Hero Impulse vs Honda Shine 100

This is the age of machines and gadgets and smart devices. What if you could find one that could iron out all the ups and downs on the road into a smooth running freeway that leads to your never-so-far destination? Well, Hero Motorcorp has given us a tool – something that can make a mockery of the pothole-free roads in and around Mumbai (no pun intended) – the Impulse. This tall lanky motorcycle has made me smile every time, commuting from the remote suburb of Dombivli to our head office in Navi Mumbai.  

Honda has entered the 100cc commuter motorcycle segment in the country with its first offering, the Shine 100. The Japanese bikemaker is using the existing Shine brand for its new product, owing to the success of the Shine 125 so far. To find how much it succeeds, we spent a few hours with the new Honda Shine 100 and put it through the paces as much as we could.