We’ve ridden the XPulse 200 off-roader to death on this show and it is indeed good. But what if you want all that but only on tar roads? Well, Hero thought of that. Presenting the T version of the XPulse.
Here's a question... Which is better value for money. Hero Xpulse 200T, Suzuki Gixxer 250R, Suzuki V-Strom 250 or some other motorcycle under 300cc I have not mentioned and is available in South Africa?
Seems that Hero is splitting hairs in their marketing strategy, the existing scrambler versions can do all this and more. The tread pattern looks dangerous for dirt roads. It would be good to see Hero offering a larger engine to take Triumph 400 market share.
My Honda NC750 (my commuter) annoys me because it has almost no power I put up with it because I tell myself it just for work. I can't even imagine how you would be able to ride the Hero anywhere the speed limit is higher than 60km/h. Nice job on the advertorial but unless you 16 and need a bike to ride to school on I can't imagine how anyone can seriously ride a bike with almost no power at all?
I'm interested in knowing what country you're from, since I'm from India and we don't have too much of an issue with small bikes? THe xpulse 200t for example has a top speed of around 125km/h, and you can easily do 80 while having enough grunt to be able to do overtakes, or 100-110 if you like living dangerously. I personally use my father's 125cc honda, and despite having a dying engine because of mistreatment and a severe lack of oil, it can do 60 km/h no problem or 80 if you like living dangerously. and all of this doesn't even matter in the city, since we can rarely ever reach 50 km/h, let alone cross it.
For a bike to survive India this is nothing....my uncle ownes a xpuls 200 2v BS4 and he was crusin on.....mind you the "NATIONAL HIGHWAY" of india and at 110 kmph he went over 8 inch potholes one after another in the night and came out of that like it's Tuesday the wheel rim got broken but hey he didn't fall of or yeeted out of the bike that bike..... changed the wheels....2 days later it was up and running like nothing happened
There's a reason why any Suzuki doesn't sell well in India. The difference between Japanese and indian bikes is negligible under 300cc as much as that these so called reliability factor isn't much of a USP for the Japanese.
