Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

Bhaskar ji, you got Ashwanth and Ashwin mixed up .

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Oh sorry bro, you both names sound similar [emoji28][emoji28]

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That's okay, I do it too.

X-Blade continues to eat into Hornet's (and Unicorn 160) sales:

Indian 2 Wheeler Sales Figures – August 2018 – Auto Punditz

Sadly, Unicorn 160 only sold 22 units in August 2018, a matter of time before they stop sales of U160 here in India.

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

Which means I need buy one before it is discontinued. I always see it as a kind of practical bike over Hornet.

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When you'll buy the motorcycle

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Well, honda is a mad company. Instead of giving features in its flagship naked, they've given all the features to a stylish commuter bike.
I've heard that xblade has smoother engine than hornet, again stupidity by honda, though reviews say that vibrations come from 5k rpm in blade. Today i saw a xblade in front of me having clunky gearbox. The sound from changing gears was so loud that i heard it with my helmet on. My motorcycle has vibrations all over the rpm range, i think I've got a defective bike, [emoji22][emoji22]. Odo reading is 1878 kilometers.

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Dude, it's not just you. The Hornet isn't a perfect bike. It's scary enough to ride it in small places and low speeds without worrying about functionality. When I road my friend's Hornet for the first few times, I was worried whether things were broken or defective while riding it. It's not just a city commuter. The X-Blade on the other hand shares the same engine as the Unicorn 160 (adjustment wise). It's being marketed as a city bike. The whole highway riding and macho experience about Hornet makes it a far worse bike. What is the use of high gear ratios when the low end performance is just poor?

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Yeah! I can compromise on power but man! Refinement was the main reason for which i bought honda. Now, i curse tvs for not laughing rtr abs at that time. I would've got rtr 200. TVS is too slow, till now abs variant is not available. [emoji22]

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The only feature in Xblade superior to Hornet is the gear position indicator - it doesn't take much to add it to a bike, the manufacturer has to use a sensor with more contacts, new wiring harness and numbers in the panel, probably they will include it in the next major update. I would like a shift-up light too, but Honda being Honda will not provide it.

Some of the design elements are old-school in the Xblade (but not inferior) like the footpeg holder that also holds the silencer, front suspension, etc. There are some very nice features too - I liked the 130/70 rear tyre - it's not too large or too small. There are some features that are a 'cross', e.g., 80/100 tyre from U160 but with a 276 mm disc from Hornet.

Clunky gearshift can be due to loose chain. Don't get carried away by the online reviews. Owner's experiences have more weight (not the ones made to make Youtube money but something honest like Motoblizzard's review of his SF, for e.g.). You can check his channel. All reviews in the past said GS150R has a "smooth, slick shifting gearbox". Truth is far from that. Compared to a Honda, Suzuki's GB is slightly harder and notch-ier.

Or you have something that is missing or not fixed.

Can you localize the vibration - left footpeg, right, handlebar, all over?
RPM range in which the bike vibrates?
Does it happen only with braking ?
Are all the nuts/bolts present? IIRC, Anoop once noted one of the silencer mounting bolts fell off (near the RHS footpeg).
Have you ridden another Hornet for comparison?
Next time, while driving and when it vibrates - try to put your foot on the clutch cover of the engine or the silencer, if possible without disturbing your composure - if the silencer vibrates - tightening it's mounting bolts (4 in hornet) will help.
Valve clearance out of spec and lose axle nuts can also cause vibration. The rear axle is to be tightened to 9 kgfm (on the higher side compared to a Unicorn 150 or GS150).

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In my case vibrations start from 3.5k rpm in handlebars and footpegs. In 2nd ,3rd gear intensity of vibrations is more. All nut bolts are tight, honda svc did all these when my bikes swingarm bush were defective from the factory itself. Chain also has proper slackness, lubed. When i rev in neutral, vibrations comes, i think these vibrations originate from the engine itself, otherwise everything is tight, also i reassembled the footpegs from outside mechanic. Also in 65kmph in 5th gear vibration can be felt in seat also, after 65kmph vibrations disappear from seat and present only in handlebar and footpegs. Even in pillion footpegs vibrations can be felt. I did testride hornet 2016 version with 15.6bhp of power ( i think your version of hornet) it felt smooth enough. But in my case in 2nd gear at speed of about 25kmph my instrument console visor makes sound . Due to vibrations i am not able to push my motorcycle in each gear, and i quickly get to 5th gear to reduce amount of vibrations. When asking svc about that they say that vibrations will go away after clocking more kilometers.
Regarding valve clearance, sometimes in the morning when engine is cold, i hear small tick tick sound from the engine, like timing chain sound, not the exhaust cooldown sound, but it gets disappeared after some time.

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Hey, how's the vibrations, is it gone. How many kilometers have you completed.

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I've ridden my friend's Hornet (2017 model, 5000+ kms on odo) and it felt slightly unrefined. I'd not say vibrations but a bit unrefined compared to my RTR 200. It can be dismissed off as the character of the engine and it is nothing bothersome at all. The 'unrefinement' was present at all rpms.

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For both of your bikes, vibes start at 3.5k. Anyway, will get back to this.

If the AHO model is more vibey than the first gen, there is little you can do, but I dont think they would have taken any retrograde step. Battery life is not more important than a smooth vibe free engine.

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Guys i have one issue , my gear liver sometimes slipping, it's moving freely up and down then again i need to leave and press again clutch liver to change gear,
and sometimes gear struck between while changing and chain rubbing to something kind sound coming and again i am changing te gear then to make it normal,

So i took it to SVC and he changed the spring inside gear shifter and told me it's fixed, and didn't charged me anything as initially he told me 300,
10days back i they have changed my chain to new sealed chain.

but after changign spring after driving 10km again i faced the issue, so what might be the reason if not spring , also i want to do it outside as i went to svc to many times and not interested to go their.

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Some amount of vibration still exists..after 3.5k rpm and above in the handle bars and seat..feels kind of numb after a long ride...just done around 600kms..I don't do much of long trips(for now).. mostly city rides so not a big problem for me.. but yes hoping these go away with time.