank you thank you

[@SrinivasGanesh]

He he he 🙌🏽🙏🏽

[@iam_saurabhsharma]

So is royal Enfield Himalayan 450 the first bike in the entire motorcycle fraternity where people are interested in aftermarket crash guard & accessories ??? Even motorcycles like BMW GS 1250 & 1300 have aftermarket accessories but have never heard anything like this. Please do not support a brand for such defects. Aftermarkets accessories are used almost in all the other motorcycle brands but no other brand had such issues neither they came up with such stupid answers. Stop being Stupid. Stop Spreading Stupidity.

[@SrinivasGanesh]

Exactly, why is it one never hears anything about installing aftermarket stuff on BMW GS 1250 or 1300? Everyone is after this company saying they make shitty products and barely sees the bigger picture as to how much engineering and research has gone into making these bikes. Also, bhai video toh poori dekhle, I have not dissed the aftermarket accessories industry, but merely asked people to buy from reputed companies. So instead of taking precautions, which I also mentioned in this video, people choose to become keyboard warriors as opposed to making their own KZbin video and post a solution to help the motorcycle fraternity. Bole to Bheed ki disha mei bhaag jaana likes. Thank you for watching/ commenting and reading. 🙏🏽

[@iam_saurabhsharma]

Thank you bro so much for the quick reply. I really appreciate your dedication to us as your fans. Bhai, with no offense to you, I really believe that RE needs to step up their game now. Using halogen bulbs in the name of heritage and spoke wheels in the name of vintage... ADV bikes are obviously an exception to this, but RE still has a lot to work on. Tell me, which other company sells LED indicators as accessories? Bikes like the Classic 350 still have spoke wheels even on the top-end variant. I still wonder if anyone would want to carry a 200 kg bike with all that strength if it gets punctured. Why can't RE put alloy wheels on stock bikes as standard? Also, why can't they fit a slipper clutch on all the bikes? Believe me, it's a pain to use the RE clutch in stop-and-go traffic. And just a food for thought. Why can't RE include crash guards as a standard feature and add that cost to the bike's ex-showroom price? After all, a person paying almost 3.25 lakhs will not mind paying an extra 10k. RE is going to increase the price of their bikes every quarter, yet no updates or corrections are made to the product at the same pace. After all you will agree to the point that RE bikes are not cheap by any sense considering it barely has any features or electronics & expecting some sense from RE which other other manufacturers are already doing makes sense.

[@himanish-u3w]

Great video

[@SrinivasGanesh]

Thank you for watching. 🫶🏽

[@jebinjosepal]

which car do you own bro? Just curious! Since you have INT 650 and HIM 50

[@SrinivasGanesh]

Maruti Swift.

[@jebinjosepal]

@SrinivasGanesh please make a video on the car as well. I'm curious to know what all the mods have you done on the car

[@SrinivasGanesh]

@@jebinjosepal lol. No mods whatsoever. Bought it second hand to make parent’s travel easier in the city. 🫶🏽 It is completely stock.

[@yatrikashish]

Brol, the Hanle Black one had no crash guards...

[@virajvrooms]

😉 owners consoling themselves.

[@SrinivasGanesh]

Matter of chance. Not all bikes will break. 🙏🏽

[@virajvrooms]

@@SrinivasGanesh As a matter of chance till date all bikers just had to factor in engine, brake and clutch fails before going for a ride. So now we need to factor in chasis breakage as well. Superb logic!

[@SrinivasGanesh]

@@virajvrooms Well, the bike is launched, people have bought it. It would do no one any harm if we just did a few things by ourselves. This only makes us learn more about these machines that we bought 'willingly'. We can all show a bit of ownership here and do what is needed. RE has acknowledged it and is working on it. So yes, by my logic, it is absolutely no use in complaining. Thank you for watching the video, commenting on the video and reading this comment. Stay positive and be awesome.

[@virajvrooms]

@@SrinivasGanesh Ok. As long as the owners are happy with products that need continuous attention. This bike has been in development since 2018. No bike is perfect. Minor rattles here and there is fine. But for me chassis breakage is a deal breaker. Doesn't matter if it's first lot or second. No excuses from the company justifies it. Good luck.

[@dhrubajyotiroy.]

Hii sir i messaged u on Instagram regarding some seat related queries but haven't replied yet?😢

[@SrinivasGanesh]

I get a lot of dm. 🙈 Tell me what about the seat?

[@dhrubajyotiroy.]

@@SrinivasGanesh which one should i opt bench seat or continental GT s touring seat urs one only ? For city rides only and occasionally long rides

[@ebluxi]

Und wo bleibt hier bitte der Sari-Schutz? saree guard 🤔😉😁

[@SrinivasGanesh]

Der linke Grill, von dem Sie gesprochen haben, wird Saari-Guard genannt. :)

[@SrinivasGanesh]

Ich entferne es an meinen Fahrrädern. Sie sind am Fahrrad installiert

[@Camerarollindia]

Re ki bike lo aur phir sochtay raho chasis tuutaygi yaa nahi

[@SrinivasGanesh]

Aisa kuch nahi hoga. Bilkul lo aur bindaas chalao. Yeh problem sab mei nahi aayegi. Tabhi toh video banayi

[@thewanderinghelmet]

Another RE paid "Damage Control" video. Comon' bro..take a hike !😂

[@SrinivasGanesh]

Thank you for the addition to the view count! I'd love a hike! That is why RE 'gifted' me the Himalayan! Sure, where to? Any suggestions? 😅

[@thewanderinghelmet]

@@SrinivasGanesh Suggestions..sure, why not...join the RE factory in Chennai 😂

[@SrinivasGanesh]

@@thewanderinghelmet Oh interesting! I shall tell them, TheWanderingHelmet sent me, that should make them hire me in an instant. Thanks for the recommendation friend!

[@thewanderinghelmet]

@@SrinivasGanesh Oh pls 🙏, I stay miles away from such fraud companies, but am always vocal about their 3rd class products, unlike some youtubers who choose to ignore the harsh reality & glorify them to earn a few bucks. You will ruin your chances if you give my reference. Just show them your damage control video and you are good to go. 😉