Royal Enfield Himalayan 750 Launched at EICMA 2026: Engine, Features and Expected India Price

The Royal Enfield Himalayan 750 is no longer a spy-shot rumour. Royal Enfield showed its first 750cc motorcycle at EICMA in Milan on 3 November and opened European bookings at £6,999 (about ₹8.88 lakh). India is next, with the launch expected at Motoverse in Goa on 27 to 29 November. There is no official India price yet. Estimates cluster around ₹4 to 4.5 lakh ex-showroom, because local production should cut the European sticker sharply. If you are about to sign for a rival adventure bike, the next three weeks are worth waiting out.

Himalayan 750 price in India: ex-showroom, on-road and EMI

Trade estimates run from ₹4 lakh to ₹5 lakh, and ₹4.5 lakh is the figure most outlets repeat, so the maths below uses it. Treat it as a planning number, not a promise. Add roughly 10 per cent road tax, about ₹30,000 for comprehensive insurance and a few thousand for registration and fittings, and a Delhi on-road price lands near ₹5.3 lakh. Mumbai will come in a little higher.

Now the part most previews skip. Put ₹80,000 down and borrow ₹4.5 lakh at an assumed 10.5 per cent over 48 months, and the EMI is about ₹11,500, with total interest near ₹1.03 lakh. Stretch to 60 months and the EMI drops below ₹10,000, but interest climbs to about ₹1.3 lakh. The Himalayan 450 that Drivio covered earlier sits near the ₹3 lakh mark, so the 750 is a jump of roughly ₹1.5 lakh.

Royal Enfield Himalayan 750 engine and specifications

The headline is a 743cc air/oil-cooled parallel-twin making 54.25bhp (about 55PS) at 7,000rpm and 63Nm at 5,000rpm. Torque is the useful number. Ninety per cent of it is available from 3,500rpm, so pulling away from a Delhi traffic light shouldn’t mean hunting for gears. Against the 648cc twin in the Bullet 650 (46bhp, 52.3Nm), that is about 8bhp and 11Nm extra. Royal Enfield says the new engine weighs about the same as the 650 unit, helped by magnesium covers, a single-bore throttle body and a 2-in-1 exhaust.

The figures that deserve attention aren’t the power ones. Kerb weight is 224kg, roughly 28kg more than the Himalayan 450. Seat height is 815mm and ground clearance 205mm. The 17.8-litre tank is generous. Shorter riders will feel that weight at walking pace, and Delhi’s stop-go summers are hard on any air-cooled engine, oil-assisted or not.

What it should cost to run each month

Royal Enfield hasn’t quoted a mileage figure. Going by the 650 twins, we expect 23 to 26kmpl in mixed riding, and 25kmpl is a fair planning number. At 1,000km a month and petrol near ₹103 a litre, that is 40 litres, or about ₹4,120. Ride 1,500km and the bill is closer to ₹6,200. A Himalayan 450 at roughly 30kmpl would cost about ₹3,430 for the same 1,000km, so the 750 asks for around ₹700 more every month. Range should be about 445km on a full tank. Service prices are also unannounced, but a 10,000km visit on a bike this size likely runs ₹4,000 to 5,000 with oil, filter and labour.

Showa suspension, rider aids and touring hardware

This is where the Himalayan 750 leaps past every earlier Royal Enfield. A six-axis IMU feeds cornering ABS and lean-sensitive traction control, and there are five riding modes: Road, Road Sport, Rain, Trail and Custom. Cruise control and tyre pressure monitoring are standard. So is a 4-inch round TFT with navigation and Wingman 2.0 4G connectivity. On the Delhi–Meerut Expressway, cruise control earns its place, and Rain mode will matter come monsoon.

The hardware backs it up. Fully adjustable 43mm Showa USD forks give 190mm of travel, a Showa monoshock adds 175mm at the rear, and the front gets dual discs. Wheels are 19-inch front and 17-inch rear, in alloy or tubeless cross-spoke, which counts when a puncture catches you at dusk on a highway. Five colours are on offer: Antarctic Silver, Siberia White, Aztec Green, Viking Bronze and Tectonic Black. There are three variants, and the top one adds Givi panniers and top box, heated grips, hand guards and an aluminium skid plate.

Himalayan 750 vs Honda NX500 vs Kawasaki Versys 650

On paper, the Royal Enfield Himalayan 750 beats the NX500 on both power and torque and could cost over ₹1 lakh less if the estimate holds. The Versys 650 still wins on outright power and refinement, but it costs nearly double. The Norton Atlas and BMW F 450 GS are also expected to compete in this space, though neither has an India price to compare yet.

Should you wait for the India launch?

Wait. Motoverse is three weeks away, bookings are expected to open there and deliveries look set for early 2027, so a rushed decision gains nothing. If the price lands at ₹4.5 lakh or below, this becomes the strongest value in the 500 to 750cc adventure class. Cross ₹5 lakh and the NX500, with Honda’s service network behind it, makes a fair argument. Himalayan 450 owners who cover 8,000km a year with a pillion should put the 750 on the shortlist. Those who live mostly in city traffic should keep what they have, because 224kg and a bigger EMI buy very little at 30km/h. Once Royal Enfield confirms the number, check the on-road price and EMI for the Royal Enfield Himalayan 750 in your city on Drivio.