PULSE PLOSION
THE XPULSE 200 FIRST saw the light of day at EICMA 2017, and we have since been looking forward to an off-road capable machine from Hero MotoCorp to fill the void left by the company’s popular Impulse. I got a close look at the near production-ready XPulse 200 at EICMA last year, displayed alongside four more conceptual variants to showcase the versatility of the platform. Present were a flat-tracker, a café racer, a desert concept ideal for dune bashing, and the tourer that Hero MotoCorp have just launched alongside the long-awaited off-road-biased XPulse 200. I recently spent a day aboard each of these bikes, putting them through their paces on the road and off, to bring you this report.
Day one was dedicated to the standard XPulse 200 which, with its 21/18-inch spoked wheel combination, Ceat dual-purpose tyres, 220 mm of ground clearance, sturdy aluminium bash-plate, and motocross-style front mudguard looks every bit ready to take on the world. The minimalistic design stays true
