Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

No need to buy these bikes wait for sometime, and buy apache 160 4v abs. It's leaps ahead of these outdated Japanese machines. Better in comfort, smoothness, power, pillion comfort etc. When you will ride 2 valve engines ( fz/gixxer/hornet) and 4 valves engine of apache back to back then you will feel yourself. Moreover gixxer has engine oil leakage, oil burning issue, due to which engine seizes, no pillion comfort, harder suspension than apache,poor servicing etc, and these Japanese bikes don't feel free revving as apache. If you want to experience something unique in 160cc segment go for apache, otherwise do whatever you feel like. Remember TVS is a more reliable company than today's honda and suzuki. I myself own 2018 hornet abs, and recently have ridden 160 4v, and the bike is smooth as hell, better than all 160cc segment air cooled bikes. [emoji4]

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

Yes. Single Channel ABS. No 150/160cc bike in India supports Dual Channel ABS as of now, with the exception of Yamaha R15 and Duke 125 (though it's a 125cc bike). The rear drum brake is good enough on the Hornet. Was never a fan of the rear disc on the Hornet. Lacks certain bite and modulation when compared to Gixxer.

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That fierce look [emoji95]

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

This is just your feeling, Apache is good bike but engine wise it even cant touch honda feet, every bike as it pros and cons , no one made a perfect bike,if so every one will buy that only one model, it's upto the person what he want, has to compromise on other things,.
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Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

Apache is nearly perfect, have u ridden a 4 valve motor?

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

Hornet or any sub 160cc bikes have Single channel disk.
Single channel disc is always front disc. This is because, front disc takes the most of load >70% while breaking.

Hornet vs Gixxer is a long debate.
If you ride more with pillion , gixxer going to be problematic.
Also, with pillion rider, 200cc commuter is recommended if budget permits, like hero extreme 200. Yes, it's underpowered but that is plus point. It will give better life span and mileage, and generally better low end torque (I didn't test ride, please confirm). RTR 200v abs is also a choice.

Do test rides, every bike has some limitations.

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The duke 125 gets a single channel abs as stated by all the youtube reviewers. Don't know why the official website states two channel abs.
R15v3 is the only small capacity bike in India to get a dual channel abs.

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Every bike has its set of pros and cons, but the point number two which you asked can best be answered by you only, go for a test ride and you will almost 70-80% get to know which is the right one for you, as every guy has a different taste of the ergonomics of a bike.

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

Recently I made sixth service for my hornet...
The service person asked me to replace spark plug as well Air filter..
My odo is _ 17k km...
I thought post 17k km, it can be the right thing to replace air filter and spark plug..so I told the service person to replace them
After the service and replacement of those two things, bike performance is better than before especially the Torque of tyres in LOW RPMs are getting better (that's a great relief in hornet)...

I think, the new air filter helped for the better performance of engine...

Hope ,this info can be helpful for hornet riders.

Sent from my ONEPLUS A6010 using xBhp Connect mobile app

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@ #bpk, you are saying Japanese machines are outdated...
But guess what , At present in india, which brand motorcycle/scooters are high in road ....?

It is Honda (correct me if am wrong)..

Some hero honda bikes likes splendor , passion may be in high count (those engines were made by honda).. so can't give credits to hero

Honda got everything

Best scooters - Activa/Dio
Best 125cc motorcycle - Shine
Best 150/160 cc commuter - unicorn 150 / xblade 160
Best tourer around 160cc - Horner 160r
Best tourer - CBR 250

Honda got its bike in high power segments as well like CBR 650,1000, goldwing

As like Honda.. Suzuki , Yamaha got their good selling bikes, but the bike model count and sales counts are not upto Honda..

Just because tvs made one good machine, we can deny the well known fact.. Japanese are pioneers in motorcycle production...

Am not saying tvs, Bajaj are bad..they are shaping up well at present and they still need more time , more good bikes to establish a renowned name as like Japanese trio...

As per my observation,
For tvs _ the only high seller is Apache , Recently Ntorq..
Bajaj _ the only high seller is pulsar

But Honda got many in different segments... And people are not blindly buying those bikes just because it is Japanese, it is because they are long lasting, smooth, reliable and their trustworthy brand image


And above is just my understanding on motorcycle market, correct me if facts are incorrect...

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

I am talking about 160 cc segment only, and in 160cc segment apache is unbeatable, just be don't too biased and ride it once . As a motorcyclist we should praise a good product rather than blindly worshipping what people follow. It's upon one's mentality to adapt to new change and welcome them specially if our home grown company has produced it. FYI , BMW researched all the 2 wheeler companies in india before their collaboration and only found TVS to be eligible , according to german standards. Bye !

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Here , no one denied the fact that 'new Apache 160' is a good bike... About biased, 'yes I like my bike and I will be all praise for it.. And that doesn't mean, I don't welcome other good bikes irrespective of its origin (local / foreign brand)

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And yes, Japanese are outdated in tech in 160cc segment. Peace [emoji4]

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

Actually there's no competition in terms of refinement which Japanese engines offer over a TVS one. The tech may be outdated, yes. Performance is low? Yes. Guess what, a CB Hornet's engine will last you for 100K KMS without much issues but the Apache RTR Engine won't go 50K without losing it's initial refinement and causing a lot of issues. Guess what, the new Apaches (Post 2013; with beast eyes and stuff) aren't good and I've never seen a single RTR owner maintaining the bike for that long (like a Japanese machine) without issues or major rebuilds. In the long run, the Japanese machines will always outdo the local ones. The RTR engines are nothing revolutionary. They're built off the engine tech left to TVS by Suzuki. Yes, I said. Left overs. Bajaj is spending more effort at this into their engines. TVS just ripped off the whole RR 310 off BMW and calling it a separate vehicle.

Hornet as a ton of issues. But it's built to last over an Apache, any day. Fancy features don't run a vehicle. Reliability and craftmanship does. I'm neither a Honda fanboy or a TVS supporter but I'll give it to Honda for making engines that last long. My Unicorn has shitty quality issues and the minor stuff aren't as good as the old vehicles but the Engine never gave me any issues even after 34K of riding. The only thing I've ever changed is the engine oil.

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

Thanks everyone for your views and suggestions. I bought the gixxer SF FI ABS this weekend. Really enjoying it. Im sure Hornet would have been similar.

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences




Guys is the news true that Honda CB family is getting CB300R ? ?
I’m super excited if its true !!! Hope pricing is right...