Hero Xpulse 210 Dakar Edition, Hunk 440 SX and Vida electric motorcycle concepts unveiled | Preview
Hello and welcome back to Evo India. Welcome back to our 2025 coverage and we’re now talking about Hero Motorc who’s had a barrage of unwields at the show. Now kicking things off is Novvice. Now this is a new arm of the Vida department which is its electric department and it’s a whole new approach towards personal mobility. Hero has very briefly touched upon three new concepts under this novice umbrella. It’s next one, next two and next three. Now, next one is essentially like a portable backpack which transforms into a scooter. Something that will be very handy at airports, shopping malls and stuff like that. Next two is a selfbalancing trike, a three-wheeler. Two wheels at the front, one at the rear. Now, this again is supposed to blend the thrill of a motorcycle with the practicality of a trike with all of its self balancing technology and of course scooter as well. Now next three is a sort of a quarter SUV. A very very compact car with four wheels but basically enough place for one or two people in the car. Again no specs have been unveiled. You have brief snippets of it on your screen right now. Now that is Novas. Now moving back to Vida. Now they have showcased two new concepts under the VIA umbrella as well. One is the concept Ubex. Now upon looking at the motorcycle it looks a lot like a super moto motorcycle. It’s meant for both on and off-road riding. It’s neither fully towards off-road riding, neither fully towards onroad riding. Again, we don’t have any specs, but this is just again a future of what mobility could be from hero’s point of view. Very interesting looking thing. Uh more specs. Hopefully, whenever we get them, we will be able to share with you. Then there was the hero project VXZ. Now, this VXZ means Vida and Zero Motorcycles. So it’s a collaborative effort between the two companies and again it should be a precursor to what we can expect in terms of electric performance motorcycleycling. No facts no specs have been unveiled. What I can tell you is it looks very very interesting. Now coming back to Vida from a more production point of view if you remember there was this one uh small MX motorcycle for kids a modeler one that would expand bases your kids growing cycle. So essentially this is a small off-road electric dirt bike which can be used for kids aged between 4 to 10 years. And the whole point behind this is that the bike it will grow with the child. So it’s fully modular. The wheelbase can change, the rider triangle can change. So essentially if your kid is between 4 and 10 years old, this will last that. So it’s effectively very nice as a concept because you don’t need to keep buying a new dirt bike as your kid is growing. This is something that will last you for quite some time. Now, how this actually is is something that we’re really interested in finding out and I’m assuming that we’ll be able to do that fairly soon because Hero has started registering interest for this product. So, you can essentially go and pre-book this in India and abroad as well. Now, that was the Dirt Ek. Like I said, you can reserve your interest for one right now. Now, Dirt E MX7 is essentially an adult MX off-road dirt trial bike. Now, this looks very promising. Carbon fiber chassis. It should be very light to offset the weight of a heavy battery. Now, this should also have some pretty advanced cutting edge tech. The chassis and the components from the suspension to the brakes. All look pretty fancy, but we don’t have the specs yet, unlike the Dirt EK3. This is not something you can book just yet, but a very promising concept nonetheless. Now, on to more tangible stuff. Hero has finally unveiled a Takar edition of the X Pulse 210. And no, this is not just a livery with Ross Bronz’s signature. This is finally a more hardcore version of the Xulse 210 with a rally kit. So there is a longer travel suspension, adjustable suspension. I’ll just tell you what the specs are right now. Now you have 270 mm of ground clearance, and that comes because the suspension now has 280 mm of travel. It is also adjustable just like it was with the Hero X Pulse 200. You also get more knobbybly tires and it is also now in Euro 5 compliance. It’s the same engine as before, so the same sort of performance, but now with that extra breath of ability courtesy of the Rally kit. And finally, we have the Hunk 440 SX. Now those who don’t know the Hunk 440 is essentially what the Maverick was in India but this SX is a new scrambler sort of motorcycle has been unveiled. It’s uh essentially using the same guts of the 440 but it looks very very different. It’s styling is a lot more radical. It’s not this beautiful flowing retro roadster anymore. It’s more a retro scrambler sort of thing that is very clearly distinguishable from the 18-in wheels at the front and the rear. You have that nice upswept twin exhaust system. Now the design of that I’m not fully convinced with. What do you think about that? Let me know in the comment section down below. You have longer travel suspension and now this motorcycle also gets ride by wire technology. With that comes ride modes and also traction control. Apart from that the headlight unit is fairly similar. The tires also look more on the dualpurpose side rather than on the road focus side. You have largely the same frame as before, but it has been altered with slightly longer travel suspension, 18-in wheels at the front and the rear. The design for the rims are very different as well. You also have a new tail light setup. The seat also looks quite different. Again, a very interesting motorcycle. Now, whether or not this will come to India remains to be seen because the Maverick 440, as you all know, has been discontinued in India. We only get the Harley-Davidson X440. Will the Harley-Davidson get this SX treatment as well with the 440 SX? Something along those lines? Well, only time will tell. But that’s been it from the Hero stall at IKMA. Really, really interesting stuff. They are working on some real cutting edge radical concepts. How much of that will materialize, we don’t know. What we do know is that Hero does materialize a lot of their concepts. So, if some of these concepts come to reality, that will be very, very exciting. Which one of these do you like the most? Let us know in the comment section down below. [Music]
Hero MotoCorp has unveiled the Xpulse 210 Dakar Edition, Hunk 440 SX, and Vida electric concepts at EICMA 2025.
The Xpulse 210 Dakar gets adjustable rally suspension, 270mm ground clearance, and Dakar-inspired graphics. The Hunk 440 SX brings rugged scrambler styling with ride-by-wire, ride modes, traction control, and a twin upswept exhaust.
Hero also unveiled two EV concepts, the Ubex Urban Explorer and Project VxZ, developed with Zero Motorcycles USA, showcasing Hero’s electric future. Plus, the VIDA Dirt.e K3 and MX7 electric dirt bikes add an off-road punch with swappable batteries and carbon-fibre frames.
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