Description
The Hero Xtreme 160R 4V has always been a very sorted motorcycle. For 2026. Hero MotoCorp has decided to ignite a lot of visual drama by styling the bike with most signature elements taken from its elder sibling, the Xtreme 250R. With that. Hero has made an already handsome looking motorcycle look even sharper. But the changes go beyond skin-deep. On the top-spec Carbon variant, the throttle body has been replaced with an electronic unit which means ride-by-wire and ride modes. As a result, power has gone up marginally to 16.8bhp from 16.6bhp and peak power also comes in at 250rpm later at 8750rpm. Torque remains unchanged at 14.6Nm at 6500rpm. Apart from that, the Carbon variant that we sampled also gets a new 4.2-inch colour-TFT screen, cruise control, connectivity, adjustable clutch and brake levers, different colours for the front and rear wheel and carbon-fibre-esque body panels across the bike. On the chassis front, things remain mostly unchanged barring a new seat which is longer and wider and has also resulted in a slightly taller 805mm seat height. With all these changes and additions, the motorcycle also weighs a little more at 149kg. How do all of these additions add up and is the bike now perfectly poised to take the fight to the TVS’s and Bajaj’s of the roads? Karan Ramgopal spent some time with the new Hero Xtreme 160R 4V Carbon edition to find out.
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