Four months after we exclusively broke the news, Royal Enfield has finally launched the Himalayan 440 at its Himalayan Basecamp event in Ladakh. As expected, the Himalayan 440 uses the same engine as the Scram 440 but offers three completely different colour options, as well as different wheel and suspension setups.
- Gets three new colours and a 21-inch front wheel
- Shares the engine and transmission with the Scram 440
- Engine makes 25.4hp and 34Nm of torque
Royal Enfield Himalayan 440: What’s new compared to the 411?
More powerful engine, new instrument cluster and new colours
The Himalayan 411 had gained a fan following over the course of its existence, and with the 440, Royal Enfield aims to kill two birds with one stone: give the fans what they wanted and offer a cost-effective alternative to the pricier Himalayan 450. The 440 gets an upgraded engine from the Scram 440, making 25.4hp and 34Nm of torque, an improvement of 1.4hp and 2Nm over the 411’s unit. Royal Enfield has achieved this with a 3mm larger bore. Both power and torque are now delivered earlier in the rev range too, with 90 percent of the torque available starting at 2,800rpm. For context, the Himalayan 440 idles at 1,300rpm.
The new ADV shares the new 6-speed transmission and the 15-litre fuel tank with the Scram as well, making highway stints less effortful, but there’s no slipper clutch on either bike – a feature that’s becoming increasingly common across Royal Enfield’s line-up. Brakes are also the same: a 300mm front disc with two-piston floating calipers and a 240mm rear disc with a single-piston floating caliper. Dual-channel ABS is standard, and the rear ABS can be turned off at will.
To distinguish the Himalayan 440 further from the 411, Royal Enfield has given it a new instrument cluster with a simpler twin-pod layout compared to the four-pod layout. On the left side, there’s a speedometer, and on the right, the familiar tripper pod for Google Maps-powered navigation. Other peripherals such as LED headlights and switchgear are shared with the Scram 440. But the USB Type-C charger on the Himalayan 440 is an upgrade to the Scram’s USB Type-A charger, and we could see that reach the Scram soon too.
Wheels, weight and suspension differ from the Scram 440
21-inch front wheel, no tubeless tyres and 10mm longer suspension travel
Though the power unit is shared with the Scram, the Himalayan 440 stands out in two main ways (other than the design and colours, of course): wheels and suspension. As we reported in early August, the Himalayan 440 gets a 21-inch front wheel compared to the 19-incher on the road-focused Scram and sticks to the 17-inch rear wheel. Royal Enfield also offered alloy wheels on the Scram 440, but those have not been extended to the Himalayan 440, as the latter is an off-road-centric motorcycle. It’s currently unclear whether the Himalayan 450’s tubeless spoke wheels can be retrofitted to it.
The next major difference is in the front suspension travel. The Scram 440’s front suspension had 190mm of travel, but the Himalayan 440 increases that to 200mm, the same as the Himalayan 411. Rear travel remains the same as the Scram 440 at 180mm, with an identical linkage monoshock. Despite that, the Himalayan 440’s seat height has increased only by 5mm compared to the Scram 440. Kerb weight, though, has gone up noticeably to 199kg, up 12kg.
As a sign of increased confidence, Royal Enfield now offers up to 7 years of extended warranty across its entire line-up, starting with the Himalayan 440. The standard warranty is 3 years/30,000km (40,000km for the 650s), so the extension adds an additional 4 years/10,000km of coverage.
Over and above these upgrades, the Himalayan 440 gets different colour options than the Scram 440: Mustang Brown, Nela White and Sela Black. There’s no price difference between the colours; all cost the same Rs 2.29 lakh (ex-showroom, Chennai). Royal Enfield also announced that bookings have opened at its showrooms across the country and on its website. Considering that the units have started reaching dealerships, we expect deliveries to start soon.