This is a great review of the Himalayan, but you have to watch the follow-on video to get the true story, which rebuts all of the critical points the review makes. After he finished the review video, the reviewer and his friend decided to continue on the trail, which they thought was a loop. That turned out to be a bad mistake. The trail got worse and worse, and finally nearly disappeared. They became dehydrated and resorted to filtering mud for a few drops. Finally, sometime in the early morning, they made it to a graded road. The point the follow on video inadvertently makes is that the Himalayan took it all, it handled and overcame every obstacle. The other bike, which the review praised, was a nightmare. Without the Himalayan to pull them through, they would have had to call Search and Rescue.
The other point the reviewer makes is one we should all know by now: DO NOT put synthetic motor oil in a motorcycle. It contains friction modifiers which ruin a wet clutch. Unfortunately, the reviewer did not know this, which cause the Himalayan to develop clutch issues, which later went away when he used the proper semi synthetic motorcycle oil.
BTW, I own an EFI 500, but I want to get a Himalayan. The only thing that stops me from writing as check today is uncertainty over whether a 650 cc version will come out in the Spring.