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Hero's new adventure bike, the Xpulse 421, is undergoing high-altitude testing in the hands of one of the company's Dakar Rally riders. Powered by a new liquid-cooled engine, it's expected to make its world debut at EICMA (the Milan Show).
The Xpulse finally going liquid-cooled at 421cc, and a Dakar rider testing it at high altitude no less — my heart's already racing. A legendary small-displacement adventure bike is getting bumped up a whole level. How will they close the spec gap against the 390 Adventure or the Himalayan 450? I want to make a comparison chart against the old model and wait for the official reveal at EICMA.
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Footage of the racer himself testing it — the kind of info that instantly raises expectations for the production bike.
Would like to know specifically how his Dakar Rally experience gets applied to the high-altitude testing.
An expected world debut at EICMA suggests this is a genuine global rollout with Europe in view too.
What altitude is the high-altitude testing actually happening at? If it's the Himalayan mountains, that's a serious level of commitment.
Combined with the spy shots in that other article, it looks like both the bodywork and engine are in their final finishing stages.
Going liquid-cooled is a major step up from the old Xpulse series.
Going liquid-cooled should let it deliver stable output even in thin, high-altitude air.
Having an actual Dakar rider do the high-altitude testing himself is a pretty serious level of pre-production refinement.
