All you Honda Hairnet fans

[chris-red]

Sorry I meant Hornet

Anyway my mate is doing his Direct access in June and is meant to be picking up a hornet which sounds like a right steal. It's a T reg Hornet with a special paint job not sure if it is limited edition or aftermarket it is a yellow bike with black Hornet like stripes. It only has 7k miles on it and 1 lady owner. That for £1700, it sounds very good to me. I'm gonna have to ride it back and check it out for him, I get the feeling it has been sat for a bit is there anything I should check other than the usual?
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

CCT is a known weak spot on hornet's.

Reg/rec's can go.

2nd gear can pop, give it some welly in second and see if it jumps.

Check it's not an ex hornet cup bike, chipped wheels, drilling sump plug, lockwiring etc.

If it's been downgeared the speedo will read well out since it takes the reading from the sprocket.

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BTW That's a special paint scheme, I don't recall there being a factory colour like that.
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[m0l0t0v]

T reg with 7k miles for £1700?

That does sound like a steal... Could be the paint job that brought the price down but I usually see '98-'00 Hornets with around 20k miles go for £1.8k...

Check what Ham said for and the usual stuff.

Service history?
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[AppleJoe]

Yeh, with that low mileage I wouldn't be surprised if it was an ex-track bike. Ham covered it all I think...
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[MarkJ]

Only other thing to look at is the stops on the frame where the bottom yoke hits it (to give you your "lock to lock"). If they've been dented it's been down the road.

I got my T reg Hornet with 7K on it for £1200

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[Blackwolf]

Your only jealous as its faster than YOUR blue one
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[m0l0t0v]

Only because my engine is broken. And it's only slower by a fraction still.

Also, nothing will be able to touch me when I put a new engine in
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**\Tarmacsurfer/** said: It's that immaculately manly coiffure of yours isn't it. One glimpse of your virile locks and the punters can't wait to buy whatever it is you suggest, as it might let them be just a little bit like the Adonis that is our very own Molly Doovydoo said: Its not my fault I can't get it up properly, I just wasn't blessed

[MarkJ]

It only broke cos it's a blue POS one

[m0l0t0v]

It broke because it had black bungs

Nothing to do with it being Blue.
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**\Tarmacsurfer/** said: It's that immaculately manly coiffure of yours isn't it. One glimpse of your virile locks and the punters can't wait to buy whatever it is you suggest, as it might let them be just a little bit like the Adonis that is our very own Molly Doovydoo said: Its not my fault I can't get it up properly, I just wasn't blessed

[JakeyR]

My blue one broke cos i flipped it.

But if it was any other colour, it would have been a write off.

Blue is teh strongezt yar.
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[MarkJ]

I fell off my yellow one at 80 on Cadwell and all it did was scratch the tank.

Jake your soft plumb bollocks dented the tank and molotov your exhaust fell off cause it couldn't stand being on a shitty blue Hornet. Yellow is the only colour for a Hornet

[Blackwolf]

Blue Hornets are suicidal bikes that flip them selves and try to take the rider with them
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[Paddy Blake]

I don't know what T reg is but if it has the 16in front wheel and you are not used to it then take care for a while.It can turn in faster than you expect.

Paddy.

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[chris-red]

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[Paddy Blake]

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