On paper, the Yezdi Journey displaces 109cc lower than the Himalayan 440, however the Yezdi begins off robust—fairly actually—with extra energy at a better redline than the Himalayan 440. Its engine can be liquid-cooled in comparison with the Himalayan’s air- and oil-cooled mill. Each the bikes have six gears, so freeway journey shouldn’t be a chore on both.
Issues grow to be a bit extra even on this part. Each bikes share comparable floor clearance numbers, however the Himalayan is extra accessible with a 15mm decrease saddle peak. Yezdi experiences 187kg for the Journey however that’s dry weight. So, with 90 p.c gas, it ought to weigh simply as a lot, if no more than the Himalayan’s 199kg.
Royal Enfield Himalayan 440 vs Yezdi Journey: Tyres, brakes and suspension
Each fashions are (nearly) on par
As soon as once more, the numbers look actual comparable on this entrance. The Yezdi Journey has a barely bigger rear tyre and a barely bigger entrance disc brake. Talking of tyres, though each fashions include wire spoked rims as commonplace, the Yezdi Journey gives cross spoke, tubeless rims as an optionally available Rs 20,000 add-on; out there to the center and high variants. Over on the Royal Enfield aspect although, such an improve isn’t doable for the time being. Royal Enfield doesn’t provide tubeless rims to the Himalayan 440, at the same time as an adjunct; they haven’t confirmed if the Himalayan 450’s tubeless rims will be retrofitted to it both. Suspension is one other space the place each bikes are neck-and-neck with them sharing the identical form of setups on paper, right down to the journey.
Royal Enfield Himalayan 440 vs Yezdi Journey: Options
Yezdi will get extra rider aids
The Yezdi gives a extra complete characteristic bundle in comparison with the Royal Enfield. The Journey offers you traction management, adjustable wind defend and instrument cluster, three experience modes (Street, Rain, Off-road); all of that are lacking on the Himalayan 440. Alternatively, the Royal Enfield comes with a tripper pod as commonplace for turn-by-turn navigation, a USB type-C port, and LED headlight and taillight. But when rider aids are what you’re after, the Yezdi has extra of them.
Royal Enfield Himalayan 440 vs Yezdi Journey: Value
Yezdi gives extra worth for cash
Royal Enfield has saved issues simple with the Himalayan 440 simply providing one variant in three colors. All of them share the identical worth as effectively. Yezdi gives three variants of the Journey in 4 complete colors, separated solely by the color selections. Like we had talked about earlier, you’ll be able to add cross spoked tubeless wheels to its center and high variants for Rs 20,000 further. To conclude, on paper, the Yezdi Journey places up fairly the battle to the Royal Enfield Himalayan 440 however real-world experiences might differ. It might be prudent to determine between the 2 after taking take a look at rides.