Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

I fell from bike yesterday while climbing to the dam, friend loose his balance over the bike.
The point is, quality of parts(fibre parts and other) given by honda are really very good quality. Just had some scratches and right rare footrest was got off a little, even my dad didn't found them.
Now i decided, i will never let him ride my hornet again.
(Btw first service done, smoother gear and engine than before but nit that much. Mechanic just did engine oil change, cleaned air filter amd spark plug, and lube some part not much.)

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

I hope both of you are okay. Smoother engine and gearbox due to new oil inside, it would take much more kms for the engine to settle/get smoother.

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

Guys this question is not related to hornet but more on driving skills , i am learner ,using hornet. i read how clutch gear engine and all parts working internally. and i am driving based on that. so when i am declining from height i am completely disengaging engine by pressing clutch completely and stop giving acceleration so bike moving freely if i need any control then i am applying breaks slowly ,so it will save fuel. but my friend suggested my to don't do that he told me to be in gear and asked me decrease acceleration as engine will control wheel, what i know from reading is bike engine designed to go forward only so when wheel is going in high speed and engine is on low rpm bike will apply reverse force on engine i think it's not good. so please suggest me which way is correct ?
suppose i am going in 60 something and vehicle in front of me slowed down drastically or not suddenly and again accelerating because of some traffic or pothole so does i need to apply breaks or just decrease acceleration with low gear ? what i does is i disengage engine and apply breaaks but through decreasing acceleration in gear still push the vehicle so i completely disengage engine then applying breaks , so suggest me guys

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

Always keep bike engaged in gear. If you don't need acceleration on decent then just put it on 5th gear and let it cruise. You'll have better breaking in case of emergency.

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Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

Thanks,
Some injury to his leg rest is fine. I have done around 1200 Km.
Happy New Year.

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Hey guys facing this issue from around one month.....
My horn sometimes work and someone doesn't..
Changed the horn 2 times but gave the same result...
Sometimes i press the horn button nothing happens but sometimes it beeps ...
Please advice on what to do ?

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

Ok, You got little confused hare.

What if you need to apply hard break? Whenever you disengage the clutch (Press the clutch leaver), You will loose the control over bike while breaking and you will be at mercy of alignment of two ends of bike (breaks) to be in line of the center of mass.

To try this, go on flat road at 30Kmph, see the difference when you press the break while clutch engaged (Not-pressed) and clutch disengaged (pressed). You will feel when the clutch is engaged, you will get more breaking power but more importantly, It's like break is getting applied at center of bike. It's because, while de-accelerating, your rear wheel is moving fast but engine is on less RPM, so force from rear wheel shifts to front sprocket. Rear wheel trying to pull engine. This is also termed as engine breaking.

Does this effect the engine: No, it doesn't. I am not able to explain technically. maybe someone do it.

In nutshell, NEVER ever disengage (Pull the clutch lever) while breaking or going down hill.
For breaking in general traffic, Let go your accelerator and press break if required. If, speed gets too low to not able to pick up on current gear, downshift and accelerate.

Engine breaking is more specific when, you need to hard break and breaks are not sufficient, then quickly downshift + break.

While downhill, I shift keep the gear according to slope such that, bike will able to roll without stalling and no accelerator applied. On too steep just keep pump the break a little to avoid high speed but never disengage the clutch (Press the clutch.)

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Hope you and your friend are fine.
I had a bad skid earlier this year, and yeah nothing happened to bike. Pillion handle at rear seat are quite wide enough to save the fibers.

For smoother gear engine, try to up-shift on higher RPM. It will brush-off the engine.

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Thank you very much for the reply, my concern before is just engine braking good or bad for engine, so no need to worry about it,
yes i observed breaking difference when engine engaged and disengaged and felt that breaking power is more linear and comfort with engine engaged

one last doubt , suppose i am going in some 60 Kmph then saw traffic stopped in front of me from far then i applied breaks with engine engaged and decrease the acceleration it will slow down but what if some one in front of me stopped suddenly and there is no space to turn left or right to escape collision (speed may be something like 30-40) why i am scared to engage gear is while breaking for short distance engine make the vehicle move forward so even it slow down the vehicle it still will apply force to move vehicle forward that the only area i am not understood

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If gear is engaged and you leave the accelerator, actually engine is not pulling further but trying to slow down as RPM is going down as fuel supply starts decreasing. That's what happens with engine breaking, isn't it?

It will pull the engine, only when you give the throttle. If there is no throttle or less throttle than what it should be on that speed and gear. Engine breaking start working.

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so sudden breaking we should complete stop giving fuel and and parallel apply break ? thank you very much .

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

Yes, while sudden break let go the accelerator + don't touch clutch + start your breaking.

Also, there two concepts while sudden breaking

1. Don't press hard on break. Some suggest gradual front break + rear. While other suggest to pump the break to avoid wheel lock. I think it's depends on rider's technique and habit.
2. Quick downshift to increase engine breaking. I still have to learn to use effectively.

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all of above needs time and precision... Maintaining 3 sec gap between vehicle is the best rule to follow

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I strongly defer.

I left my bike outside home on the day super cyclone 'vardha' hit chennai. It was in monstrous rain and gale for whole day. First thing what i did after reaching home was trying to start bike with all dread. know what ? It came to life on first press. I felt bad when i found no engine kill switch at the beginning but whatever honda given here is sturdy for sure.

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Right, however context is how to break. 3 second is good for when to break ,but I didn't get when exactly is 3 second.
Most of time I ride with defensive breaking in advance. Also keep eye on next to next vehicle.

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Well I feel they just okay and do the job. When you use the button they are just as good as other 100/125 cc bikes. Nothing better.

The looks and operation of switches are not good. In last two page of the discussion someone mentioned that swtiches are giving hit and miss.I am also getting hit and miss with start and pass buttons.
I have Honda Hunk 7 years old mostly lying for idle for weeks but I don't recall when got a miss from switches and they also feels very good while operating.