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You’ve struck gold really getting a Hornet as your first big bike because it’s a cracker, not all bikes are like this and you may struggle to find something else as nice for a good while. I’ve been riding for 35 years and had many bikes over the years. The 750 engine is a peach and you don’t have to ride fast everywhere.

Nice one mate, I got mine (same colour) about a month ago. Love it!!!!!

Thinking about getting a Black Widow for my Transalp. These look very similar to what Delkevik made (used many times and had zero issues btw). Still pleased with it? Any thoughts after 6 months? TIA

lol that happens to my hornet my side stand popped back up cost me a new clutch lever

Off-topic question - what gloves are those? Been after a gauntlet type for ages

The brain fart loading was a great laugh, thanks! :D

Got my CBT tomorrow, nervous and ecited

What if you dont know or struggle with some highway code signs they maybe ask you ???

These cbt courses are for rev and goes only! They are not novice inexperienced manual riders, they sit you in a classroom go over saftey and the highway code for a good hour of your time, then they take you to their car park and teach you almost nothing about the klutch gears throttle it's just jump on learn to stop give way do emergency stops ect and rush you through what your supposed to do out on the road all in about 3 hours rather than actually letting you get comfortable with learning a manual bike. Then they take you back to the class room go over a few more things about being on the road then expect you to go out into the busy traffic it's absolutely insane. My opinion is If you doing a cbt on a scooter go for it. If you want to learn a manual bike try and get some actual training from somewhere that specialises in that area. a cbt is more about being safe on the road, my instructor showed very little interest in getting anyone comfortable with a Manual bike.

Hi Chaz, what made you get the Hornet? Im thinking about the CB650r for my first bike. Booking in for my direct access soon, only past my cbt a little over a week ago, just cannot decide on what bike to get.

I dropped mine new hornet after 3 weeks I had it, only few very little scratches, so dont worry it happens

I've talked with one technician who is expert on sports bikes, he told me don't use quickshifter on low revs (loaded engine) use it only above 6k rpm because you will damage your gearbox.

Done the same thing with my hornet the other day, I know how you feel😅

Lucky to hit 30 🤣

Is that the stock exhaust or the SC Projects Honda offers as an option? I like the sound it makes, really deep tone to it, rather than raspy.

last week i made a stupid mistake & slow-mo dropped my new hornet as well doing a u-turn when i forgot to drop into first and stalled it at a virtual standstill, what a nob lol, it bent the brake lever and scratched my engine guard, nothing major, no other scratches, and i fixed both good as new, so I'll take it as a lesson, and admit it to you as penance !!

after riding my big boys bike for a while now, i rented a scooter for a day to tour round a greek island a few weeks ago, including off road sections and it was a blast. IMHO if you like riding, you like riding, and can always find enjoyment in whatever your steed is. GL

It has happened to everyone. Just chill out.

How much was your insurance on the hornet for a 24 year old? I've booked my test and looking to get this bike when I pass but wasn't sure how much the insurance would cost me.

Happens to everyone! Good on you lad for getting it right back up without a panic.

It happens to the best of us. Glad there was no serious damage.

Is that exhaust slip-on or full line? Can you show video with full throtle, maybe some compare like coldstart/flyby etc?

Loonz you nut case

Nothing to be bothered about, there's those that have dropped their bike, and those that will in future, it's how we learn.

It just happened to me also. I feel like i let her down. I feel that i disappointed her. I did all i could to hold and protect her but i failed. Now she has 1 milimiter almost unoticeable scratch on the tank, a little bit of scratch on the brake and some bigger but inexxpressive on the muffler. But i feel that i failed her. 300km into her life. Turning right on my street that is steep, i pressed the front brakes. She dived her head and jumped onto the asfalt.... i tried to hold her as much as i could and aliviate her fall. I think i succedded but i dived on my shoulders at the end and bore the larger portion of the impact. Ill do my best to not let thing like this to happen again.

I was riding my first bike for 1 month without falling and thinking - one day people will remember me as the one who has never dropped the bike until this monday entering a mall parking kkk

same thing happened on my H2 SX in a parking lot. Side stand wasn't All the way down, and when leaned over it cause the bike to roll forward a bit and tip.

every rider have dropped their bikes at least once or more

Oh no 😢

I have'nt had much success with smooth QS changes in the lower gears, but find it's great both up & down in the higher ones, i find like others the higher the gear and more speed the better. i've only used soft mode since i got it in march, so i'll give medium a shot, and maybe need to practice a bit more in the lower gears as i no longer try use it in them. Thanks.

Not sure if it's just me, but it seems the amount of force (speed of pressing the shifter) also impacts the smoothness. It's always smooth when i get the shifter lined up with a certain part of my toe

Thanks now the down blimp, as mine doesn't work smooth

Took cbt in Ellesmere port once what a wanker the instructor was

cheers bro appreaciate it, doing my test in not long so this video is great !

Just found your vids mate, I'm looking to doing my cbt in two weeks time, used to ride as a teenager, but got the bud 100% at 53 😆 looking at both the hornet and the CB650R too...

Great video and thanks for the advice! I’ve got my CBT in Oxford next week so hopefully it goes well. Looking at the video I’m guessing you’re in the Benson area? I’m from Didcot so it’s cool to see some biking videos in my area

My cbt is tomorrow. Just watching some videos for a bit of extra confidence. Going to be doing it on my own 125 cc

Michelin Road 5's on the hornet are so good in the wet I basically never use rain mode (unless it's heavy heavy rain).

“The Rozzers” love it 🤣

Im 16 in a week and have always ridden mountain bikes, road bikes ext. But ive always wanted to ride a motorbike and im taking my cbt for my birthday and ive been stressing a lot but the simple tricks and the friendly biking community are really helping so thank you

I appreciate that technically the CBT is not a "test", however roughly what proportion of trainees do not achieve the certificate first time. And roughly what percentage not at all?

I took my cbt at 60yo after having driven for 40+ years and rented many (automatic) bikes and scooters on holidays plus a lifetime cycling, so plenty of road experience and expected it would all be a breeze, but this was my first time on an manual bike and while improving quickly still struggled to synchronise everything in the short time we had, i think i was trying to do it all too perfectly. on top of that it was real hot day and i was pretty hot and bothered. when we got on the road the instructor said he couldnt issue me the certificate because he didnt think i was safe, and i needed further training, and sadly i knew he was right, but i also knew it was just a bit more practice needed, so i went out a few weeks later on an automatic taking the gears out of the equation and pretty much aced it. i then bought a 125, with the intention of setting off real early and practicing in a supermarket car park, but when i got there at 6am, had made decent gear changes so just carried on up the dales, and an hour later wasnt having any issues at all, so id say to anyone don't get disheartend if you struggle a bit to start with, it's just a new skill to learn and you should get there pretty easily if you want to. It's well worth persevering, i love motorbiking, took a year to learn & gain experience clocking up 10k miles, then did a DAS & now have a full licence, just recently buying my first 'big boys' bike, & love it, im addicted now !!. GL

I did my CBT yesterday and I was struggling with changing to 2nd gear without going into Neutral as I could put feel the gear lever with my motorcycle boots. It also took me a few tries to stop smoothly and not suddenly. My steering was tight according to the instructor and because of the steep learning curve with operating a manual motorcycle, I could not go out on the road and have to go back for further training. Maybe I’ll go for automatic transmission as that’s somewhat easier to control.

can't blame u for the face over the speedo, it really kicks u in the ass when you twist that throttle doesn't it lol

Thinking about getting my fourth motorcycle. I’m trying to decide between an R7 and a GSXR-750. But you’re doing great riding man! Keep up the good work and be safe out there. It’s not you I’m worried about, it’s more of the idiots on the road

Watch out for road kill, watch out for pot holes

How have you not even had a 125cc? I thought the law was a CBT for 2 years and then up to a 500cc licence and another 2 years to a full license or you can do both at once past 21? Is that not the case or did you just not ride after having a 125?

Just taken delivery of my new cb750 too as a first big bike, and after watching dozen's of YT video's i had a few minor concerns and reservations, but within 5 minutes realised there just wasn't any need as it's so easy & fun to ride in the lanes especially, steering is great, and it has wicked accelleration if you want it, but still pretty easy to control at low speed in traffic, not as snatchy as some people alluded to. I planned on keeping it in rain mode for a while till i got used to it, but that plan lasted less than 30 mins till i started playing :). I love it, and glad i got instead of a cb500f coz i'd always have wondered just how much of a difference there was, but know i made the right call. GL and stay safe.

Fantastic mate, enjoy. I got one of these in September last year and I love it. It’s my first bike also after passing my DAS in May last year so I was like you after picking up from the dealer. Very careful as first ride without and instructor. Might sound boring but I started in rain mode for a bout a month until I got used to the bike. Enjoy and be safe.

🫣 give it some beans 🫘 sounds like the sc one below 2000 rpm, better than the stock one tho 🤙