A Harley Davidson X440 bike is displayed in this handout image obtained by Reuters on July 18, 2023.
Hero MotorCorp/Handout via REUTERS/File PhotoBENGALURU, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Indian bike maker Hero MotoCorp (HROM.NS) on Tuesday said it received over 25,000 bookings for the world's cheapest Harley Davidson motorcycle, sending shares up over 3%.
The company said 65% of the bookings for the X440 were for the motorcycle's top-end variant, priced at 269,000 rupees.
Hero, the world's largest motorcycle maker by sales, said in a statement it will begin production of the X440 in September and begin deliveries from October.
($1 = 82.8050 Indian rupees)Reporting by Kashish Tandon in Bengaluru; Editing by Varun H KOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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