X440 Photos

The Harley-Davidson X440 is a handsome motorcycle - more coherent in design than its price suggests, and one that clearly draws from Harley-Davidson's heritage without being a derivative of any specific existing model.

The overall silhouette is a classic roadster-cruiser: a round headlight, a teardrop tank, and a seat-to-tail line that flows cleanly. The proportions are well-judged - not stubby, not stretched. The 18-inch front wheel gives it a planted, substantial look from the front, while the 17-inch rear keeps the tail from looking ungainly.

The USD front forks are a visual highlight - the gold-anodised KYB units are visually premium and signal the bike's feature intent before you even read the spec sheet. Most bikes at Rs 2.35 lakh run conventional telescopic forks; the X440 doesn't, and it shows.

The tank carries a prominent Harley-Davidson script badge - bold and unmistakable from a distance. The instrumentation is a 3-inch TFT unit mounted cleanly between the forks, with Bluetooth connectivity visible in the display menu.

The X440 T's redesigned rear fender is a clear improvement over the original's more upright setup - the newer tail section is sleeker, lower, and more cohesive with the rest of the bike. Bar-end mirrors on the T complete a cleaner cockpit than the standard variants. In any of the four T colours, it looks like a significantly more expensive motorcycle than it is.