I don't get it? what are a lot of people moaning about? this is one of the Best "laid-back" reviews ive seen, its relaxed, tasteful, un-hurried, honest, and above all....the guys have had a lot of fun making this review. Hats off to you guys, and thanks for a great un-biased review, its not all about facts and figures, you only have to look at other dedicated BMW, KAWA or HIMA videos to fine out exact details of the three bikes, I like that fact that they dont dwell to long on fine details...love the Mexican music to set the tone and relaxed atmosphere, good job gents....keep up the good work :-)

@cisium1184

3 жыл бұрын

People are moaning because criticizing others' work is easier and less risky than doing your own work and putting it before the public. Same reason scared would-be musicians become music critics. In short, because they are losers.

the compass on royal Enfield does work pretty good, the arrow on the compass points to north while the displayed direction indicates the the direction the bike is pointing towards, many gets confused with it because it displays every directions like SE, NW etc and people get confused like " why isn't it showing north " but it always shows north with the arrow and the direction you are riding is displayed in digital readout, cheers guys great review.

@martianpolarbeer

6 жыл бұрын

This is useful. Guess the dealership should inform the customers.

@whatsstefon

4 жыл бұрын

narayan verma they can also read the user manual. I know... crazy idea.

@RiderOftheNorth1968

3 жыл бұрын

@@martianpolarbeer OR people should stop a second and think about how a compass is used! If you do it all makes sense!!

@narayanverma5895

3 жыл бұрын

@@whatsstefon Right Lol

@narayanverma5895

3 жыл бұрын

@@RiderOftheNorth1968 I like your profile name :)

Chaps, I really enjoyed this video. Great to see you doing something different! Dynamic and gave more information about what the bikes are *like to ride* instead of reading off the spec sheet as is so common on KZread. Cheers!

Nice to see a bit of fun and adventure along with tech specs and bike reviews

Everyone complaining about lack of review. I prefer this way. See everything and see the bike's actually being used instead of standing around....

I like the mix of commentary on the adventure and commentary on the bikes. I also enjoyed the visuals and music selection. Nice video.

Nice production value Sean. Good to see your work. The reviews of these models are all over print and the web because Moto-Journo's get the same machines, but you boys nailed what motorcycling fun can be in this review piece. Bueno!

Just found this video as I'm researching buying a 2022 g 310 gs and gotta say this was the tipping point. Seeing how much fun you guys had made me realize it was the bike for me. Thank you for the awesome time and the good feelings. We are all on two or three wheels and dealing with the same world experiences. Ride to live, live to ride my brothers and sisters

@Tennessee968

7 ай бұрын

Did you buy the BMW? How is it?

Liked this video. We've had all three well reviewed separately. Nice to see they're all up to the job, the pros and cons of each aren't overwhelming, and you don't need a litre+ ADV (except for the camera man) to have a bit of an adventure. Good soundtrack for the first five mins as well.

Plz add RE Himalayan to the title and the Video will boom like anything, Himalayan is a very popular bike in India.

@HimadriSekharGupta

6 жыл бұрын

Bulu Biker sahi bola bhai

@Eswarr

6 жыл бұрын

It's added :)

@jaydeep7234

6 жыл бұрын

Can't you see that on click bait

@gautthammohan5630

6 жыл бұрын

Bulu Biker maybe that’s how you use click bait for your channel

@bengaluruhulk4341

6 жыл бұрын

Sir, I want to meet you in Bangalore. Can you please share me your number or please call me on: 9071171133.

Once again guys a great review and a great run down baja on three very capable little machines. Hats off to you. 👍

Pay no attention to the negative BS. Sean you did a great job. These goofballs don’t understand the nature of storytelling. This is not just about a review of three bikes, this is about what you can do with them and how much fun you can have. When I watch your video I dream of being with you guys. It’s about the journey not about the technical parts of the three bikes.

Great video. I kinda lost it when you guys started talking about how you love the bikes’ “great racks”. As I get older one thing has remained clear: I’ll always be a child and I also appreciate a great rack.

Fair review.. Pleasantly surprised to see Himalayan getting featured.. In my total 5 years of living in the US (until 2017), I remember seeing exactly one Royal Enfield Bike ( an ancient Bullet !) on Road !! Hope to see more Enfields ( especially the new 650 CC Twins ) in the years to come..

John Burns ... you are a national hero in the wings. Productions are first class. You guys should have multi-million subscribers. Great honest reviews, with fantastic video and humble host !

Good stuff! I love the longer road trip vids like these. :)

One of the best reviews I have seen on this channel.

Love you guys, Love this documentary, pls make more videos like this.

I enjoyed the fun, relaxed pace of Mexico. Keep up the good work guys!

The video is so well made, just loved it... I owned the Himalayan the first Gen, with over 22k km's... Did Ladakh on it, I had my share of problems with it but nothing too short to stop the enjoyment...

Not really a review, more of watching them on holidays. Got to see Baja I guess.

Seems to be a lot of whinging and moaning below about the format of this video... On a cold and wet October day in Yorkshire, I really enjoyed all the gorgeous scenery and felt that the slow, laid-back presentation showcased these little bikes perfectly. Thanks very much for posting.

Great video guys! Thank you!

In my opinion Kawasaki wins every bike shootout 👍

Great video guys!

Love the format. Top Gear special vibes.

I just found the video, great trip testing those small adventure bikes. Question about accessories: you guys were using AGV AX9 helmets How was experience with noise isolation and wind noise ? A big step up from AX8 dual evo? Thanks for sharing !

Nicely done. Great review thanks.. :)

Excellent video, very well done.

I've defended their reviews in the past but this was horrible.

Great vid guys

at last a good comparo of the trio nice job keep riding

The theme of the video was chill and laid back. Although, its a channel which reviews bikes, it doesn’t always have to. Its a travel video on bikes with grandpa

Cool little video. Giving a decent look at 3 entry level adv bikes, and baja of course. Thanks.

just read the article this morning! didn't know there was an accompanying video but i should have guessed,since they brought a videographer/photographer with them

Great video guys

Great video thanks I enjoyed it . 😄🙏🏽👍🏽

Really enjoyed the music!

Compass works fine if you didn't know how to start the bmw and were trying to start it with the light switch ?.

Which is best bike BMW Kawasaki X-300 RE Himalayan

Great review - thanks guys. Really helps me confirm my leanings toward the RE. This is the type of adventure I envision, and the Himalayan seems to fit exactly what I want to be able to do and how I want to do it. I'm pretty new to riding, and I don't want to be revving high to stay in the power band or whatever. The Himalayan's diesel-like torque and power specs (legend has it RE once made a diesel motorbike) really do it for me, even on-road. I want the torque there early, but I don't much care about revving high. Love that it's simple and easy to work on too, and the cheapest option. haha - no brainer for me. But I had to see this video to confirm that. (Well, I still gotta test ride, but this will help me know what to expect) Thanks dudes!

Man I like how that BMW looks! What a looker. Never considered a 310cc bike tho :)

Nice video. Somewhere else to add to my bucket list! The Himalayan comes with abs in the UK - part of Euro 4.

Nice first impression review

Royal Enfield way to go great job. dominated the talk

you guys still motorcycle reviewers? or just motovloggers now

Will there be review of a Triumph Tiger 1200 as well? ;)

Love my little Himalayan, done 10k in 3 months and having a ton of fun ^_^

so do you guys use the Triumph Tiger 1200 as your chase bike for all of your videos?

One of the coolest videos made. I mean the whole.....

Being 6'4 an 250 lbs would that make the performance of the versy different

I'm debating between a Versys-X 300 and the Himalayan as my first bike; the g310gs stock just doesn't seem ready for dual sport adventure at all, it needs the rally raid upgrades but that puts it at nearly 10 grand and way out of my budget.

In Poland we have Romet 400 ADV with an old Suzuki 28HP engine. In Italy they also have some nice little adv bikes.

Honestly my dream mid-range adventure would be a chassis like the Royal Himalayan but with a buell blast power plant.

Great video. I don’t get why people complain about editorial footage. It ‘s good to see what you put the bikes through if nothing else.

Honestly I can’t remember the last good review these guys have done, it seems the bikes are second or third in priority in there videos. Sad really 10 or so years ago they did a much better job.

@dennism1919

6 жыл бұрын

Completely agree. Shame, that.

@zenden6564

5 жыл бұрын

The big baggers review comes to mind as excellent.

Nice little trip. Careful wearing that KCFD shirt, someone might want you to do something. I came on the job with your brother.

Well done guys!

The torque, the rev, and the cool

So, what was the 4th bike on your ride?

The BMW G310GS and the RE Himalayan are the same price in Canada for some perverse reason, so it's not really a tough decision.

Only years will tell the tale if the RE is reliable. But nice to see a video from Motorcycle .com that doesn't just trash it because it's not German or Japanese.

@anoopkl4u

6 жыл бұрын

i ride a 45 years old Royal Enfield and it rides smooth AF

@cyrilgomez

6 жыл бұрын

that bmw is made in india by tvs ....come our of ur bubble

@jadevilla3653

5 жыл бұрын

Raghu Reddy, it is made not merely assembled in India, albeit under BMW quality-control, surely.

@newmp1961

5 жыл бұрын

Check out Nathan Millward (Nathanthepostman) He’s thrashed his Himalayan for nearly 17,000 miles over all sorts of terrain with very little trouble.

@pseutube

5 жыл бұрын

RE has terrible workmanship and most of their bikes share primitive engines. The paints starts to peel within the first year. As a previous owner of the himalayan I can tell you to steer clear of it it has a lot of defects. Also the old RE bikes are extremely heavy slow and start vibrating like crazy when you move over 60 70 kmph. Just get a better bike guys.

Awesome video...

How would you rate these bikes if Royal Enfield was @ 2.5k $ , BMW was @ 5.2k $ and Kawasaki was @ 6.9k $ ? . These are roughly the current prices (bmw expected) in India atm .

@threethrushes

6 жыл бұрын

2.5k USD for the RE? Wow… almost makes sense to buy one in India, and ride it back to Europe.

@santoshmoopanar6584

6 жыл бұрын

They are evenly priced in the foreign

@bonnevillebagger9147

6 жыл бұрын

The Kawi is $3900 at my dealer.

@davidc1961utube

5 жыл бұрын

Gerhard Symons Itchy Boots channel is doing just exactly that! She is awesome!

@khakimzhanmiras

4 жыл бұрын

They are all in the $5-6k ballpark in my country. I would personally get the 310gs used and add a rally raid kit to it.

Love the Versys X 300!

Almost 5 minutes in and not a single comment about the bikes. Poor.

@hujimix

6 жыл бұрын

It's called doing an introduction, you dumbass.

@rockafella1690

6 жыл бұрын

hujimix Introductions don't last a quarter of the entire video......you dumbass.

@noyopacific

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's kinda like foreplay so maybe rockafella1690 would have trouble understanding.

@rockafella1690

6 жыл бұрын

noyopacific Yeah I do have trouble understanding that 3 guys talking about bikes is like foreplay, you fucking weirdo.

@noyopacific

6 жыл бұрын

LMAO! :-D

It would be cool to see this trip with these 3 bikes as project bikes. Cuz realistically no one will leave these stock. It’d be cool to see how capable you can make them with some basic mods

@jonr4651

6 жыл бұрын

beanburnham01 honestly it wouldn't change much. Regardless of mods all of these would be pretty comparable. Rally raid is currently working on suspension upgrades and spoked wheels for the gs. The kawai only really needs less teeth on the sprocket and knobby tires. The Enfield just needs some minor brake upgrades. No matter which one you chose add a bit to it and it would be good. The only thing that would be head and shoulders above in this segment would be the rally raid cb500x.

@mookyzook

6 жыл бұрын

What do you mean capable. If you want an off road bike you wouldn't buy one of these, If you want a powerful on road bike you wouldn't buy one of these. I've had my little Kwaka for months now, it will go anywhere I would go on an adventure in stock. The only thing I would change if I was going to do more off road stuff would be the tyres everything else works. And it's light compared with the bigger adventure bikes I've had in the past so if it does go down it's easy to get up again.

in europe you have to have at least rear wheel ABS for being street legal, and since they sell Himalayans here, they must have it. i heard there is a mode button on them that doesn't do anything if you have a nmon-ABS himalayan

How’s the mileage on all three?

Nice video

what is the song played earlier, can someone help me? huhu

The fact that the RE Himalayan costs just 2.5k USD in India makes it a clear winner in my book. Personally I feel the other two are better bikes but the price difference is insane and hard to justify! - in India atleast.

@rickshawphilippines

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry. Dont waste your money. Have one here in Philippines. It's broken everyday!

@ToGrimmToWin

Жыл бұрын

Himalayan starts at 5,300usd before all the fees it's more like 5800usd plus tax 7.5%

Cool vid. Anyone doing the trip you did on these bikes would get panniers, why didn't you? Could have reviewed them as well.

@EvansBrasfieldMotojournalist

6 жыл бұрын

fleuger99 While that is true, the boys were only going down for two nights, so we decided to keep the gear to a minimalist level to focus on just the bikes.

@fleuger99

6 жыл бұрын

Understood, thanks for the response.

Well, here in Argentina, the versys 300 costs 12.800 us dollars. And gs 310 even a little more. They are crazy!. The Himalayan costs 5.000, and it is the fuel injected with abs bs4 model. So I know they are not in the same league, but almost three times the price?

What is the music in the intro ?

Well-done. Nothing bores me more than standing there citing specs. One tip for the cameraman: learn how the autofocus works. There was a lot of footage where the background was in sharp focus, but the guys talking were blurred. Looks like a central focus sensor, but the video guy didn't know how to make it work; just flipped it on. (ex. at 20:00) If you wanna make a cinematic video, you've got to nail the camera work. I know they didn't want to bash any of the bikes too much, but it would have been nice if they had a breakdown of what each bike did the best. For example, was the Royal Enfield best off-road with its knobbier tires and torquier engine? Was the Kawasaki best on the road, with its smoother, more powerful engine? Where did the BMW excel, besides its luggage rack?

I've considered all 3 of these bikes but I wanted something lighter weight, more capable on the highway and off road and bulletproof reliable with easy maintenance so I bought a DR650

NICE! Reppin the KCFD!!

Excellent 👍🏼

I am missing my Himalayan bought it before lockdown was not able to do a long ride.

The himalayan was particularly tested on the mountains with freezing weather conditions and therefore the air-cooled engine is not a problem also pointed out the fact that it's the easiest to work on and many may didn't know but it's made for very long service intervals and about the valve adjustments, it doesn't need so much , it's a pretty durable bike , the versys even though refined and the bmw are not considered value for money bikes in India . Also the service network of RE is biggest among these three and thus played a crucial role for after sales experience, good luck

@simonjones2645

Жыл бұрын

Crap at altitude though as the carby fails miserably in thin air ....

Good to know the Royal Enfield can do 65, people often say 50-58 tops before it starts to shake you off the seat.

The video quality is so very rich.

in 2019 in FL: BMW-$4400, RE-$4500, Kawa-$3700

@galerinha

3 жыл бұрын

In 2020 in brazil: BMW-$5400, Kawa-$5200, RE-$3600. But I'll probably go with kawa cause of better performance on road. And RE bikes seems like of a lesser quality with a lot of customers angry with recurring problems. Not like the 2 years warranty won't pay but I like more when things just work

Two of the 3 bikes are made in India!! NICE! :)

I really enjoyed the footage and adventure, but some narration during the first minutes could be nice. Interesting to know what one sees.

RE sells well because of the torque it produces. It can keep it's foot on gravel without any hassles.

Sure would be nice if you all put the same tires on all the bikes to have a better comparison.

Is the bmw made in India as well?

Where is the versys 250?

How tall the rider of bmw 310gs?

The old guy looks like George Bush jr with a beard 😂 Looked like an awesome trip!

Appreciate and huge respect from India. Nice comparo. Bt editing pls to the storyline directly. RE bikes are least chosen for reliability and quality. Best known for giving up, breakdowns,rusty, oil leaky granny. BS4 seems to have abit improvised yet a long way to go

Sea water will kill your bike chain in a day. Good review.

As of today the Enfield got an update adding dual channel abs

Himalayan, hands down. Only bike to actually do extended adventure touring right. Makes larger, taller adventure bikes seem bloated and pointless (like suburban suv vs jeep). Enfield has got this one figured out--and all the other makers still trying to figure it out...

Kind of wish we had that wall now

FWIW a friend and I rode from LA to Rogue River Oregon on bikes in 1970. I rode a 600 cc BMW touring bike complete with windshield, Bates leather saddles, and fiberglass luggage cases. My friend rode a Honda 350. If i had to do it again I would pick the Honda 350! Lighter, more nimble, and just plain more fun. If these 3 bikes had existed back then I'd opt for the Kawasaki for much the same reasons. My only reservation would be the price. Kind of steep for a 300 cc bike...if memory serves the Honda 350 cost less than $500 in 1970 although admittedly it was a far less sophisticated bike than these.

Some portions of the video had very bad audio and some of the video was so out of focus.

The Himalayan is such a great design, so simple and so purposeful, great design as always from Royal Enfield, but their build quality and engines are such a let down. I wish they improve that, cos their bikes are amazing to look at

@pseutube

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah exactly it could have done so much more. Sadly the fan boys cannot tolerate any of this.

@motozest7856

5 жыл бұрын

"their build quality and engines are such a let down" - why? Do you have data or is that just an opinion?

@anandgosai3294

4 жыл бұрын

New 2020 version came out with switchable ABS