Touring Test

GATECRASHER? OR A CAPABLE MOTORCYCLE IN ITS OWN RIGHT? CHECK OUT THE HERO XPULSE 200 T

- Kartik Ware

Why make one motorcycle when you can make two, right? This modern-day strategy of producing non-identical twins from the same gestation period results in what I can politely call ‘interesting results’. Now, the Hero Xpulse 200, the replacement for the dual-purpose Impulse, is a bike we’ve all been eagerly looking forward to. After all, Indian motorcyclists deserve an affordable entry point into the adventure motorcycling segment. However, alongside the Xpulse 200, Hero thought we’d appreciate a road-biased version, too. Hence the Xpulse 200 T, in which the ‘T’ stands for ‘touring’. Or at least Hero would like it to.