Hero MotoCorp Oct sales down 8 percent y/y

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Hero MotoCorp Ltd, India's largest maker of motorcycles and scooters, said on Sunday its sales in October fell 8 percent from a year earlier to 575,056 units.

The company sold 625,420 units in October 2013.

Since its split from Japan's Honda Motor Co <7267.T> in 2011, Hero has been investing heavily in technology to develop new bikes and increasing its push into overseas markets.

(Reporting by Aditi Shah; Editing by Anand Basu)