Upgrade from a Hornet?

[MotorbikerTom]

Looking at upgrading / just changing bike in general, budget of £2000, £2500 at a push. Been looking at K1/K2 gixxer 6's, 01 R6 and 01/02 CBR600F's.

I commute 7 days a week and go for rides regularly. I like my Hornet but am just looking for a bit of a change, mainly into the sportsbiking world. Just wondering whether there was a particular one of these 3 (or another) which excels above the others.

Cheers,
Tom
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[jackw72]

The CBR F isn't the sportsbike it is like the gaymans sports bike a bit more friendly position and less aggressive engineses.

Still a really good bike especially for commuting and ting. I think as usual the Honda tops the list just for being a Honda.
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[iMark]

Going by other people's reviews, the R6 is .. pretty much a track bike made road legal, not exactly the most friendly for commuting.

the GSXR is hands down the best for commuting out of the sport bike world apparently... but since you chose the CBR600F rather than the RR .. the F will be the best choice for commuting.. as mentioned it is less aggressive seating position etc.
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[MotorbikerTom]

Yeah it doesn't look like I can pick up a an rr for less than 3k do that's not really a choice (I'd love one though). Anyone know what the fuel economy is like on them too? Wondering whether the cbrf's is similar to the hornet or not
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[MotorbikerTom]

[jackw72]

About 35mpg on the F.

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/bikereviews/searchresults/Bike-Reviews/Honda/Honda-CBR1100XX-Super-Blackbird-1997-current/

is really helpful for that stuff just search by model.
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[iMark]

[jackw72]

Yes I know I can read, it was just the available link on my browser and I cba to clean it up for you.

I wouldn't worry too much about MPG as you are getting a nice amount considering what you would get with a similar performance car.
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[Notj7]

Not sure if this helps as I haven't calculated my MPG for my own CBR 600F, but it does worse than my 1.7 cage - but then I do ride pretty high in the revs sometimes...
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[Slacker24seve...]

An 01-02 CBR isn't much of a step up from a Hornet.

The best thing you could do, by a long way, is to get a bit more money together and by a B1H 636. They can't be far off £2.5k now, look amazing, have a stonking engine and have stuff like USD forks and radial brakes which are lightyears ahead of a Hornet in the handling department.
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[MotorbikerTom]

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[anthony_r6]

GSXR 750 is probably what I'm going to upgrade to next year (assuming insurance comes down a substantial whack) - but I'm planning to keep my Hornet. Get whatever bike you want, just control yourself - Just cause you have a 750 doesn't mean you have to go nuts with it all the time.
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[P.]

750 is a big 600, not a small thou.

It does about 175.

My 600 does about 170 (on paper anyway)

Nothing really different.

[MotorbikerTom]

Yeah I get that, if there's one up when I'm buying then i don't see why not
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[P.]

[MotorbikerTom]

Wow, always thought anything over 40k was considered 'high mileage'. Good to know it may not be as my Hornet's just turned over to 43k today!
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'97 GS500E > '03 Hornet 600 > '16 Street Triple 675

[Noxious89123]

My old CBR600F would reliably get 45mpg or so when ridden fast on A-roads, and would comfortably get 50~55mpg when cruising. Once got 80mpg out of it, but that was in rather exceptional circumstances of escorting a friend on their 125, so was very light on the throttle

Mine was a 2000 model F4, carbed, not a 2001~ F4i with PGM-FI. From what I've heard, the FI bikes are less economical than the carbed ones. Probably because they upped the rev limit slightly and downgeared them. They also downgraded the suspension from 2003 onwards, when they brought out the RR.

CBR600F a "gaymans sportsbike"? I wonder why it was one of the best selling sports 600's for over a decade, being *the* best selling sports 600 for most of those years, only being beaten a couple of years by the ZZR600 and R6 iirc, and even then only because the CBR was slower to be updated vs it's rivals.

The CBR might be considered common and even boring compared to some bikes, but "gay" and rubbish is something it is not.

[Noxious89123]

Double post. woops.
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