It is because in order to become a big volume seller, you MUST sell the same mass market porridge as the other makers. That's what the public expects.
So, there you have it.
Rant time.
The Japanese companies are marketing experts who happen to make motorcycles. They have been so successful at it, that any competitor who wants to stay in business has to play catchup. The Himalayan is a product of this, and also a product of the ever strangling bureaucratic nonsense that controls us more and more. When Yamaha released the SR500 all those years ago there was the usual sales hype, and it had a super new carburetor. I repaired one. The schematic for the carb showed in the region of 130+ parts, for a single cylinder bike. I put the article in the bin and replaced with a MK1 Amal Concentric, bike ran better problem solved. But where was the necessity for the carb that was on it in the first place, when one with far lesser parts did a better job. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you would refer to this ploy as " bullshit " I refer to it as having " stour blawn up ma erse" it means the same thing, but there is a huge majority of sheep out there who believe the hype. In defense of Japanese bikes, they manufacture something that I have never had any respect for, but you can run them all year round, with infrequent cleaning, and maintenance and get away with it. Honda's "Plastic maggot" cx500 was the dispatchers favorite, but they all had Norton's for the weekend. I have the hope that the Himalayan, might fill this gap, but I won't know until I've seen it and tried it. I've read all the various posts on here regarding fault finding on the uce fuel system, and it has been very interesting, but should I decide to make any long trips, then it's a carburetor for me. I used to carry a spare Mikarb on my old bike on long trips in the wilderness, I only had to use it once, but it was good insurance. I bought it new of ebay for about $35. How much would I have to spend for carrying the spares should I suffer an efi problem? Current U.K. price for a fuel injector is $147 U.S. Some of us don't think, and carry on. I deeply resent being forced into a corner by a collaboration of politicians, manufacturers, and insurance companies. The frightening thing that raises its head every now and then in the U.K. press, is regulations that will effectively outlaw those who wish to, from repairing their own bikes. Germany has " type approval" and anti pollution laws which apparently forbids you from running on German roads with a Scott oiler fitted to your bike. Please someone tell me this is wrong. Phew, I'll sit down now.
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