Honda Hornet (919)

Honda CB900F
Manufacturer	Honda
Also called	Honda Hornet 900; Honda 919
Production	2000 - present
Class	naked bike
Engine	919cc liquid-cooled inline four-cylinder
Power	80 kW (109 PS) @ 9,000 rpm
Torque	91 N·m @ 6,500 rpm
Related	Honda CB600F; Honda CBR900RR

The Honda CB900F (also called the 919 in the U.S. and Hornet in Europe) is a "standard" or "naked" style motorcycle based on a sportbike engine but with a more upright seating position and revised engine and gearing, providing performance and comfort between a typical sportbike and a cruiser. It was introduced in 2000 and is still being manufactured today.

The 919 is powered by a retuned version of Honda's earlier Honda CBR900RR engine, developed by Tadeo Baba, one of Honda's Large Project Leaders. The motor is a transversely mounted, liquid-cooled, fuel-injected 919 cc in-line 4-stroke 4-cylinder DOHC engine that produces just over 100 horsepower (75 kW). The engine utilizes cast camshafts and pistons instead of the pricier forged items. For greater midrange punch, the 919’s camshaft profiles are milder, and compression is lowered a tad. Four 36mm fuel-injection throttle bodies take the place of the CBR900RR’s 38mm carburetors. Redline happens at a 9,500 revs, and the bike has a six-speed transmission.

A steel, square-tube backbone frame supports the engine as a stressed member. In front, a cartridge fork (adjustable beginning in 2004) guides the wheel, while a single shock, adjustable only for preload, connects with the aluminum swingarm and carries the weight in back. Its brakes are dual-disc in the front and single-disc in the rear.

Instrumentation consists of an analog speedo and tach and basic indicator lamps, incorporated under a tinted window, and a single tripmeter.

While the 919 comes sans centerstand, one is offered as an accessory for 49-state models (but it won’t fit California versions because of the bulging catalyst in the exhaust). The bike's rake is 25°, trail is 98 mm, wheelbase is 1460 mm, and seat height is 800 mm. It weighs 427 lb (194 kg) dry.

Honda has had a CB900 model since 1980 in North America and an even earlier CB900F model in Europe. A 599 cc carburetted version called the CB600F exists, but sales in the United States (under the name 599) ceased after the 2006 model year. Both the 599 and 919 cannot use the Hornet moniker in the United States because the name is trademarked by the American Motor Corporation (AMC).

This motorcycle is not to be confused with the CB900F Supersport of the late 1970s and early '80s. The SuperSport was an air-cooled, inline-4, 5-speed; see Honda_CB1100F.

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