Honda CB900F Hornet

Honda CB900F Hornet

Honda CB900F Hornet
Honda’s new CB900 Hornet has arrived. We were lucky enough to cover around 750 kilometres on the new model along with a few laps at Victoria’s magnificent Phillip Island circuit recently. The roots of the new Hornet extend back to Japan and a look pioneered by the 1996 domestic model Hornet 250. This was soon followed in 1998 by the Hornet 600 which proved very popular in European markets. Built on essentially the same chassis configuration as the 250, but powered by a slightly modified version of the engine that drove the CBR600F to fame. However the market demanded an even larger-displacement machine and Honda has responded by slotting the 919cc engine from the 1998 Fireblade in to a slightly beefed up Hornet chassis. To suit the ‘naked’ style of the machine the engine has been re-tuned to provide a lot more bottom and mid-range performance at the expense of some of the Fireblade’s howling top end. thanks