Lil' ol' hornet rocks around the clock!

[gijoe1313]

Well today my faithful lil'ol'hornet has finally gone around the clock, it all started so innocently ... TOTO was on MSN and we got chatting, he was still keen for riding - especially when I said I would be completing a milestone for my lil'ol'hornet! :yes:

I've owned this little beasty for just over two years now and it's been an interesting experience, it's been my first bike and I have learnt much from it. It's been around the block and been just about everywhere in the North Island, today, finally saw the numbers slide over into 00000 :woohoo:

Basically there was about 280km to polish off and that was done in short order, a little trip to Kaiaua, around the back of Mercer, up through the Hunuas, Twilight road, Whitford, Maraetai and to cap it all off, a visit to Manukau Heads Lighthouse. It was the trip to the lighthouse out from Waiuku which saw the numbers tell the tale! I pulled over and got out the camera for some piccies! :rockon:

The history of this lil'ol'hornet is a timeline of my biker life, it has helped other bikers gain their licences, influenced a whole new generation of Hornet riders, but most importantly, was there just to be ridden by me ... a whole lot! :wari:

Thanks to all those excellent people that have helped me fix it, provided assistance when I crashed it :Oops:, complimented it, ridden with it! Way too many to list! So, hopefully, I'll be seeing it around the clock again!

[Gremlin]

I think you should be mentioning you bought it around 27,000km... and 2 years later, round the clock it goes! :eek5:

congrats to the lil o hornet... it survived you so far!! :woohoo:

[NighthawkNZ]

Well today my faithful lil'ol'hornet has finally gone around the clock, it all started so innocently ...

And it goes to show that a bike with high Km's on the clock is still a good and safe buy if it has been well maintained... ;)

[Trudes]

Oh my!! Congrats Justin and lil' ol' Hornbeast!!

[James Deuce]

Meh. Buy a real bike.

(Just kidding).

[hayd3n]

good effort!!!!!!!

[gijoe1313]

So for the lil'ol'hornets pressie, I will be giving it a new paintjob, get some dents hammered out, retouch some of the scuff surfaces and mayhap some braided lines ... might also update the LED system with a remote like his big brother! :lol:

Ahh bikes, I lovvies them I does! :love:

[howdamnhard]

Wow 100,000 kms in two years,thats impressive.:2thumbsup Damn teachers and students have to much time on their hands,I'm jealous.

[gijoe1313]

Wow 100,000 kms in two years,thats impressive.:2thumbsup Damn teachers and students have to much time on their hands,I'm jealous.

Thats on top of my other bike milages I ride! :msn-wink: It's about not drinking, no smoking, no girlfriend ... no life! :eek5: :rofl: I'm just making up lost time for those long years of being a non-biker noob! :weep:

[James Deuce]

I rather think you have a life. Were I you, I would maintain the status quo.

[NZsarge]

I know of a certain ZX9 that's done 120,000km plus and it still goes hard. Soundly engineered bikes with regular maintainance will do decently high mileages given the horsepower per litre they put out.

[KelvinAng]

Congrats! :2thumbsup

Just yesterday my lil' ol'hornet has left my life. I miss her already :weep: Great fun she was. I hope she comes visit someday :yes:

[PeteMun]

Awesome, go the hornets !!

Just Monday been I got my restricted so I took off to tauranga which turned into a trip around the north island.. 1300k's later and a 24hr stop in muntersville with a fried battery Im home but funk are my ears are still ringing !! Riding down the desset road was :cold: but comming back it started snowing ! I havn't even ridden on gravel yet. Oh and ngatea last night was sooo foggy

[merv]

How many k's on the Big Hornet now then?

[howdamnhard]

I rather think you have a life. Were I you, I would maintain the status quo.

Agreed, it's a good status quo.:2thumbsup

[howdamnhard]

I know of a certain ZX9 that's done 120,000km plus and it still goes hard. Soundly engineered bikes with regular maintainance will do decently high mileages given the horsepower per litre they put out.

To right, my bike's coming up to about 150,000km.

[ZK-Awesome]

Good onya! As far as I can tell my GB250 is approaching the hundred-thou mark, unfortunately it doesn't have the original odometer though, so I won't be able to watch it tick over :weep:

[MattRSK]

That was pretty good spotting to get that last zero! I can imagine myself noticing at the last second and going over the front stopping just to get the photo!

[gijoe1313]

How many k's on the Big Hornet now then?

Big Ol'Hornet is on 46900km at the moment, only had him for one year and a bit! :o I think he wants to make sure his lil'brother doesn't show him up!

Daisy my tarty RZ250 is on 89000km thereabouts ... just as well I never intend to get rid of my bikes, their resale value would all be rock bottom! :innocent:

[gijoe1313]

And it goes to show that a bike with high Km's on the clock is still a good and safe buy if it has been well maintained... ;)

Ayup, always changed oil and filter every 6000km, lil'ol'hornet has had one change of spark plugs and thats about it! Apart from the usual replacement of bits n'bobs due to a plonker of an owner pushing it over Twilight road or losing the front at Raglan! :pinch:

[klingon]

Gongrats gijoe & the lil ol rocking hornet! :2thumbsup Well done both of you!

[Qkchk]

Ive heard of a chap who is a Motorcycle Courier (I think for SUB60) here in the 'City of Traffic Lights' who has a big Hornet (919 / CB900F) and has past the 1/4 Million mark. 250,000 isnt bad for a Motorcycle and I bet he hasnt been babying it either!

[EatOrBeEaten]

nice one Justin- are there any roads on the north island that you haven't ridden? You should get a book out or something. "Round New Zealand with a Hornet" "Zen and the Art of riding your ass off"...

[chanceyy]

Congrat Justin :clap: .. nice achievement for sure :yes:

[EJK]

Wonder how much petrol it consumed (and it's worth)...... All the insurance + Rego would cost as much as the bike's price right? Gosh bike's are expensive!

But really, congratulations. Now it's time to shine her up! (and put it in a museum)

[gijoe1313]

Wonder how much petrol it consumed (and it's worth)...... All the insurance + Rego would cost as much as the bike's price right? Gosh bike's are expensive!

But really, congratulations. Now it's time to shine her up! (and put it in a museum)

Probably! :lol: I'll be restoring HIM back to minters again, deserves it he does! Planning to respray, bash out a couple of little dings, new carbon tyre hugger, prob braided lines, updated LED system ... hmmm ... and of course, moar riding!

[Gremlin]

Ive heard of a chap who is a Motorcycle Courier (I think for SUB60) here in the 'City of Traffic Lights' who has a big Hornet (919 / CB900F) and has past the 1/4 Million mark. 250,000 isnt bad for a Motorcycle and I bet he hasnt been babying it either!
I believe its around 170-180 thou km at the moment, as he gets the servicing done at Botany Honda (same as us).

The last 20k on mine (40-60k), its like time has stood still, feels the same as 40k.

Gonna get overtaken by Mr GiJoe at some point shortly :rolleyes:

[Choco]

CONGRATS JUSTIN!!!
Now you need to clock the big hornet :niceone:

[imw-hornet]

Well done Justin ,,,, keep the hornets swarming , Must go for a ride some time :)

[McWild]

Awesome work, now give it a wash and sell it as new, lest you wait another trip round the clock!

[gijoe1313]

I believe its around 170-180 thou km at the moment, as he gets the servicing done at Botany Honda (same as us).

The last 20k on mine (40-60k), its like time has stood still, feels the same as 40k.

Gonna get overtaken by Mr GiJoe at some point shortly :rolleyes:

Meh :oi-grr: we both know that any bikes we own, the resale value will have dropped through the floor! ... unless you clock it, then run up moar milage that sounds roughly what is *normally* done in a year by *normal* bikers (is there such a thing? :scratch:)

[ducatilover]

Shit that's doing good to last that long dude. :Punk:

[tushalb]

I had the chance to meet Gijoe1313 on Monday and the Red Baby Hornet did look pretty nice...100,000 ks whoa boy!! I may have spread that over a Vespa, Pulsar (India), Hornet 250 and still fall short by 15-17k...keep it goin' bro...hope to catch up with you soon.:Punk::soon:

[gijoe1313]

I had the chance to meet Gijoe1313 on Monday and the Red Baby Hornet did look pretty nice...100,000 ks whoa boy!! I may have spread that over a Vespa, Pulsar (India), Hornet 250 and still fall short by 15-17k...keep it goin' bro...hope to catch up with you soon.:Punk::soon:

Don't forget I have also done 20 000km on Daisy (RZ250), 2 500km on Pippi (A100), a piddling 1 500km on Betsy (RZ350), Big Ol'Hornet is now on 48 000km from brand new (1 year old) :lol: ... I still don't think I am riding enough though! :pinch:

[ducatilover]

Don't forget I have also done 20 000km on Daisy (RZ250), 2 500km on Pippi (A100), a piddling 1 500km on Betsy (RZ350), Big Ol'Hornet is now on 48 000km from brand new (1 year old) :lol: ... I still don't think I am riding enough though! :pinch:

Shit dude, I wish I had time to rack up that many kms! :Punk: Mines done 50km now....

[gijoe1313]

Done the oil change on lil'ol'hornet, was sitting there purring away happily - next on the list will be to do a repaint on the tank and tail, new rear hugger, braided brake lines ...

And there has been 1400km added to it now :blink: Being ridden by a lovely Angel who enjoys the riding as much as it does! :scooter:

[Kendog]

Awesome stuff Justin.

I have no doubt we will be seeing you again in Welly some time soon.

[gijoe1313]

Awesome stuff Justin.

I have no doubt we will be seeing you again in Welly some time soon.

Believe it or not, this Sunday past I was done your neck of the woods! Left Auckland at 12.30am and I got to Wellywood at 7am! Picked up a friend and pillioned her back to Auckies in one big trip! :innocent:

Sorry I didn't drop a text but I guess that most people like a lie in on a Sunday! :msn-wink:

[Kendog]

Believe it or not, this Sunday past I was done your neck of the woods! Left Auckland at 12.30am and I got to Wellywood at 7am! Picked up a friend and pillioned her back to Auckies in one big trip! :innocent:

Sorry I didn't drop a text but I guess that most people like a lie in on a Sunday! :msn-wink:

I totally believe it, but yep would have been sound asleep. Next time.

[Gremlin]

Don't believe him.... prior to these last couple of weeks, he was clocking up the outrageous total of about 100km per week...

well... outrageous to him :lol:

[gijoe1313]

Don't believe him.... prior to these last couple of weeks, he was clocking up the outrageous total of about 100km per week...

well... outrageous to him :lol:

Tch! :oi-grr: Typical, I share a moment of biking grief and pain and you cut me to the quick sirrah! Lor' knows that was a sore testing time for me, I was at the lowest of lows, the nadir of my senses, forsooth, I was forsaken from the freedom of the vestibule of the biking gods!

There in the laps of destitute denizens of stationary situations I languished!

Oh! How I suffered!
Oh! The pain!

But, wait, what light yonder breaks? It is a portal of opportunity to ride! To make good my loss milage and recoup the sensibilities that sustains my soul!

Verily, I am not vexed, a mildly contentment suffuses, salves and gives balm to my biking yearning.

Tarry not long in the doldrums of confinement, for as bikers we seek new vistas to cast our speculum occularis opon!

Ride ye well ye merry souls and let not the asphalt touch other than thy steed's vulcanised shod hooves!

[Gremlin]

yeah... you're back at work this coming week.... back to 100km a week aye?

:rofl:

[gijoe1313]

yeah... you're back at work this coming week.... back to 100km a week aye?

:rofl:

Wash your mouth out with soap sir! :oi-grr: I have no desire to do such low amounts of milage again!

[ready4whatever]

its the hilux of motorcycles