Honda Hornet

[Panagiotis]

Leon1984 (13/05/2011)

Panagiotis (13/05/2011)

sunday blast? easily keeps up with sports bikes and no risk of loosing your license

if your keeping up with sports bikes, theres a very real threat of losing your licence!!

Yeah bit of an oxymoron that part

[Ratty46]

Panagiotis (13/05/2011)

Ratty46 (13/05/2011)

probably am mate,

yeah! Hornets>GSRS

i’ve rode a GSR, i had a a go on Rodder’s one (RIP), i liked it, bit i like the hornet more, dunno why i just warm to it more.

i think i’m defo gonna get a hornet, my rear shock is leaking on the SV now:crazy:

[Ratty46]

Panagiotis (13/05/2011)

Leon1984 (13/05/2011)

Panagiotis (13/05/2011)

sunday blast? easily keeps up with sports bikes and no risk of loosing your license

if your keeping up with sports bikes, theres a very real threat of losing your licence!!

Yeah bit of an oxymoron that part

lol was thinking that, unless your an angel theres always a risk of losing it:D

[Kaos]

Did you ring Bacon’s? They give you a price or mileage?

[Leon1984]

ratty, my mate who was into bikes before me (doesnt ride atm) got an SV650S for his first bike and we did a lot of two up stuff, he got knocked off and bought a 2002 Hornet and it was this that really set my heart on a CBR (for the engine )

coming back from the bike show, we went past the “London 99 miles” sign, and 60 minutes later were back in kingston… proper fun bike, and massive profile rear tyre = sexyness He has a carbon can company slip on and it sounded lovely (nicer than my CBR does)

[Panagiotis]

Leon1984 (13/05/2011)

He has a carbon can company slip on and it sounded lovely (nicer than my CBR does)

you should listen to mine then

[WASP]

Panagiotis (13/05/2011)

Leon1984 (13/05/2011)

He has a carbon can company slip on and it sounded lovely (nicer than my CBR does)

you should listen to mine then

Nah mine sounds better you can’t beat a cutdown twin port Art can for sound and blue flames

[weefrenchie]

Joe Public (10/05/2011)

Small tank range on older ones (16l and 17l).

I’ve had mine 5 years, used it every day all year long for 4 years for commuting, touring, ride outs, everything! Fantastically reliable and I get over 160 miles to a tank every time (including reserve), maximum I got out of it was 186 miles all in windy country lanes and I had 0.5 litres left

I still love it now I’m in London and still get fantastic mileage out of a full tank

[Zander]

weefrenchie (14/05/2011)

I’ve had mine 5 years, used it every day all year long for 4 years for commuting, touring, ride outs, everything! Fantastically reliable and I get over 160 miles to a tank every time (including reserve), maximum I got out of it was 186 miles all in windy country lanes and I had 0.5 litres left

I still love it now I’m in London and still get fantastic mileage out of a full tank

No complaints about my mileage … but white ones must go further

[r_o_b]

Zander (14/05/2011)

weefrenchie (14/05/2011)

I’ve had mine 5 years, used it every day all year long for 4 years for commuting, touring, ride outs, everything! Fantastically reliable and I get over 160 miles to a tank every time (including reserve), maximum I got out of it was 186 miles all in windy country lanes and I had 0.5 litres left

I still love it now I’m in London and still get fantastic mileage out of a full tank

No complaints about my mileage … but white ones must go further

nah same here,

i get about 145-150 before i need to go over to reserve then get another 25 or so miles before i fill up…havent seen how much ill get on reserve but its not bad going (mines not white either)

[Zander]

weeman (14/05/2011)

nah same here,

i get about 145-150 before i need to go over to reserve then get another 25 or so miles before i fill up…havent seen how much ill get on reserve but its not bad going (mines not white either)

Ok, it must be if you’ve got “wee” in your username then

I guess my Hornet is an older one from 2000, so has 1ltr less capacity. But still you’re doing well! :w00t: I might be a bit heavier, and the bike more worn too.

http://www.hondahornet.co.uk/faqs.html

What MPG should I expect?

If you ride your Hornet sensibly you can expect around 40mpg or more. One guy claimed 50mpg - vicars on push bikes must have been overtaking him.
If you ride your bike normally you’ll get around 35mpg.
Give it some beans at every opportunity and you’re looking at about 30
Either way, 35 is a good average.

What about the tank range?

Unfortunately, Hornets built between 1998 and 2003 have small tanks that only hold 16 Litres of fuel.
Riding normally you can expect to be switching to reserve after 96 to 100 miles.
Once on reserve you have an average of around 22 miles left in the tank.

Hornets built from 2003 onwards have a larger tank holding 17 litres. (including 3.3 litres from reserve).

Edited to add: Some really variable stats on Fuelly too by the looks …

Honda CB600F MPG - Actual MPG from 125 Honda CB600F owners

http://www.fuelly.com/motorcycle/honda/hornet%20599%20cb600f

[Panagiotis]

Zander (14/05/2011)

Edited to add: Some really variable stats on Fuelly too by the looks …

thats because it equally weights an mpg from a hornet that has had 176 fuel ups as one that has had 1 fuel up

[Leon1984]

i like the way you have all ruined this thread with mpg talk… perhaps you should be riding bmw’s :P:D

[JJON]

Most fun I’ve had on any bike, the way the engine delivers it’s power is a scream and the sweet spot of 9k revs will have you grinning for ages.

Still miss mine, got the CB1000R now but it just doesn’t give the same fun factor, even though it does everything better.

[Zander]

Leon1984 (14/05/2011)

i like the way you have all ruined this thread with mpg talk… perhaps you should be riding bmw’s :P:D

I rode a GS Adventure 6,800 miles to Bahrain … was a great bike in almost every way. After that the Hornet felt tiny, but still great to get back on Would be even greater if I could get 50mpg out of it

[bricking_it]

Zander (14/05/2011)

Leon1984 (14/05/2011)

i like the way you have all ruined this thread with mpg talk… perhaps you should be riding bmw’s :P:D

I rode a GS Adventure 6,800 miles to Bahrain … was a great bike in almost every way. After that the Hornet felt tiny, but still great to get back on Would be even greater if I could get 50mpg out of it

And now someone’s shown me what ‘Fuelly’ is, I cannot wait to get started with the R1100S

[Ratty46]

well hopefully in a few weeks i will have a hornet to harrass the sportsbikes with:D:D

i will get better fuel economy with the hornet than i will my SV1000 wich is coming off the road for a re-build and then i decide what to do with it… dare i say it…sell the SV or make it a track/play bike:D,then i could buy my brothers SH125i scoot-needs new engine tho:w00t:- for winter commuting, prob have to seel the SV to do that.

[Panagiotis]

yeah baby!! cant wait for the BM meet:
you, anna,weefrenchie, me

[Serrisan]

Panagiotis (16/05/2011)

yeah baby!! cant wait for the BM meet:
you, anna,weefrenchie, me

You mean you’ll get permission to come to a BMM?

Have you sorted baby transportation on the hornet yet?

[Panagiotis]

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Serrisan (16/05/2011)

You mean you’ll get permission to come to a BMM?

might have to do 10 nappy changes in a row first.

[quote]
Serrisan (16/05/2011)

Have you sorted baby transportation on the hornet yet?

either drill holes in the topbox or put a cot mattress in the tank bag :w00t: