PRORIDER VLOGS's video: HONDA HORNET 2 0 BS6 FIRST RIDE REVIEW BEST OF HONDA

PRESENTING MOST AWAITED HONDA HORNET 2.0 FIRST RIDE REVIEW Honda has unleashed its brand new Hornet 2.0, its first performance-oriented naked above 160cc. The Hornet 2.0 is priced at Rs 1,26,921 (ex-showroom Delhi). It might be around Rs 30,000 dearer than the outgoing CB Hornet 160R but the new naked has a larger engine, better mechanicals and updated styling. The styling hasn’t changed much from the CBF190R to the Hornet 2.0. Still, the new Honda naked looks quite familiar to its older 160cc sibling. The sharp body cuts and the chunky golden USD fork bring out the sporty vibe of the motorcycle. Honda is leading the charge with LED as all lighting systems get the modern lighting technology. It gets a blue-backlit digital console that displays info like an odometer, trip meter, gear position indicator, a clock and fuel gauge. Powering this new Hornet is a 184cc single-cylinder air-cooled engine that dishes out 17.27PS and 16.1Nm. In comparison to other 200cc rivals like the TVS APACHE RTR 200 4V and the PULSAR NS200, the Hornet is lower on performance. It seems like Honda wants to position the Hornet 2.0 as a middle ground between the current crop of 160cc and 200cc bikes. This is the first made-in-India Honda to get a USD fork. Honda has certainly upped the ante with the addition of this premium suspension component with neither the Apache nor the Pulsar offering the hardware. A preload-adjustable monoshock is present but we guess it will be tuned differently to suit the new bike’s performance characteristics. Petal disc brakes are found at both ends with single-channel ABS coming in as standard. It retains wide-section tyres that are sourced from Maxxis but they are cross-ply tyres, no radial construction units.