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Hero Maestro : Road Test
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Hero MotoCorp recently launched its all-new scooter, the Maestro. Aimed at an universal appeal rather than 'just for her', Hero's latest baby is all set to hit the right note
The suddenly burgeoning scooter segment has seen a lot of action recently. Mahindra came out with the new Duro, Honda came out with the all-new Dio and then Piaggio recently launched its Vespa. Hero had shown its brand new offering, the Maestro in London when Hero MotoCorp was unveiled to the world. And now it’s finally here in the flesh.
When it comes to scooters, Pune is one of the best places to gauge the response considering almost all of the fair sex here thrive on the twist and go machinery. So when a brand new red shiny Maestro came to us, I immediately took it for a spin in one of Pune’s most popular areas. As expected, the Maestro turned a lot of heads and garnered a long list of questions too. So how different is the Maestro compared to the competition? Compared to the Honda Activa, the current champion of the segment, the Maestro does not really look ground-breaking.
But it is indeed a good looking scooter. The first thing that strikes you is the size. The generous dimensions means the scooter is sure to be a hit with men compared to Hero’s other offering, the Pleasure which is just “for her”.
The beaky front is further accentuated by a tiny black visor which really adds a lot of character to the scooter. Neat looking dual coloured rear-view mirrors complete the good looking front. The body features a nice swoopy design. A nice touch is the black plastic cladding running along the side. But it does tend to get dirty pretty quickly. The shapely tail lights and a well executed body coloured grabrail bring up the tidy rear.
The instrument console looks pretty good too and features a digital window which includes the fuel gauge, odometer and a tripmeter as well. Overall quality however could have been better. The silver plastic insert on the console for example looks slightly cheap and the trip meter button popped out a couple of times.
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Bhaskar.k.l
I am planing to buy hero mastero...can u people advice me honda active is best or hero mastero..can u tell me disadvantages of mastero through sms r ph cal to my numb 8190848798..please help me by ur advice
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himalay
Hey u guys don't know the contract between hero n Honda .....upto 2014 Honda will Support hero . N my suggestion is for two wheeler we should always go with hero coz we have almost all the products hero in our family we have huge joint family n hero rocks Honda sucks .
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mak
will i go for hero maesrto or honda dio is better than it????
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Fahad Faizee
welll maestro is a gud bike.....n stylishh..i will go for maestroooo.........
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fahad faizee
luks stylish.....i think i wil go for maestro.......
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