FOR SALE: 2005 Honda Hornet CB900

[lanci]

If you still have it in 10 months I'll buy it!!! I have the smallest hornet of the clan and love the styling of the Buell lights on the hornet range. Good luck with the sale...........or maybe not!

[skelstar]

ta dude. If its still here in 10 months I'll have gone mental!

[Kendog]

Still for sale! ...man, I'm totally going to buy all my bikes in Winter from now on.

I have just seen the larger versions of your photos. You need to sand your headers to make them shine again. Wet and dry 800 grit then some mothers mag and aluminum polish.

Looks great in person and in photos, will surely sell your bike then.

[skelstar]

Bump bump. Might take the girl and the old girl for a spin up to manfeild tomorrow for the races (weather dependent). This bike is still being used and enjoyed while its for sale people.

[vifferman]

You need to sand your headers to make them shine again. Wet and dry 100 grit then some mothers mag and aluminum polish.

Say wha..?!?! 100 grit? Good idea - if you want to put scratches in them that'll never come out! Try 1200 or finer, or steel wool.

[Kendog]

Say wha..?!?! 100 grit? Good idea - if you want to put scratches in them that'll never come out! Try 1200 or finer, or steel wool.

Doh, just went down stairs to check what I used to use. Either 600 or 800.

I have edited my first post.

[skelstar]

Bump bump!!! ...awesome ride to work this morning. Nothing like a fang over Wainuiomata Hill on the way to work!!!

[degrom]

Is the 919 good for commuting? (Say 30km on the highway and 30km in the city per day)

Any good for over 6'4" riders?

Any rust?

[limbimtimwim]

Allow a semi impartial 3rd party to answer your questions:
It'd be extremely good. You sit upright so you can see stuff easy. It's easier to turn your body the more upright you sit. The engine has power enough power to save you rowing the gearbox.

I'm not 6'4", but I'd guess it would be pretty good. There is plenty of scope for fiddling with handle bars on a hornet.

I've never seen any. It's not an old bike and I know it gets kept inside most of the time it's not in use. And it's a Honda.

[merv]

Yeah would certainly be better for commuting than a foetal tuck rocket.

[bungbung]

I'm 6'4" and fit on a hornet just fine. You've got some fiddling room with different bars if you don't like the layout.

It'd be a great commuter.

[Coyote]

And of course the most important thing; it looks good too

skelstar, where did you get those Buell lights from? Are they from a wreck or new items?

[skelstar]

skelstar, where did you get those Buell lights from?

Umm...from a Buell Dealer? But to be honest the CF screen was off eBay.

Bike was an awesome commuter in its first 6 months. I'm 5'8 but if you want to come try it on for size give me a yell. I'm on Haywoods Hill dude.

[Matt]

Is the 919 good for commuting? (Say 30km on the highway and 30km in the city per day)

Any good for over 6'4" riders?

Any rust?

I've ridden one on a couple of occasions and found it fine size wise (I'm 6'5") - great commuter too...

[pritch]

Be hard to think of a more fun commuter. There may be smaller more economical bikes but...

It's comfortable, it's small for a 900 and is eminently flickable. It'll pull from pretty much anywhere in the rev range.

One of the American mags said they could always tell who rode the Hornet to work, he was the guy with the big smile.

I know how he felt. Been there done that