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  • #2431
    Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

    Originally posted by mkkvs View Post
    Yesterday I was feeling lazy in the evening and my hornet appeared heavy,rough and gears were also bad. I even almost dropped the bike while making a dead slow turn. Then an uncle who was riding his splendor behind me said why are you not riding it and just dragging it.Give some throttle. To my surprise I applied throttle and all the issues were gone. The bike responds to what the rider is feeling like.After all its a machine.
    Was it in first 3-4 Km. This might be issue of not having proper warm-up.
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    TravelLog: Hyderabad to Hampi
    Honda Hornet 160R Owner's Manual / Serviceshop manual

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    • #2432
      Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

      Originally posted by Suddy View Post
      https://youtu.be/Fvf-e7BRvKU

      ☝ Notice the speedometer on the hornet. The guy riding it goes beyond 30 on the first gear. He is doing clutchless shifting, but you can see when he shifts by observing his right hand when he blips the throttle.
      Hornet has no low end power and small gears- 1&2; I don't understand how it beat the gixxer in the drag race.....🤔 Anybody.....any clue....???
      i think he was on 5th gear by the time he reached 40. So doing 30 on 1st gear doesnt look correct to me.I had tried 22 on first gear but not 30. May be today i will try that. May be doing 30 frequently will open up some secret lock

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      Originally posted by anoopkumar0 View Post
      Was it in first 3-4 Km. This might be issue of not having proper warm-up.
      Not in the first 3-4 kms but around 20 kms which takes around 45 min to 1 hrs in traffic.

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      • #2433
        Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

        Originally posted by mkkvs View Post


        Not in the first 3-4 kms but around 20 kms which takes around 45 min to 1 hrs in traffic.


        This sounds odd.
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        TravelLog: Hyderabad to Hampi
        Honda Hornet 160R Owner's Manual / Serviceshop manual

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        • #2434
          Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

          5th gear at 40? Then hornet would lose the drag race. If upshifted close to the limits, then the speeds are 1 - ~50, 2 - ~80, 3 - ~104, 4 - 117+.

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          • #2435
            Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

            Originally posted by anoopkumar0 View Post
            This sounds odd.
            Thats what I am saying..the bike was not having any problem..It was fine even when I started it ...it was me who was lazy and hence lazy driving. Once that guy poked me I got my attention back and then the ride was without any problem.

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            Originally posted by Shashank K R View Post
            5th gear at 40? Then hornet would lose the drag race. If upshifted close to the limits, then the speeds are 1 - ~50, 2 - ~80, 3 - ~104, 4 - 117+.
            Just saw the video again and i cannot see that he chaged gear after 40 so i assumed he is in 5th . May be I am wrong.

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            • #2436
              Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

              https://youtu.be/Jvdb4gyzlZo


              👆 This one's better. For those of you commenting on the video, please read my earlier post carefully. I didn't ask you to simply watch the video, I asked you to observe - pay attention to detail. The guy is doing clutchless shifting expect for the first shift where he uses the clutch and the shifting is quite vivid. He just blips the throttle every other time he shifts.
              The screenshot attached should help a bit. Let me know what you guys think after "observing" the image.....and the video, ofcourse.....
              Attached Files

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              • #2437
                Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

                Originally posted by Shashank K R View Post
                5th gear at 40? Then hornet would lose the drag race. If upshifted close to the limits, then the speeds are 1 - ~50, 2 - ~80, 3 - ~104, 4 - 117+.
                These ranges seem a bit exaggerated 🤔

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                • #2438
                  Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

                  They're not. They're approximately correct. Hornet is quite tall geared and hence these ranges. If you rev to the redline, you'll get those speeds.

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                  • #2439
                    Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

                    Today i made it to 121 kph...
                    And more juice was still remaining.. It can go to 125+ kph.
                    Yes true it has tall gearing..in low speeds it feels it do not have power but after 80 or 6500 rpm power starts...
                    Thats the character of Hornet...
                    We feel less power due to exhaust note...
                    But it is very powerful...
                    Many of us assume false assumption with the bike but what Honda needs are some engine improvements,better switchgear, mid range, vibration cancellatuon, 6 th gear and then Honda is done with best 150-60... In every aspect...

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                    • #2440
                      Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

                      Originally posted by Ravii View Post
                      Today i made it to 121 kph...
                      And more juice was still remaining.. It can go to 125+ kph.
                      Yes true it has tall gearing..in low speeds it feels it do not have power but after 80 or 6500 rpm power starts...
                      Thats the character of Hornet...
                      We feel less power due to exhaust note...
                      But it is very powerful...
                      Many of us assume false assumption with the bike but what Honda needs are some engine improvements,better switchgear, mid range, vibration cancellatuon, 6 th gear and then Honda is done with best 150-60... In every aspect...
                      But it screams so much if you take it to higher rpms in the first 2 gears. Sounds more like struggling than generating power

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                      • #2441
                        Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

                        Originally posted by Suddy View Post
                        But it screams so much if you take it to higher rpms in the first 2 gears. Sounds more like struggling than generating power
                        Dude, stop riding according to your feelings, take the bike to a empty road, give full throttle and shift gears at redline. Then talk about Hornets power. Bike 'screams' so much? What do you think it's supposed to do? Make meow noises? [emoji1]

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                        • #2442
                          Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

                          I never accelerate much in first and 2nd gear 3rd gear onwards I push up

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                          • #2443
                            Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

                            My Hornet delivered on 23rd Dec 2015. definitely first batch. I never had any type of engine problem and covered 12,000 Km. Pick up in 1st and 2 nd gears are little low. That's not a big problem.

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                            • #2444
                              Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

                              My 80 kph comes at 6000 rpm in 5th gear....is that as per default setting...

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                              • #2445
                                Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

                                Originally posted by Ravii View Post
                                My 80 kph comes at 6000 rpm in 5th gear....is that as per default setting...
                                Yes, same here

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