Harley-Davidson has taken the wraps off its X 440 motorbike in India. Harley Davidson x440 is a made-in-India bike that has been co-developed by Hero Motocorp. The motorbike is powered by Oil-cooled, single-cylinder 440cc engine and is geared toward younger consumers seeking to purchase an reasonably priced Harley Davidson bike.
The Harley Davidson x440 will launch in India in early July, 2023. It might include an ex-showroom value of ₹2.7 lakh within the nation.
The motorbike has a chunky entrance, dominated by a big square-ish gasoline tank. It has a single-piece seat kinks that flows into the pillion part. The motorbike is flanked by a meaty seize rails on both aspect. The exhaust system appears to be like easy.
Harley Davidson x440 options MRF tyres sporting a retro tread sample. The entrance wheel measures 18-inch, whereas the rear wheel is 17-inch. The x 440 physique is held collectively by a tubular body. It comes with preload-adjustable twin shock absorbers.
The motorbike options single disc brakes on the entrance and rear wheel. It additionally gives dual-channel ABS as customary.
As talked about above, the Harley Davidson x440 is powered by a oil-cooled, single-cylinder 440 cc engine. It’s prone to supply a 20hp output and 27Nm peak torque, though this could possibly be 40Nm.
Harley Davidson x440 would be the first product beneath the Hero MotoCorp-Harley Davidson tie-up. Earlier this month, Hero MotoCorp CEO Niranjan Gupta stated the corporate is gearing up for highest ever mannequin introductions this fiscal because it appears to be like to consolidate market share particularly within the premium bike section. “We’ll have product launches each quarter of this fiscal yr. Most likely this fiscal, we’ll see the utmost variety of launches ever seen within the firm’s historical past,” Gupta stated in an analyst name. In the course of the analyst name, he acknowledged that the corporate is specializing in the premium section bikes, with energy ranging between 150cc and 450cc.