Hero Impulse roadtest

Hero Impulse roadtest

The sweeping corner I love so much on this road is coming up and the Hero Impulse
is busy confusing the pants off me. Should I lean out, supermotard style, let the
bike gain a huge lean angle with the leg out smartly to catch the front if it goes?
Or should I slide my butt off the inside as usual, stick my knee out, load the
inside peg up and slice through like I was on a road bike? Ah, the pleasures of
having a choice. And that is what the Impulse really is about. It answers a
question that has often popped into your head (and mine) but has, so far,
neither been fully articulated nor ever answered. And the question is this.
Do Indian streetbikes, the vanilla commuters, need to be erm, normal. Can't
one be unashamedly sporty? The sales figures of the Impulse, I think, will
partially answer that question shortly.

Despite being the second largest motorcycle market in the world, the Indian
motorcycle space has always had a massive void with regard to diversity of
products. While there have been some bold initiatives in the context of
off-roaders and cruisers, their makers have failed to keep the steam going.
The off-roader segment in particular holds tremendous potential in India,
but no manufacturer has had a single decent offering since the Bajaj SX
Enduro happened in the nineties. But all that is set to change with the
arrival of the impressive off-roading machine from Hero MotoCorp, the
Hero Impulse, which seems ideal for Indian  roads and is a much needed
shot in the arm for the steadily evolving Indian two-wheeler industry.