Hero Mavrick 440 Started Delivering
New Delhi: Hero has commenced deliveries of the Mavrick 440 – its flagship model – pan-India from 15-April-2024. Starting with the familiar, you’ve got the same air- and oil-cooled 440cc single-cylinder engine as on the Harley, which means you get a very similar riding experience too. There’s a lovely wide spread of torque all across the rev band, and you’ll really enjoy picking it up at low rpms and surfing the wave all the way into the top reaches of the tachometer.
There is a slight hesitation at full throttle at around the 2,000rpm mark, and peak torque is down from 38 to 36Nm on the Mavrick. Both of these are things that you’ll feel slightly from the saddle, but won’t really get in the way of your riding experience. What might, though, are the vibrations here. Once past 4,500rpm, vibrations begin to creep in at the handlebar, and as you keep exploring further up the tachometer, they intensify. By the time you’ve crossed 5,000rpm, there are significant vibrations at the handlebar, fuel tank and foot pegs, with the seat remaining the only smooth touch point. In top gear, this translates into a very smooth and relaxed 100kph cruise, but things begin to get vibey past 110kph, and by 120kph it’s borderline unpleasant. The extent of these vibrations varied across a few different bikes that we rode, ranging from quite unpleasant to not so bad. Nevertheless, the engine’s easygoing nature and broad spread of torque make this a great highway bike up to 110kph.
This has allowed Hero to price the Mavrick 440 quite competitively and it currently commands between Rs 1.99 lakh – Rs 2.24 lakh, depending on which of the three variants you choose.
