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**mkkvs** · 06-17-2016, 11:47 PM

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

Hello riders,
I am new to xbhp but found the information here awesome. Purchased hornet std blue color on june 10th in Delhi.Till now rode for 30Km only as registration is pending.now my issue is when i try to kick start, my bike won't start after many kicks though it starts immediately using self start. I tried choke also. What i observed is when I start the bike, idle rpm is only at 1k rpm. I am curious as i read in the fourm that it should be around 1400 rpm. Please advise shall I wait for sometime as the engine is very new or shall I take any other action.

**Shashank K R** · 06-17-2016, 11:52 PM

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

The idling rpm is taken when the engine is warm and at its proper operating temperature. When cold, 1000-1100 is fine.

Even I had problems with the kick starter on my Unicorn 160 in the beginning. You just need to have the proper technique. Read the manual to understand. With time you'll get the hang of it.

**Ezhilan VS** · 06-17-2016, 11:59 PM

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

It reads " in case of emergency use kick with choke and in case of cold engine use choke with self" so its OK to use self and don't stress ur legs by kicking hard yea it doesn't start on the fst kick most of the time

**Shashank K R** · 06-18-2016, 12:01 AM

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

In my manual it's given to use the choke for the first start of the day. But I've noticed that if you use the bike daily then it starts in the first kick. After maybe 3-4 days of not using it can't start without choke.

**Andy_kristine** · 06-18-2016, 12:31 AM

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

A quick question, (Excuse my laziness to search it on the internet.)

What is the name of the rear MRF tyre on this bike, is it the same one seen on stock FZ-16 2.0?

**Ezhilan VS** · 06-18-2016, 12:38 AM

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

Both have mrf tyres but fz have revz (radial tyre ) and hornet have zapper

**Andy_kristine** · 06-18-2016, 12:43 AM

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

Originally posted by Ezhilan VS View Post

Both have mrf tyres but fz have revz (radial tyre ) and hornet have zapper

Thanks mate,

Do you know the name/ the model number of the Hornet's tyre?

**Shashank K R** · 06-18-2016, 12:52 AM

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

I'm guessing it's Zapper S1.

**Andy_kristine** · 06-18-2016, 12:55 AM

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

Originally posted by Shashank K R View Post

I'm guessing it's Zapper S1.

Thanks mate, this helps.

**Shashank K R** · 06-18-2016, 12:57 AM

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

Is this for the R15? (Sorry for intruding)

Michelin Pilot Street radial 140/70 costs 5.5k and fits the R15 (friends bike).

**mkkvs** · 06-18-2016, 12:58 AM

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

Originally posted by Shashank K R View Post

In my manual it's given to use the choke for the first start of the day. But I've noticed that if you use the bike daily then it starts in the first kick. After maybe 3-4 days of not using it can't start without choke.

I was told by the service centre guy to kick start every morning so tried it from 2-3 days without success.ultimately have to rely on self start. Even after riding for 5-6 km in stop and go conditions of streets no success in kick start. May be i should give some more days to get habituated.

**Shashank K R** · 06-18-2016, 01:03 AM

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

Yes, I'm guessing you need a little practice. Check out the manual.

One tip - Kick till the end. Don't kick too hard. Just one smooth kicking motion is enough.

**Andy_kristine** · 06-18-2016, 01:42 AM

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

Yes mate, I'm looking for the widest possible rear tyre for my R15 for a while now (it goes in years) and I learnt that even all the tyres having the same sizeing differs in width. so far I found that the contigo 140/70/17 is the widest for R15. It's even wider than the 150/60 and 150/70 tyres out there.

**Shashank K R** · 06-18-2016, 02:16 AM

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

Michelin I feel is the best out there. I've ridden my friends R15. It was already amazing while cornering, now the grips even better. Any more than 140/70 and it'll touch the swingarm. And there was no performance loss. Don't go for Contigo (I think the CBR250R comes with those). From what I've read, it's a crappy tire.

The R15 just looked brilliant with it. I think Yamaha should have given it a 140/70 stock. Anyway, enough of OT here. We can continue this in the R15 thread.

All this applies for the v2 of course.

**vaRider** · 06-18-2016, 10:14 AM

Re: Honda CB Hornet 160R Owners Experiences

Originally posted by mac4rfree View Post

Sometimes, when i downshift from 2nd gear, it goes to neutral. It happens when i upshift from 1st gear also.

Recently it is happening quite a lot.

And also, when i shift from 1st to 2nd gear, i can hear the sound of the gear getting locked quite clearly (even in the crowded place, A Tok sound). But i never hear anything when i switch to other gears.

Is it normal?

When my Hornet was new (1-2 months), upshifting from 1st often would go to Neutral and it was really frustrating when you're speeding up after green signal...

After more running that problem was resolved.

Now I've another problem, while downshifting from 2nd to 1st, sometimes, Neutral gets stuck. Mainly while stopping at signals. So, need to turn off bike or really hard shift the gear.

How to resolve this now?

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Originally posted by anoopkumar0 View Post

And terrible situation is , When you are signal and it turns green.

Yes, really... Especially when cars behind you speed up a lot. and they keep honking..

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Originally posted by Neerajvayu View Post

Drove it 3-4 times , for city ride i feel its good with 70-80kmph do not expect too much its not racing bike.
One thing really promising is CBS i applied brake at almost 75-80 and result was amazing.
Buy it for 80% city +20% highway.

In my riding experience of 2500 KM, I find it opposite.
In city riding it's not easy going. But on highways, it's really good.

I would say 20-30% City+rest highway...

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Originally posted by Ezhilan VS View Post

First service done and switched to throttle oil now the engine is as smooth as butter
Is it OK to use throttle right after first service.and they said they won't fix a ladies foot rest my mom is having a hard time without it which one suit the hornet best

Nice!
Did SVC offer you throttle? They only use Honda 10W30 (it is semi as I checked with SVC last time).

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Originally posted by mkkvs View Post

Hello riders,
I am new to xbhp but found the information here awesome. Purchased hornet std blue color on june 10th in Delhi.Till now rode for 30Km only as registration is pending.now my issue is when i try to kick start, my bike won't start after many kicks though it starts immediately using self start. I tried choke also. What i observed is when I start the bike, idle rpm is only at 1k rpm. I am curious as i read in the fourm that it should be around 1400 rpm. Please advise shall I wait for sometime as the engine is very new or shall I take any other action.

I generally ride Hornet 1-2 times a week. So in the beginning, I would have to kick 7-8 times. Then only it would start.

But, now even after 1 week, it starts with single kick!!!

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