05 CB900F Honda Hornet Review

[Groins_NZ]

Sweet, that's about what I weigh

[skelstar]

Just a follow up to the single exhaust thing. I found a decent sized piccy and edited it a bit to get rid of the ugo mudguard.

I imagine that it would heaps better with a bigger can. Perhaps '05 R6 sized but in black with stainless end caps.

Fit flush mount indicators to the rear and visualise.

[et al]

Just a follow up to the single exhaust thing. I found a decent sized piccy and edited it a bit to get rid of the ugo mudguard.

Nice - I guess one of the good things about the Hornet is that you can do all these different things with them. By the way - I am getting the Neptune pipes for mine next week, so all being well am hoping to have a hornier sounding Hornet ready for the Manfeild track day.

[skelstar]

Be good to hear them. See you there again .

Kendog, you coming up? Groins?

[Kendog]

Be good to hear them. See you there again .

Kendog, you coming up? Groins?

I really really really want to go, just depends on my sisters house moving.

[skelstar]

Ah yeah. Forgot we had that convo.

[Groins_NZ]

Got to save every penny I can for next month - spending 9 days riding around the South Island. Quite keen to have a track day though - I've heard you can pick up a lot of good skills, as well as being a lot of fun.

[Kendog]

Just a follow up to the single exhaust thing. I found a decent sized piccy and edited it a bit to get rid of the ugo mudguard.

I imagine that it would heaps better with a bigger can. Perhaps '05 R6 sized but in black with stainless end caps.

Fit flush mount indicators to the rear and visualise.

Some examples of what I would love the exhausts on my bike to look like, with the red wheels of course

[Groins_NZ]

When are you expecting the N-tunes to be ready et al?

[Kendog]

Nice avatar, I knew you would come up with something good.

The 'needle sweep' is one thing I wish I had on my model.

[et al]

When are you expecting the N-tunes to be ready et al?

Hopefully have them Thursday, first ride with them will probably be up to Manfeild track day. After I removed the mufflers last night the boys (Gunner & Foz) insisted I start her up to see what she sounds like unmuffled - have to say had quite a nice bark. Suggestions for having a GP style stubby pipe out one side followed but best not to pursue that one!

[Groins_NZ]

Cheers kendog, I thought it looked a bit tacky but I'm getting used to it now, besides it was the only clean part of my bike at the time. Had to chop out every frame possible and shrink it down to fit under the 60Kb limit.

[et al]

Don't you mean it looks a bit "tachy"?

[pritch]

I too had read about fitting different shocks, do you have to do both the front and rear to keep the bike handling as designed.

Hornets ('04 on?) have adjustable front forks so static sag can be matched front and rear. If you beef up the suspension and ride it *really* hard you will then show up the shortcomings of the frame which you otherwise wouldn't notice.

I put an Ohlins on mine because it came available near new at a friendly enough price. I don't ride hard enough to trouble the frame unduly. But then neither do most of you :-)

[skelstar]

Cripes. After having a look at that solid square beam running dwn the length of my bike, I cant believe there would be any shortcomings in the frame. Still ~190kg being leaned hard into the corners is a lot of force.

Very cool avatar Groins.