Finally the most awaited one will soon be there: Hero 300cc Concept Bike
Hero 300cc Concept Bike: Though there’s doubt over whether the version is going to be shown in Auto Expo 2018 or shown in the future, it’s known that the bicycle is only going to go available around the centre of 2018.
The 300cc bicycle is reported to be derived from the XF3R theory bike that has been shown in Auto Expo 2016. Based on Autocar Professional’s sources privy to this undertaking, the brand new motorcycle is at the last stages of validation. The new 300cc version, alongside the incoming 200cc Extreme as well as the XPulse adventure bike (shown at EICMA 2017), will sit beneath the rest of the goods in Hero’s portfolio and also will indicate Hero’s foray into the expanding mid-size bicycle segment.
The brand new 300cc motorcycle is going to be positioned as the organic upgrade option for lots of its present clients who’ve been driving executive commuter bikes. Replying to Autocar India / Autocar Professional’s question on the sidelines of this EICMA Show at Milan at November 2017 on Hero MotoCorp’s strategy of keeping its high customer base with fresh premium and aspirational goods, Pawan Munjal, CMD, Hero MotoCorp, had stated, “I’m sure when you’ll see me following the Auto Expo, having noticed this (the XPulse) plus a few of the merchandise in the Auto Expo along with the directional posture which Hero MotoCorp has obtained, you may alter your perspective. We’re placing a great deal of attention on a number of the regions like the high growth segments”.
Besides rivalling that the KTM’s 250 and 390 Duke motorcycles, the Hero XF3R will compete with of the bikes which are supposed to spawn from TVS-BMW’s single-cylinder, 313cc engine platform in the not too distant future. This would comprise TVS Motor’s recently established Apache RR 310 as well as the expected BMW Motorrad versions G 310 G and R 310 GS that can be scheduled to get an India roll out later this season.