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It's pissing rain since yesterday. I doubt I'll be riding this weekend. How about you guys ?

Welcome Gordon! Enjoy the show around here!

Took the Hornet for a ride today. Went to Ericeira unannounced, as usual, called Sofia but she was unavailable. So I went to watch the sea little bit. Came back home enjoying some twisties along the way.

Buckster scared him away

Took the bike out today, and the windshield is great! The upper body wind protection is amazing. I'm very happy with the purchase.

Actually, i'm the same height as MM, with 10kg less of muscle mass.

I could have chosen a different/smaller (and cheaper) windshield, but I decided to got for comfort over looks. This was something that helped me chose the windshield.

Yeah, it doesn't look great but I rather have a bit of wind protection. No trip plans yet.

Power slides all the way up!!

The weather has been shitty for the past weeks so I haven't ridden the hornet that much. My first impressions will be comparing it to the CB500F as it's the only reference that I have. So, the clutch lever is a bit heavier than the 500 but still light. The gearbox is as smooth or even a bit smoother than the CB. Power wise, it's a total different world. The Hornet is a beast! I was used to the 47hp and this one, with almost double of that, is a monster and I'm scared of it. It's the good kind of fright though, as it makes me want more seat time to get it tamed. Other than that, I miss the heated grips and today I got the windshield. Haven't ridden it with it on yet.

No photoshop, just some minor tweaks from the Snapseed app on the phone.

I've talked to the sales man and told him I didn't like the short (120mm) levers on the Hornet. He told me I could swap them with the ones I had (160mm) on the CB500F. So I went to the dealership to get the Hornet's original exhaust and to swap the levers. I also really needed to go back to the dealership as I couldn't find the 2nd Key of the CB500F the day I went there to get the Hornet.

I haven't ridden the Hornet since I got it home last week, so no pictures yet.

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Sorry, I didn't know that you had Tritanopia.

Some pictures in daylight and from a non-phone camera.

My test ride was done on the way home . The standard Honda grips cost around 300/340€. The sales man told me he had a cheaper option, around 180€ (don't know the brand), but he said they were a bit thicker than the standard ones. I'll need to check if it makes them uncomfortable before I decide.

I was contacted by the dealer to make the appointment for the annual service of the CB500F and was supposed to take it to the dealer next Saturday. I've been checking the dealer's stock for sometime now and saw this bike's ad. It got me very interested. Called the sales guy who sold me the CB500F 2 years ago, made the deal to swap bikes yesterday on the phone and went there this afternoon to get it. Made 76km (almost 50 miles) back home and it was great (really missed the heated grips). It's obviously a Hornet as you can see, but it has the SC Project exhaust, the back seat cover, Honda sliders, Puig levers and lever protectors and a special edition SP stickers. It also had some Puig mirrors that I asked to be swapped with the stock ones as they where small and freakin ugly! What is missing and I want to add in a near future : - Heated grips; - Windscreen; - Quickshift; The CB500F is a great bike and was a great beginner bike, but this is on another level!

It's asian, but not chinese. It wasn't that hard to guess!

Just to let you know that the CB500F is gone... and something else took its place