I suppose we had a bit of a head start on you guys with regards to modifying our Hornets :D

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k44/Scottuk600/19-1.jpg

Dude, that is awesome! I love the rear seat cowl and the headlight...very nice.

I'm diggin on the inverted gold colored forks and MASSIVE brakes ... sweet.

Could you give a little detail about the add ons? Woud like to know about hte suspension changes. Very nice.

List of add ons and changes for the version pictured above

Pyramid Hugger, Goodridge Braided Hoses, Hagon Monoshock, Pyramid Seat unit (with cat’s eye indicators), Pyramid Single seat cowl and back pad, Pyramid Carbon Fibre side panels, Black Radiator grill, Aldens exhausts Twin pipe conversion, Blue Flame Carbon Oval cans, Jester’s Trick Bits Carbon LED undertray, WP Suspension Fork Springs with 10W oil, K&N Air filter, Barracuda Nose cone with up-rated bulbs, Acewell Digital clocks, Motrax Alloy Mirrors, Tsubaki |Gold Alpha Chain, Renthal Sprockets, Metmachex Swinging Arm, 06 Hornet USD forks, yokes, mudguard, Fenda extenda and front spindle, CRG levers, Renthal Bars & Brace, Gilles Rearsets, Braided radiator hoses courtesy of Network Rail, Braking Front Brake Discs, Pyramid Belly Pan, ABE Rear Brake Disc, resprayed in Wicked Red and a Stage 2 dynojet kit to be fitted next weekend.

I suppose we had a bit of a head start on you guys with regards to modifying our Hornets :D
Head start! From the looks of it, I'd say you guys are heading for the finsih line and we're still doing warm up stretches! SWEET RIDE man. :thumbsup

Couple more pics....

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k44/Scottuk600/8-2.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k44/Scottuk600/1-2.jpg

Very nice Scott,

It's the 1st time i actually have seen it up close...very nice :thumbsup

Heres my slightly modded 06 ...

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/6420/picture273ue5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I'm happy to see you guys decided to come play on our site a little. The bikes look great.

Any idea if that seat cowl will fit an 06? I know I asked about a similar one on the uk forum and they didnt think it would....then again it may have been a 919 cowl, anyway let me know...bike looks great!

Beautifull bike, Scott! My girl didn't even realize that it was a Hornet! Great job with the mods. :thumbsup

Thanks for the comments guys :D

That seat cowl wouldn't fit an 06 bike as the new bike's lines are much sharper and less rounded. I believe Ermax make one for the 05/06 model.

...My girl didn't even realize that it was a Hornet!...
:lol:

Scott,

Just for giggles, have you ever done a rough estimate on the total cost of your Hornet Hobby? :wink:

Wish I had the $ and time, just happy to ride mine when I can (usually to work and back!)

Anyway, Nice to see you over here...

Just for giggles, have you ever done a rough estimate on the total cost of your Hornet Hobby?

I have a list of all the money I've spent on modified parts for her, that doesn't include stuff like tyres, brakes, oil and other bits like that. It is seriously password protected so the wife can't get near it. :lol:

At a rough estimate, on the version in the first picture, there is about £4,500 worth of parts on her...That's not including all the bits I still have in the garage and all the bits I've had on her and then sold on to fund other modifications........Now you've managed to scare me...I think I will get the other bike ready and leave the Hornet in the garage :shock:

That isn't to say I've actually spent all that on the version in the picture, a lot of the parts were discounted or picked up cheap but even allowing for that, I must have spent £6,000 on her over the years :shock: :shock:

At a rough estimate, on the version in the first picture, there is about £4,500 worth of parts on her...That's not including all the bits I still have in the garage...
:shock: Excuse me while I try to pick my jaw from the floor.

Hey can I just ask the advantages of the new swingarm and what the improvements were.... was it worth the money? Looks awesome tho

Scott,

Makes my heart warm to see how much you obviously enjoy it. Can't put a price on passion...however, at 1 British pound = 1.9525 U.S. dollars ... :lol: Yeaoza! Bless you :bow

was it worth the money?

Not really had the chance to try her out properly as the weather has been pretty crap since I finished her but she certainly feels a lot better when I have had her out. I forgot to mention the gearing changes from a standard sprocket set up of 15/42 to 15/45 which increases acceleration and helps lift the front end.

Talking of Head starts.....

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k224/neonomous/Bike/_MG_3551.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k224/neonomous/Bike/_MG_3581.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k224/neonomous/Bike/_MG_3517.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k224/neonomous/Bike/_MG_3590.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k224/neonomous/Bike/_MG_3507.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k224/neonomous/Bike/_MG_3579.jpg

Scott.......you cheapskate! :D

Nice work fella, that is one mean looking Hornet. You have done so much but it somehow gels into a full bike...neat trick :) Amazing how the Big H copied your under slung exhaust for the 07 model as well!

Scott.......you cheapskate!

Your's only cost so much because you have to keep rebuilding it when you fall off :lol:

The bike looks badass!!! :rad
Welcome to the forum, GreenHornet.

Talking of Head starts.....
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k224/neonomous/Bike/_MG_3579.jpg

The bike looks badass!!!


:lol: :lol: :lol:

And Andy looks sore ass.

I will let Andy explain that one.

If I remember correctly Andy is running a 14/48 sprocket set up and 2 minutes after we finished building it we took it for a test ride in the pissing rain.....After telling Andy to be careful.......As we turned on to the dual carriageway he took of like a bat out of hell leaving the other two Hornets behind.....So much for taking it easy...Eh Andy!!!!

Talking of Head starts.....

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k224/neonomous/Bike/_MG_3551.jpg
In the immortal words of KeaNeo Reeves... "Whoa."

Just took a peak at this thread-wow!
Looking at your bikes, I don't understand why Americans, on the whole, don't like nakeds (specifically, the best selling bike in Europe-the Hornet) as much as Europeans.
Those bikes look absolutely awesome!

Some pics of bikes from the Spring Sting last weekend.

Mine

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k44/Scottuk600/Sting%2007/Apr01397.jpg

Daryl's

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k44/Scottuk600/Sting%2007/Apr01391.jpg

Andy's

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k44/Scottuk600/Sting%2007/Apr01392.jpg

Steve's

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k44/Scottuk600/Sting%2007/Apr01389.jpg

All together

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k44/Scottuk600/Sting%2007/Apr01342.jpg

Niiiiiiiiiiice! How about some action shots Scott? :D

You guys are nuts! Love the one with the stripes and stars (tip toeing here, don't want to say Stars and Stripes and offend!)

AND NOT ONE ORIGINAL SWING ARM! WTF? :lol:

How about some action shots Scott?

We were all too busy riding to take action shots.....Well, unless you count the beer session in the pub :lol:

(tip toeing here, don't want to say Stars and Stripes and offend!)

It's definitely a Stars and Stripes bike :D

I really like the swing arm on the Stars and Stripes bike...is that from a 600RR? And of course the single-sided (Interceptor?) swing arm is pretty nice, too. The other ones...look a little funky to me. Like they're mounted upside down or something... :roll: :wink:

But overall i like the way each bike has been, um, 'extensively modified' and are unique. Very cool.

Yes, Daryl's 900 (919) has a CBR600RR swing arm. Andy's has a VFR800 ? one. Mine and Steve's bikes have the same make of swing arm but (as we found out on Sunday) they are still noticeably different.

But overall i like the way each bike has been, um, 'extensively modified' and are unique

That is part of the fun of a Hornet, you can stick 60 or 70 bikes in a car park and there will always be a few that are identical to each other but stick 60 or 70 Hornets in a car park and there are invariably differences between them. :D

'98 bike alongside the new one.

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k44/Scottuk600/2-4.jpg

And the little stretch of water that separates us

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/9709/52wt7.jpg

good lord, I leave for a few days and suddenly there are these long long posts with awesome 599s in them! When do you guys find the time?!

That seat cowl looks really nice.

Wow! All of those bikes look amazing!

Thanks for sharing with us. :)

good lord, I leave for a few days and suddenly there are these long long posts with awesome 599s in them! When do you guys find the time?!

It's an older thread Mitch. :mrgreen: But you're right, nothing like seeing the Hornets from the other side of the pond to make you want to mod yours!

green hornet- how did you do the underslung exhaust? I was thinking of doing something similar on mine, but am kinda lost as to how....

green hornet- how did you do the underslung exhaust? I was thinking of doing something similar on mine, but am kinda lost as to how....

He got an engineer guy to make it for him.

green hornet- how did you do the underslung exhaust? I was thinking of doing something similar on mine, but am kinda lost as to how....

He got an engineer guy to make it for him.

Plus it aint quiet!!!!!!! 114Db FFS :shock: :shock: :shock:

I must have spent �6,000 on her over the years :shock: :shock:

:lol: Is that all :wink:

I must have spent �6,000 on her over the years :shock: :shock:

:lol: Is that all :wink:

Nope but that's all I'm admitting to :roll:

you may as well have a picture of the BEST '98 Hornet around, to make up the set.

http://www.kawasakiw650.co.uk/OddsSods/side.JPG

http://www.kawasakiw650.co.uk/OddsSods/ace10.JPG

http://www.kawasakiw650.co.uk/OddsSods/ace17.JPG

http://www.kawasakiw650.co.uk/OddsSods/ace19.JPG

http://www.kawasakiw650.co.uk/OddsSods/rear%20light3.JPG