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Is this for real? (2020 Himma?)

sam2019

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I pulled this off fb where someone suggested this to be the 2020 incarnation . The instrument panel has the required knobs for on/off ABS and emergency. But the 19" aluminium rim ???
Does anyone have reliable info on that?

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Roy Gavin

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No speedo drive or cable but bracket for cable is still there so perhaps not OEM wheel.
But read somewhere that the 2020 bikes have Bosch ABS , and with some Bosch systems the electronic speedo gets it reading from the ABS wheel sensor, so not conclusive ------------.
 

BurnieM

Well travelled
What ? You only just noticed ? That pic has been out for ages.

As the rear on that bike was a standard 17 inch with a black rim it seems pretty obvious this is a non-standard front wheel, perhaps to screw with the Indian media (and forums like this :) )

While anything is possible, changing the front wheel would require altering the steering head angle and, as somebody else pointed out, RE is cheap.
 
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cwadej

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San Diego
Cheep but not cheap. If they were truly cheap we wouldn't have polymer covered stainless braided brake lines as standard for one example.

but they still wouldnt put on a bracket that is not used.

The only way a company does that is if they have multiple similar models and the part is either cast or machined. there would be no reason to use the bracket, screw, and worker time to put it on if it wasn't used. RE isn't stupid. They employ Manufacturing Engineers. those ME's would ask, why are you spending money and time(money) doing something that isnt needed.
a single bike it is almost inconsequential, but when you figure the cost across how ever many they produce, it's suddenly real money.
 

Justice Bikes

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Central Oregon
but they still wouldnt put on a bracket that is not used.

The only way a company does that is if they have multiple similar models and the part is either cast or machined. there would be no reason to use the bracket, screw, and worker time to put it on if it wasn't used. RE isn't stupid. They employ Manufacturing Engineers. those ME's would ask, why are you spending money and time(money) doing something that isnt needed.
a single bike it is almost inconsequential, but when you figure the cost across how ever many they produce, it's suddenly real money.
Agree..
 

Eatmore Mudd

Moderator
Staff member
but they still wouldnt put on a bracket that is not used.

The only way a company does that is if they have multiple similar models and the part is either cast or machined. there would be no reason to use the bracket, screw, and worker time to put it on if it wasn't used. RE isn't stupid. They employ Manufacturing Engineers. those ME's would ask, why are you spending money and time(money) doing something that isnt needed.
a single bike it is almost inconsequential, but when you figure the cost across how ever many they produce, it's suddenly real money.
For the most part no they don't. Interesting that Himalayan has the same muffler mount tabs on both the left and right passenger foot peg mounts but there's only one muffler. I gotta wonder why.
 

cwadej

Well travelled
Location
San Diego
I wondered that myself. Only thing I can think is single stamping. That part is the same shape for both sides, so they chose to have only one shape stamped. Does the part serve as a joint connection also? That would explain the cost of bending the left side to mirror the right. Other than that, i have no idea.

also dont know why the US market gets the round turn signals (trafficators) where everyone else gets the rectangle. DOT size requirements maybe?

I come from an aircraft manufacturing world and have seen some things that made no sense. Many times when I'd ask the design engineers why this stupid thing is so stupid, the reply is often "FAA (or Trans Canada) requirement)
 
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Eatmore Mudd

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Staff member
I wondered that myself. Only thing I can think is single stamping. That part is the same shape for both sides, so they chose to have only one shape stamped. Does the part serve as a joint connection also? That would explain the cost of bending the left side to mirror the right. Other than that, i have no idea.

also dont know why the US market gets the round turn signals (trafficators) where everyone else gets the rectangle. DOT size requirements maybe?

I come from an aircraft manufacturing world and have seen some things that made no sense. Many times when I'd ask the design engineers why this stupid thing is so stupid, the reply is often "FAA (or Trans Canada) requirement)
The right and left muffler tabs are left and right specific reverse twins of each other and also joint connectors. Only thing I can think is RE left themselves some optional wiggle room to allow for the possibility of hanging a second muffler if the market demands a twin cylinder enough to justify diverting engines from Interceptor - GT production.
 
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