Harley Davidson is launching a single cylinder in India

[VirusDumb]

So the official Harley Davidson India went defunct in 2020, but they didnt leave India, Harley had collaborated with Hero motocorp, a Indian company known for selling 100-250cc motorcycles to commuters and agricultural bikes, meanhwile Royal Enfield was going big with refreshing their entire lineup, with the 650s and the meteor, a lot of "Enfield Alternatives" were emering which were 200-300 cc bikes with retro styling such as Jawa and yezdi's motorcycle lineups, the Honda CB350T(known as GB350 outside India),the tvs ronin 225 and even the chinese joined in with the benelli imperiale, now harley also wanted to join to get some of that "Enfield Alternative" pie, and so did Hero Motocorp and after 3 years they cameout with this

https://www.bikewale.com/news/new-harleydavidson-x440-roadster-india-launch-details-revealed/ 

 

eh, doesnt even have a cruiser stance, apart from the logos and shape of the tank doesnt look harley at all, but it's really cool for hero motorcycle (considering this is their first motorcycle above 250cc), the exhaust looks hot, the way the pipe comes out, and about the engine

440cc oil cooled thumper, first time for a harley since 70s
 

now will it kill royal enfield?, well if it had hero logos on it instead of the harley, it might sell well though not kill enfield, but it'd probably kill the other enfield alternatives because of their service networks, but for harley, it wont sell, i think most consumers will see it as a cheap cash grab

[Blue4130]

16 hours ago, VirusDumb said:

So the official Harley Davidson India went defunct in 2020, but they didnt leave India, Harley had collaborated with Hero motocorp, a Indian company known for selling 100-250cc motorcycles to commuters and agricultural bikes, meanhwile Royal Enfield was going big with refreshing their entire lineup, with the 650s and the meteor, a lot of "Enfield Alternatives" were emering which were 200-300 cc bikes with retro styling such as Jawa and yezdi's motorcycle lineups, the Honda CB350T(known as GB350 outside India),the tvs ronin 225 and even the chinese joined in with the benelli imperiale, now harley also wanted to join to get some of that "Enfield Alternative" pie, and so did Hero Motocorp and after 3 years they cameout with this

https://www.bikewale.com/news/new-harleydavidson-x440-roadster-india-launch-details-revealed/ 

 

eh, doesnt even have a cruiser stance, apart from the logos and shape of the tank doesnt look harley at all, but it's really cool for hero motorcycle (considering this is their first motorcycle above 250cc), the exhaust looks hot, the way the pipe comes out, and about the engine

440cc oil cooled thumper, first time for a harley since 70s
 

now will it kill royal enfield?, well if it had hero logos on it instead of the harley, it might sell well though not kill enfield, but it'd probably kill the other enfield alternatives because of their service networks, but for harley, it wont sell, i think most consumers will see it as a cheap cash grab

So it's a Harley in name only? They did not do any of the designing or engineering?

[VirusDumb]

1 hour ago, Blue4130 said:

So it's a Harley in name only? They did not do any of the designing or engineering?

apart from the tank there is no harley about it

[Rocketdog2112]

On 5/26/2023 at 12:04 AM, VirusDumb said:

apart from the tank there is no harley about it

Just like the small Italian made Harleys of the 70's. 

Harley Davidson will whore their trademark out to anyone to make dollar.