Himalayan 450 Factory Racer

We have details and photos of Gary Birtwistle's Royal Enfield Himalayan 450 racer in our STORIES section.

We also have these details on the spec (or as much of it as Royal Enfield are willing to share).

This from a Royal Enfield insider, 'The bike feels inbetween a Rotax framer and a DTX bike (which makes sense as we took elements of his C&J Rotax and his Husky to find the current geometry), with the power characteristic of a big single and the lower centre of gravity of a framer, but has the stance and ergonomics of a DTX bike. Gary is able to find traction in a different way to a DTX bike.' 

Photo: Braking Point Images

SPEC

Standard main frame, weight saving by cutting out unnecessary brackets ( ie, centre stand mounts and side stand mounts)

Aluminium subframe with dimple dies gussets , integrated airbox mount and battery tray.

De-rake cups (-1 deg & -1.5deg depending on track)

Custom triple trees with adjustable offset cups ( 0, 2, 4mm)

4130 chromoly swingarm

Aluminium fuel cell ( 6.5L)

Magnesium valve cover

Nitron TVT 43 front forks with DLC stanchions

Nitron R3 rear shock

Lowery Racing wheels

Custom 300mm brake disc

Interchangeable rear caliper mount ( 4 pistons and 2 pistons)

Prepreg carbon bodywork

Custom neoprene seat

3D printed airbox with quick change Twinair filter

Protaper CR high bars

Protaper clutch perch

Titanium footpegs with custom foot control plate

Apico forged brake lever

Royal Enfield Genuine Accessories adventure aluminium adjustable gear lever

Motion Pro throttle

Jenvey throttle body (bigger)

304 stainless stepped exhaust with Arrow silencer

Fully programmable ECU

Brembo integrated reservoir rear master cylinder

Engine internals (secret sauce but pretty good old-fashioned tuning)

Standard radiator

Read more in STORIES

Submit A Tracker for Bike Shed Show

We are preparing for our annual visit to the Bike Shed Show, where we will have a stand with the DTRA, and we'd like your help. We are looking for bikes to fill the flat tracker and street tracker display, that haven't been shown at any of the previous Bike Shed Shows. Bikes can be from any age or era.

We can't help with transport, so it's a case of you bringing and collecting the bike yourself. This is what the Bike Shed say:

Your motorcycle will need to be available for the entire show period, delivered to Tobacco Dock in Wapping on the 24th of May (before 3pm) and collected on the 26th (after 6pm). We don’t accept motorcycles that have previously exhibited at our shows and all bikes need to be fully finished. We appreciate the paint may barely have dried and that first-fire may be yet to come, but all functional parts must be in place. 

If you're interested, please email us a photo and details to sideburnmag at gmail dot com.

Photos: Shane Benson

For Sale: Yamaha YZF450 DTX

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Yamaha YZF450 2009

well maintained, 2nd owner, overhauled (invoices available), then ridden 4 times.

Sold due to no time and other motorsport (speedway).

Extra plastic, air filters, new sticker set, everything available for conversion back to motocross. Possible with Belgian papers.

Location Belgium (postcode 3640) possible to meet up at the dirttrack in Lelystad (NL)

Price 3500€.

Email mrjtheijbers@hotmail.com or instagram joris__leftturn__theybers or 0032497971921