Hero Motocorp in its first Indian Auto Expo after the split with Honda Motorcycle, showcased host of concept two wheelers, in the year 2014.
Hero Motocorp in its first Indian Auto Expo after the split with Honda Motorcycle, showcased host of concept two wheelers, in the year 2014. Now when the next iteration of this biennial event has kick started, we found only HX 250 to be on stages and none of the other concepts like Zir, Hastur were present. Currently when the quarter liter motorcycle market is doing good, and especially when Karizma twins is loosing steam, company might be working on rolling out a production version of it. Bike looks nothing different than what we saw earlier, but still lucrative enough to retain people’s interest.
Hero HX 250R was one of the first products developed by the joint venture between Hero Motocorp and Erik Buell Racing team. Later on after number of speculations, the launch of this bike remained a rumor till date. Hero HX250R will be powered by a single cylinder,four stoke, liquid cooled engine, of 249 cc displacement, mated to a 6 speed gearbox. Power rating is expected to be in the vicinity of 31 bhp and peak torque, 26 Nm; good enough to put a healthy fight in the crowding competition.If launched, this could take Honda CBR 250R head on. But company still seems to have mass market offerings on their priority list and hence this project backtracked. Every passing month, many manufacturers are launching a product in quarter liter segment. If company manages to turn this concept into a product which has comfortable ride and handling characteristics of Karizma and segment standard power output figures then there is nothing stopping this bike from writing success story. Right now all we can do is nothing but a indefinite wait.