New Hornet

[KungFooBob]

https://www.honda.co.uk/motorcycles/ran ... rview.html

Homda have created an online shrine to the Hornet in anticipation of revealing a new one.

I hope it's better than the new Hawk (which we're not getting anyway).

I do really like the look of the original, surprised I never bought one.

[weeksy]

I was wondering if the pics were the old one or the new one lol.

[Yorick]

After seeing all that, I'm still no wiser. Waste of time.

[KungFooBob]

Let me know your hourly rate and bank account details, I'll refund you.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Hopefully it will have a lot better build quality than the current CB650

[KungFooBob]

Interestingly (or not) quite a few of the pics on that page show the early model having the same four pot Nissins that the Blade and SP1 got.

I'm 100% all the 600's in the UK at least got the twin pot sliders.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

I don't see that they've got any choice but to put decent 4 pots on it, my GSXS 750 is it's direct competitor in most markets and has 4 pot Nissins, it won't sell with 2 pot sliders.

[KungFooBob]

The original 600 from the late 90's had two pots in the UK.

But the pictures on that site of the late 90's bike have four pots.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

The original 600 from the late 90's had two pots in the UK.

But the pictures on that site of the late 90's bike have four pots.

Bike spotter

[KungFooBob]

When I was 17 I really really wanted a Hornet 250.

Went to look at one in Transit Motorcycles at York.

I was £500 short and they wouldn't budge, so the choice came down to a Suzuki Goose or a Honda Bros.

I rode the Honda home, paid £2800 iirc, it was on a G plate and only had 500km on the clock, it was mint, except for the inside of the tank that was rusty as fuck and kept blocking the carbs until I petsealed it.

[Skub]

Calling a Hornet a legend is reaching a bit. I always thought of them as a dull bike built down to a price. A commuter hack.

Maybe that's just my general dislike of Honda showing.

[dern]

Calling a Hornet a legend is reaching a bit. I always thought of them as a dull bike built down to a price. A commuter hack.

Maybe that's just my general dislike of Honda showing.

I love my honda but completely agree, just another UJM like the fazer, bandit and the mt-07....

[KungFooBob]

They were a shopping bike.

But they moved the whole shopping bike scene forwards. Back in 1998 the only other real option was the 600 Blandit and the Hornetto was a fuck ton cooler... then came the Frasier.

[Mr. Dazzle]

New one is gonna be a parallel twin though I bet?

[KungFooBob]

New one is gonna be a parallel twin though I bet?

The engine in the drawing looks just like the existing 650 IL4.

I found an article earlier that says it's gonna get bored out to 750.

Why make a 1100 twin Hornet, when they already make the 1100 twin Hawk?

[Mr. Dazzle]

Yeah, fair point. Honda have the 650 IL4 they can wheel out, they already build it with the requisite clean exhaust stuff etc.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

It'll be an updated CB650 (which is an updated 600 Hornet)

[Supermofo]

I don't see that they've got any choice but to put decent 4 pots on it, my GSXS 750 is it's direct competitor in most markets and has 4 pot Nissins, it won't sell with 2 pot sliders.

Was reading only last night that the GSXS 750 was the biggest seller in the under 1000cc category the end of 2020 I think it was. Presumably due to discounts. Proper good value

[Bigyin]

Calling a Hornet a legend is reaching a bit. I always thought of them as a dull bike built down to a price. A commuter hack.

Maybe that's just my general dislike of Honda showing.

I love my honda but completely agree, just another UJM like the fazer, bandit and the mt-07....

Not one bite for putting down the MT-07 .... worth a try though

[Bigjawa]

Calling a Hornet a legend is reaching a bit. I always thought of them as a dull bike built down to a price. A commuter hack.

Maybe that's just my general dislike of Honda showing.

The 600 Bandit was slower, but I found it more engaging than the Hornet. The 900 was just slow compared to the 1200 Bandit.