Hi all -

I just picked up my Black / Silver 2006 599 on Friday! I love the bike already, but am still getting acclimated to the power and weight.

My first bike was a cheapo 200cc Skygo GS200 (china bike) that was great to learn on, now I feel like I wanted a bit more power, something put together a little better, and have always loved the naked bike style.

I was considering SV650's and Monster 620/695 bikes, but in the end I am a huge fan of Honda and this bike has a style that just spoke to me!

I have only been riding for 5 months so I am still a new rider by all standards. So far I have been taking it relatively easy on the Hornet. It only has 900 miles so I need to be kind to it for a while for the break in. That works perfectly since I am still getting used to having more than 17hp available.

Once I clean off the bugs from my 200 miles ride home with the bike I can toss up some pictures, but you all know what a stock Hornet looks like. :)

I have been reading up at this forum and I think it will be a great place to learn and collaborate with other 599 people.

Thanks for creating this great resource!

- Chris from WA

Congratulations!

:D

May the force be with you!

You can't catch Han and the Millenium Falcon on a Hornet. Congrats
anyway. Yeah we all know what a stocker looks like, but post pics anyway. 8)

welcome to the club. your gonna love it.

You made a great choice.

:welcome

Hahaha today a dealer finally called me back letting me know they finally had an SV650 in stock.

I had the pleasure of letting him know I already bought the glorious 599! :)

I am one of the sick people who mods everything like crazy, cars, bikes, computers, whatever... I like to 'upgrade' things ;-) Hopefully I can refrain from asking too many newb questions right away - but expect some mod related questions in the near future.

Thanks for the warm welcome and hopefully you will see more of me around here...

PS, AleX I assume it is you who is one of the forum admins. I have a nit-picking request if it isn't too much trouble.... Is there any way to include the thread title in the first part of the web browser title bar? I always have 20 tabs open and it is a pain to have to check each tab and then scroll up to the top of each thread to know which one I am viewing. :) Its a minor inconvenience but IMO it would improve the forum experience big time.

welcome bobafett and congratulations! it really is a great bike...here's to many fun miles ahead.