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 Posted: 13:10 - 05 Feb 2026 Post subject: Strange Dyno Result - 2010 Honda Hornet 600 |
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Dear depraved inhabitants of BCF. I put my bike on the dyno, and the results are.... odd.
Some context -
Bike is a 2010 Honda CB600F Hornet ABS - https://www.motorcyclenews.com/bike-reviews/honda/cb600f-hornet/2007/ I bought it a couple of months ago. It's in generally very nice condition. It's done 16k miles and just had the valve clearances done. It has a Healtech gear indicator, and a quickshifter (which is ignition only). I don't like the quickshifter so it's been disabled/bypassed and wasn't powered when the dyno run was done. The previous owner fitted a set of aftermarket headers and silencer, replacing the original system. But he didn't get it remapped. This last point is the reason I put it on the dyno, as I was worried it might be running too lean with the reduced backpressure of the new pipe.
So, the dyno graphs. There are 3 runs on the printout.
1 Slow Throttle Roll On
1 Wide Open Throttle (WOT) without load
1 Wide Open Throttle (WOT) with load.
The dyno tester is a specialist in classic bikes, modern FI bikes aren't really his forte. But he didn't seem worried about most of it, particularly the air/fuel ratio which he said was "acceptable". Also the big spike in the WOT load run is because he was getting a dirty signal from the ignition (this is also the reason there is no measured torque), so that can be ignored.
What he did seem very confused about is the power just flatlining at 70hp. This bike is listed as being 100hp (at the crank). That should be around 85hp at the wheel/dyno. He said it looks as though the bike is going to make exactly that, and then it just stops making any more. He asked me if it was electronically limited, or an import, or if I'd heard of any speed limiters applied to this model. As far as I know, none of those things are true, and the bike is completely standard apart from the mods I've mentioned.
I did find this thread on reddit, and the symptoms aren't the same, but I wonder if I could be seeing early signs of this issue - https://www.reddit.com/r/MotorcycleMechanics/comments/1nk8ddx/honda_hornet_600_2012_bike_wont_rev_past_7k_under/
So, what could be the cause? And how can I fix it? ____________________ Current - '94 VFR750FR (Dead), '00 VFR800FI, '10 600 Hornet - Previous - '11 CBF125, '10 Street Triple R, '92 MZ ETZ301, '05 TTR250, NSR125R, KMX125, "Honda" Win
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 Posted: 15:37 - 05 Feb 2026 Post subject: |
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The bikes own gear sensor and clutch switch both working as they should? Effectively does the bike know it's in top gear with the clutch out?
They'll sometimes pancake the power curves if the bike thinks it's in got the clutch pulled or is in neutral/a lower gear to stop you rev-bombing it to death or flipping it.
Both systems may have been messed with if you have an aftermarket gear indicator and a quick shifter. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
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 Posted: 20:35 - 05 Feb 2026 Post subject: Re: Strange Dyno Result - 2010 Honda Hornet 600 |
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Does yours rev to the limit? The solution for the Reddit guy was a new fuel pump - cheap enough to eliminate that possibility right? ____________________ Now: A100, GT250A, XJ598, FZ750
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 Posted: 10:02 - 06 Feb 2026 Post subject: Re: Strange Dyno Result - 2010 Honda Hornet 600 |
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| A100man wrote: | Does yours rev to the limit? The solution for the Reddit guy was a new fuel pump - cheap enough to eliminate that possibility right? |
Yes, it revs all the way up on the road, at least at the moment, but the guys on that reddit thread mention not being able to go over a certain speed, which implies that theirs was also making up to a certain power and then stopping. And you'd think a fuel pump would be a cheap fix, but officially they're £750 (and unavailable). You can get chinese versions on ebay for £100. Which I'll happily pay if it's definitely going to fix it, but it seems a lot for a punt. I think I'm going to have to try it though. One thing that I'm thinking about now is that the previous owner said he was selling it because it "wasn't fast enough". I took this with a pinch of salt because he was a young guy and wanted an MT-09, but now I wonder if he was seeing something.
| stinkwheel wrote: | My knowledge of FI bikes is pretty limited but I do know a lot of them use a different ignition and fuelling map for different gears. So there's a rev limiter in some of the lower gears and neutral for example. Your curve looks like it's deliberately cut-off. Maybe that kind of thing came in after 2010? |
Yeah, that's definitely a thing. In fact the dyno tester has told me if I bring it back, he'll run it again in 2nd gear to see if it's any different, but I want to feel like I can discount multiple possibilities if I'm doing that. I've got the original exhaust so I'm probably going to fit that, probably a new fuel pump, and maybe see if I can disconnect or remove the quickshifter and gear indicator.
It's just such an odd issue as the bike feels fine generally, revs cleanly etc. ____________________ Current - '94 VFR750FR (Dead), '00 VFR800FI, '10 600 Hornet - Previous - '11 CBF125, '10 Street Triple R, '92 MZ ETZ301, '05 TTR250, NSR125R, KMX125, "Honda" Win
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