Seppia wrote:I think I’ve just bought this on a whim.
Not this exact one but the same one.
This is a Honda Hornet 900, in the USA I think it was called differently, something like CB919F or something.
When I was younger I loved two bikes:
BMW’s R1200R was the one I liked most when I had the money to buy a bike (2007), and that what I got at the time.
Spent some fantastic years with it.
But my first crush was, back from 1998 as I turned 18, the Honda Hornet 600.
It was a real pioneer of a bike, the first one to couple a racing bike engine (the one from the CBR600) with a naked look.
It sold like hot cakes (it was the best selling bike in Italy for multiple years in a row).
This one is its bigger sister, produced from 2002 to 2007, and significantly less successful because it was pretty expensive compared to the 600.
Reason being a fantastic engine, from 1998’s CBR900, with fuel injection (the 600 has carburators)
I found a perfect condition 2006 model with 12000 miles, from a Honda dealer, with full service check prior to delivery and 1 year warranty.
For $3200 I couldn’t resist