New Hornet

[tricol]

And the SV650 is now £6999. I remember them being around £5750 when I passed my test 2 years ago. Quite the hike in that time.

To be fair when looking at the Hornet and the GXS-8S at Motorcycle Live, the Suzuki did seem more premium to me.

[ChrisW]

I'm looking forward to seeing what both this and the Suzuki are like in the spring.

Wonder how much the re-heated 790 Duke is going to be?

[KungFooBob]

Someone watch this and let me know what he thinks, I would do it myself, if it wasn't for this dashed idleness...

[ChrisW]

I'd forgotten about this - the CF Moto 790 Duke is £7999 too, just like the GSX8S.

Actually did swing by a Honda dealer earlier today - didn't have any Hornets though. And I'm afraid I can't being myself to watch that on YouTube either.

[Bustaspoke]

Someone watch this and let me know what he thinks, I would do it myself, if it wasn't for this dashed idleness...

I watched that last night.So far it's exceeded his expectations.He's got the bike for a few days so he'll be doing some more video's on it.He seemed to like the engine,didn't like it's looks.

[mangocrazy]

He likes it. Mostly.

[tricol]

I quite like his bimbling ways. He's a fairly easy watch, even if not the most in depth reviewer. His day job obviously paid well.

[KungFooBob]

The only TMF video I wated was his initial review of the 650 twin Enfield. I didn't like/dislike, I'm just not a YouTube review watcher. Is it just me that prefers to read a review than watch one?

[mangocrazy]

Someone watch this and let me know what he thinks, I would do it myself, if it wasn't for this dashed idleness...

I would, but I find him very boring.

Yes, me too. It has to be a bike I'm really interested in to watch any of his output. But at least he doesn't actively annoy me, like Lambchop does.

[Dodgy69]

I really can't think of anyone who would buy it.

[mangocrazy]

It's a pound shop 790 Duke without the pizazz and the attitude. It's exactly what you'd expect from Honda.

[KungFooBob]

It's a pound shop 790 Duke without the pizazz and the attitude. It's exactly what you'd expect from Honda.

Well built, easy to ride, value for money.

[mangocrazy]

It's a pound shop 790 Duke without the pizazz and the attitude. It's exactly what you'd expect from Honda.

Well built, easy to ride, value for money.

Yeah, that as well.

[Bustaspoke]

I really can't think of anyone who would buy it.

The last time I owned a Honda was 1979,but I'm considering this bike,less than 200 KG,90 BHP for £7K & it's not Chinese.I was looking on line earlier to see about booking a demo ride..

[mangocrazy]

One thing I did notice in TMF's video was the state of the shock after being ridden for not many miles on salted roads. If I was buying one the first thing I'd invest in would be a hugger for the rear wheel to protect the shock.

[Mr. Dazzle]

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It's a pound shop 790 Duke without the pizazz and the attitude. It's exactly what you'd expect from Honda.

Well built, easy to ride, value for money.

Same reason Mazda sold half a million MX5s in the time it took Lotus to nearly go out of business (again).

[ChrisW]

We were passing Bill Smith's in Chester earlier on so I called in to ask when they'd be getting one of these in...and they already had one.

I was sceptical about the looks of it before seeing it but it is a lot nicer looking in the metal, much more so than the official photos and certainly than the lifestyle stuff on Honda's website. It's also surprisingly 'bigger' than I thought it was going to be; it's a proper-sized bike.

The bag was just hanging off the back to enable legover.



Who has their levers that high??

Having a quick sit on it was comfy, well finished - nice. It feels like you're sitting in it, a little bit like Monster 1200/821s. Very light to move around as you'd expect.

My daughter offered to take a pic for reference but sadly we only got this (she's not normally such a klutz):



Their demonstrator arrives Tues and should be available Thursday so I might nip over and have a go.

[KungFooBob]

Looks good in those colours, shame about the rim tape!!!

[ChrisW]

Don't judge, not my bike.

In its defence it was clearly the 'here's every option' example. I had to strip loads more off before the photo.

[Bustaspoke]

We were passing Bill Smith's in Chester earlier on so I called in to ask when they'd be getting one of these in...and they already had one.

Their demonstrator arrives Tues and should be available Thursday so I might nip over and have a go.

I'm thinking of taking a ride down there for a closer look & a demo ride next month,just waiting for the weather to start getting decent