hi my name is Pedro and i'm 20 years old.

I'm from Portugal, the land of cristiano ronaldo for an example.

i own a hornet 2007 europe model. it is in the pictures menu. my first bike was a cbr125r and i still own it.

i hope you just help me find new things and new experiences.

here i am with my bike and my edwars legend. (colin edwards is my second favourite pilot, behind the great rossi!)
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/8879/dsc03135ok0.jpg

Best regards

Pedro Cruz

Ps: visit www.hornetportugal.com

Welcome to the site!

thanks! :wink:

:welcome Pedro! Great choice of bike and helmet. Hope to see you posting around.

Welcome to the site!

Love the new model Hornet - too bad we don't have it over here in the states :(

thanks again.

it is very strange you don't have this bike there... you are such a big market... i can not understand, anyone know why honda don't sell this bike in the state? or a reason?

Hey Pedro, welcome! It's great to have participation from different countries on the site.

A big jump up from a CBR125R to the Hornet! Drive safe OK.

PS I believe the Hornet doesn't make it here at the moment due to it being assembled in Italy and the exchange rate between the US $ and the Euro. Makes it just too expensive to sell well here.

Hey Pedro, welcome! It's great to have participation from different countries on the site.

A big jump up from a CBR125R to the Hornet! Drive safe OK.

yes, it was a big jump but now i already have 20000 miles (13000km) in my bike, that's a lot in Portugal for a year riding, and i adapted very well to the bike.


PS I believe the Hornet doesn't make it here at the moment due to it being assembled in Italy and the exchange rate between the US $ and the Euro. Makes it just too expensive to sell well here.

yes, the new hornet is assembled in italy, it could be a reason. here in portugal the new hornet is sold by 7500€, $5000/5500. how many cost in the states a new hornet model 2006?

7500 Euro at todays exchange rate 1 Euro=$1.50 means $11250 US. The 2006 Hornet 600 list price was $7399. I think many sold at the dealer for less than that. So not easy for Honda to make money on a European manufactured bike.

WOW! $5,000 for a new Hornet, what a bargain!

i made a confusion.. i put the values on the wrong side at the conversor. markv is correct: $11250 in the states.

thanks for correction me.

interesting is that I believe the bike would sell in the states if the dealers cared for advertisement.

In Costa Rica the 2008 hornet costs around $16K (yeah, I'm not !@#$ing) :shock: and still they sell like hot bread...

who knows, maybe one of you adventurers would give the bike business a try...

Hey Zurk welcome to the 599 site. I've only been on a couple of months, a great bunch of people! Welcome!