Flock of cows? Herd of cows? Yes, herd of Hornets?

**gijoe1313** · 20th March 2007, 12:40

Feel the love in this thread... oh the humanity of it all! What about the children?

And oh yeah ...

My little red hornet is kinda neat,
it's got a real comfortable seat -
The tyres are stylish, satan's best
All in the comfort of the Hornet's nest,
To and fro and back again
It was made in Japan, for a fistful of yen
Around the roads we shall travail,
A few more stories to add to our tale
All in all, my little red hornet can't be beat,
Ready to take on other rider's heat!

- from a little ol'Hornet

**Balding Eagle** · 20th March 2007, 18:42

I think we should get this thread back on the rails.

The Hornet is a great bike. I had the 250 for my L and R. Its performance is excellent and handling brilliant. Because I had such a great experience in the learning/development phase, I decided to go with the full McCoy when I had no restrictions. I now have a 918cc Hornet. It is great and I have no regrets.

I am sure there are other bikes out there that perform better BUT I am really pleased with my decision and have no regrets.

See below!!!

**Macktheknife** · 20th March 2007, 19:00

The hornets are fine but the poetry is appalling!

**Waylander** · 20th March 2007, 19:05

Originally Posted by gijoe1313

Feel the love in this thread... oh the humanity of it all! What about the children?

And oh yeah ...

My little red hornet is kinda neat,
it's got a real comfortable seat -
The tyres are stylish, satan's best
All in the comfort of the Hornet's nest,
To and fro and back again
It was made in Japan, for a fistful of yen
Around the roads we shall travail,
A few more stories to add to our tale
All in all, my little red hornet can't be beat,
Ready to take on other rider's heat!

- from a little ol'Hornet

Why are all the big guys far on the weird side? DMNTD, Colapop, you.....

Pikachu

**TerminalAddict** · 20th March 2007, 20:25

Mine must be the *SUPER* full McCoy at 919cc's then

I found its a frightening bike to own ....
when you're screamng along at insane speeds, often the litre club are frightened by the hornets

yay for pay day .. new tyre tomorrow

Originally Posted by Balding Eagle

I think we should get this thread back on the rails.

The Hornet is a great bike. I had the 250 for my L and R. Its performance is excellent and handling brilliant. Because I had such a great experience in the learning/development phase, I decided to go with the full McCoy when I had no restrictions. I now have a 918cc Hornet. It is great and I have no regrets.

I am sure there are other bikes out there that perform better BUT I am really pleased with my decision and have no regrets.

See below!!!

**paveho** · 20th March 2007, 21:33

Can't say that I can fault my Hornet. It's a 2005 and I'm very happy with it.

**gijoe1313** · 20th March 2007, 23:50

Originally Posted by Macktheknife

The hornets are fine but the poetry is appalling!

It's a Hornet rider's sort of thing,
Coming up with these awful ditties -
Nothing else to say, nothing else to sing
Kinda hard to sound quite witty!
Blame not the little ol'Hornet
Chide not the two wheel ride,
Composing all response via sonnet
Will often make you run and hide!
Tarry not further, read no more
'Tis often boredom and a chore,
So mount your mighty steeds
And twist those wrists,
Your need for speed
Is...understandable indeed!

**gijoe1313** · 20th March 2007, 23:54

Originally Posted by Waylander

Why are all the big guys far on the weird side? DMNTD, Colapop, you.....

Pikachu

Yarp ... (in Trolley boy Hot Fuzz accent) ... but I ain't a big guy ... only big for a chinaman! Colapop is akin to Godzilla (Gojira), DMNT is like Mothra ... and gijoe1313 is like an insane kung pao chicken man that's channelling Chicken Little ... and don't get me started on Big Dog...

... must be all the hormone protein infested meat products we've been ingesting ...

**CastorPollux** · 21st March 2007, 13:43

Originally Posted by Timaa

hey yo
anyone with a hornet out there gimme a yell ay...
lets get some stats and stories going up here?

Hey bro, how's the bike going? I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Great ride.

**Gremlin** · 21st March 2007, 23:51

excellent bike for around town pootling, extremely torquey motors. Doesn't accelerate like crazy, so losing your license isn't as easy.

Don't like how the front and rear seem to act independently when pushing it a bit more, but it could be the suspension being slushy for me. Easy to peg too, if you feel like it