Benelli 302R vs Hyosung Aquila GV250

This is the production version of DSK-Benelli's entry-level sports offering, the 302R. And it unashamedly borrows from the Benelli line-up, just like the youngest in any large joint family would. 

Benelli finally has a fully-faired motorcycle in its line-up – the Tornado 302. Unveiled at the 2015 EICMA, the Tornado 302 has been developed for emerging markets like India where there is demand for fully-faired motorcycles.   

Touring is becoming a fashion among Indian motoring enthusiasts. And why should it not? We have vast expanse of open lands, biodiversity worth experiencing and some really good roads that are connected by many miserable ones with the difficulty level equivalent of playing Ping Pong with a Chinese national, giving riders a sense of achievement like no other.  Royal Enfield and Harley-Davidson have been capitalising on this pretty well for a while now and it is time that few others get to ride the wave, even if that won’t dent the sales of the big two. Hyosung is the front runner among the alternative premium motorcycle brands for cruisers and this time we test their new entry-level model, the Aquila 250.