ENFIELDS TO THE SOUTH POLE!

On 26th November last year, an expedition with two Royal Enfield riders, Santhosh Vijay Kumar and Dean Coxson, attempted to reach the geographic South Pole, from the Ross Ice Shelf, via the Leverett Glacier, to the Amundsen-Scott Pole station. For this expedition, two Himalayans were modified in-house, with functional upgrades to be able to navigate snow and ice, and to ably function under extreme conditions in Antarctica. They were tested for this arduous and treacherous journey on the Langjokull glacier in Iceland, and have 13-teeth front sprockets, tubeless wheels with studded tyres, and stronger alternators, using rare earth magnets, to enable the team to run heated gear off the battery.

To see a video of the bikes on the glacier in Iceland, go to YouTube and search for 90 South: Our Quest for the South Pole.