The Hero Destini 125 is a commuter scooter from Hero MotoCorp. It is currently on sale. Scooters are made for easy city riding: automatic, step-through and usually with storage under the seat. With a 124.6 cc engine it sits in the 125 cc scooter class.
Power comes from a 124.6 cc single-cylinder air-cooled fuel-injected engine that makes 9 bhp at 7,000 rpm and 10.4 Nm of torque at 5,500 rpm. Its stroke is longer than its bore (52.4mm x 57.8mm), a long-stroke layout that generally favours low-down pulling power. Divide power by kerb weight and it has about 79 PS per tonne; by that measure, there is enough go for confident city riding and relaxed highway cruising. The claimed top speed is 85 km/h. It has both electric and kick start.
It uses an automatic (CVT) transmission, so there are no gears or clutch to work — you twist the throttle and go.
It is built around a high rigidity underbone type frame. Suspension is by telescopic fork at the front and single coil-spring hydraulic at the rear. Braking is by a disc at the front and a drum at the rear, with a combined braking system (IBS). Using the rear brake lever also applies some front brake, which shortens stops for riders who lean on the rear brake. It rides on 12-inch alloy wheels with tubeless tyres — 90/90-12 at the front and 100/80-12 at the rear.
The seat is 770 mm off the ground, which is low and makes it easy to put your feet down. It weighs 115 kg ready to ride, light enough to push around and park easily. Ground clearance is 162 mm — enough for most speed breakers. It is 1,862 mm long, with 1,302 mm between the axles. Its 5.3 L fuel tank and claimed mileage of 59-60 kmpl work out to roughly 318 km per tankful on paper; real-world range is usually lower.
Equipment includes an analogue and digital instrument console, an LED projector headlamp, auto-cancel turn indicators (ZX and ZX+ variants), turn-by-Turn Navigation (ZX and ZX+ variants), illuminated start switch (ZX and ZX+ variants) and diamond-cut alloy wheels (ZX and ZX+ variants). Safety equipment includes engine kill switch, low fuel indicator and malfunction indicator.
The manufacturer's warranty is 5 years/50000 km. It comes with 5 free services, the first due at 500-750 km or 60 days. For the Hero Destini 125, Mechiee offers a fixed ₹899 doorstep service.
It is best suited to daily commuting and riders who put running costs first. Its low seat also makes it approachable for shorter and newer riders.
Recommended tyre pressures are 22 psi front and 29 psi rear riding alone, and 22 psi front and 36 psi rear with a pillion. The published service intervals are 1st service at 500-750 km or 60 days, 2nd service at 3000-3500 km or 160 days, 3rd service at 6000-6500 km or 260 days, 4th service at 9000-9500 km or 360 days and 5th service at 12000-12500 km or 460 days.
