Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

Autocar India: Honda to shift to fuel injection to meet BS-VI norms.


Seems honda is finally adopting BS-VI norms and moving to FI.

Is it easy to convert existing carb engines to FI?

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Glad to know..
there is always a lingering vibration. guess its normal.. Single cylinder engines cannot be truly vibration free.

Does anyone know about how Honda has utilized the balancer in hornet? I wanted to know but didn't find anything in the internet.

Edit: found this-

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Yes, it's easy. Doesn't require heavy adjustments. BS-VI engines will have a higher compression ratio and this will result in the least amount of exhaust gas release. I expect the Hornet FI to cost a lot. Gonna try and grab a new variant on the Hornet and get rid of the Uni in near future.

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Yeah, but 160 4v is an exception, ride it to feel it, almost zero vibes in usable speed limit.

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That's very good, let's move along and welcome the Fi. A microprocessor does the job better any day. It will be costlier but that difference is easily recovered with better fuel economy and better engine life.

As far as the conversion goes, I don't know whether you asked from company-end or customer-end. From the company-end, it is usually easy as the same model would already exist in Fi avatar in other parts of the world. Stunner (Shine), Unicorn 150 (CBF150), CG160 Titan/NXR (Hornet), Lead 110 Scooter are all Fi in some countries. From the customer-end, the conversion is difficult, there can't be a kit, even if there is, Activa & Splendor uncles won't buy.

When I was a kid, the taxiwalas used to put "Matador van's engine" into their ambassador cars. I thought at that time the same can be easily done for scoots and bikes too .

That animation shows the NXR Bros/CG Titan 150 (Also used on Hero Honda Impulse) engine. It used a single balancer weight that is common these days. For the Unicorn 150, they removed it, but the balancer shaft bearing holes were left as such.

This one shows the balancer for the Hornet 160 engine. It has two small weights one each on clutch and magneto side.

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Hey guys, today I exchanged my 2016 Hornet with Duke 125 for 2 days with a friend of mine.
This made me realize how amazing my Hornet is actually. Duke costed my friend 1,32,000 OTR. When I purchased my Hornet it was 96k OTR. I agree duke has ABS and sleek styling.
But after riding it in the city, it's power below 6k rpm just sucks. I had to rev the engine in each gear to 6k rpm for feeling that rush.
In Hornet the I feel traction from 3k rpm only.
I also found the steering response of Hornet better than Duke 125. Please don't hate me. I am writing what i experienced.
With Hornet i used to cut through traffic much easily but on this baby duke I found the maneuvering the bike a little difficult.
Duke has a better console and better brakes.
Alloys are better on the hornet.
Exhaust sound is better in Hornet.
The first service cost of my friend's duke125 was 1340Rs as opposed to 330rs in my Hornet.
Honda as a brand is economical in services and spare parts and also more reliable and has wider network.
Today I realized that I spent my money well and I no other bike can replace my love for Hornet.
It has never let me down. I have taken it to places where Google maps lost GPS but the bike never turned Me down.

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BONUS Picture after a quick wash [emoji39]

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Even I got the same love for hornet, inspite of it's little "underpowered in low RPMs" [emoji119]

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1st of all only idiots buy duke 125, with that money one can get rtr 200 abs which a lot more vfm than this cheap KTM !

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Yeah, after 5k rpm it just pulls and pulls [emoji23][emoji23]

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I'm yet to experimentally verify this but you can swap the x-Blade tires or even the Unicorn 160 tires with Hornet and expect somewhat better performance in low RPMs.

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Xblade is slightly smoother than hornet due to different engine tuning+ thin tires = good engine response.

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If u ask my experience, till 45 to 50kmph, the power delivery is little less, frequent gear shifts is required ( incase of stop and go traffic as well at huge bumps) In normal traffic less roads, am ok with the low RPM performance...

From 45/50kmph onwards I can feel the power of 160cc as well engine refinement till 110kmph.. if u rev hard, u can reach a genuine speed of 119kmph..if road is inclined, speed can be achieved till some 125kmph

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May it works, but the beast character of hornet is enhanced with it's big tyres, if I change to some slimmer ones it looks bad on bike.. BTW I got habitual with hornet. if I think about change , then its only gonna be a upgrade of bike _ 250cc or above

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To feel what smoothness is try 160 4v. You'll not feel that you're on an IC engine, it's electric level smooth. No single cylinder motorcycle can match that. And, if i am saying this ( i am super sensitive towards vibrations), then you can imagine how smooth that bike is. I feel vibes in hornet while most of u don't, i don't feel vibe in 160 4v, then you all will feel like flying, it's that refined [emoji8]