Picking up a Hornet next weekend!

**madbikeboy** · 14th May 2012, 12:18

I'd lay money here and now, a simple wager of sorts, that come summer, you'll be counting the miles ridden since your Hornetto purchase in the thousands...

...and those ridden on the Harley in the tens...

**ducatilover** · 14th May 2012, 12:50

Great choice! Post up pics and let me ride it?

**Bassmatt** · 14th May 2012, 16:01

Originally Posted by Bassmatt

Put your gloves on first.

Originally Posted by hellokitty

Eh?

Originally Posted by hayd3n

watch out for the sting

**Maha** · 14th May 2012, 16:24

Originally Posted by madbikeboy

I'd lay money here and now, a simple wager of sorts, that come summer, you'll be counting the miles ridden since your Hornetto purchase in the thousands...

...and those ridden on the Harley in the tens...

Im in!....
Its like buying a new helmet...sure you keep the old one, but eventually, it gets left behind...

Great purchase Kat..the Swam Nights beckon.

**hellokitty** · 14th May 2012, 17:49

Originally Posted by madbikeboy

I'd lay money here and now, a simple wager of sorts, that come summer, you'll be counting the miles ridden since your Hornetto purchase in the thousands...

...and those ridden on the Harley in the tens...

It will be interesting to see, won't it?

Originally Posted by ducatilover

Great choice! Post up pics and let me ride it?

Yeahhhh nah!

Originally Posted by Bassmatt

Yes a d'oh! moment - I am blonde!

Originally Posted by Maha

Im in!....
Its like buying a new helmet...sure you keep the old one, but eventually, it gets left behind...

Great purchase Kat..the Swam Nights beckon.

I will get used to it before I try joining any swarms!

**Grasshopperus** · 15th May 2012, 17:02

Grats you'll love your hornet, I'm sure of it

**nathan.read** · 15th May 2012, 17:28

Had to go to Auckland today for work (from Whangarei) no work cars available so I took my Hornet 900, the round trip from home to work then to Papakura returning via Takapuna was over 450kms. Even with the rain and wind the bike performed brilliantly, used 22.5 litres of petrol (5 litres per 100km) economy was caused by the wind and rain (keeping my speed to 100km/h)

I have had my bike for under a month now, so when I got it home I let her cool down, then washed her, and re-lubed the chain, paddock stand is a god send!!!

**Number One** · 15th May 2012, 17:38

Bend your knees and don't use back like crane!

And enjoy

**hellokitty** · 15th May 2012, 17:46

I visited her today, to sign papers and organise oggy knobs - Mr Hellokitty seems to think that I will be using her at the track

and that he can have a go too

I shall bling her in pink to keep the men off her

I swear she looks better each time I see her

**Trudes** · 15th May 2012, 18:16

Enjoy chick!

And if it has those horrid Mickey Mouse ear mirrors you need to ditch them, they're fugly.

**AllanB** · 15th May 2012, 19:44

Dig mine. I keep modding it!

I am most disturbed you described it as 'cute'.

Pipes are nice - give it a bit of personality over the quiet stock system.

Stock bars are weird - throw them away.

The transmission is fussy on what oil you run. Castrol was shit, Motul good (both semi synthetic) and fully synth Spectro or Mobil have been best.

Suspension mods make a big difference - a front end spring change out is cheap - rear shock not so much but the $ are forgotten after the first ride! See Robert Taylor for both.

Run on 91 anything above is a waste of $.

**hellokitty** · 15th May 2012, 20:17

It think it has the mickey mouse style mirrors, I didnt really notice.... and as for cute - I have a weird idea of what is cute.. as you can see by my cute dog in my sig pic. My beloved Daisy