Excellent review, detailed and honest, even fun to see. Agree with 99% of your statements, in my opinion this bike is beautiful to see as well. Yeah maybe lacks of "wow effect "but its design will look nice for many years IMHO. ✌️
I would go for CB650R, but mostly because it is the most gorgeous naked bike in my opinion. My wet dream, not joking. But otherwise it mostly depends on whether you prefer a twin or 4-cylinder engine. Hornet behaves overall sportier, is waay lighter and more aggressive, while the CB650R engine is smooth, not so jumpy and turns the bike into a spaceship only past 8k revs or so. I had the CBR and totally loved that engine.
The CB750 - I rode both, and I found the 750 to be easyer to ride and more rafined. The 650 is sportier if that's what you're into, but the 750 has more low end torque (a lot more) and has a slightly better riding position for a rider of my height and weight. The 650 pulls harder over 5k rpm, and sounds better (subjective). The 750 pulls quite well at 3k, but falls off a bit at 7.5k, while the 650 keeps going all the way to redline. The gearbox on the 750 feels a bit more rafined - the 650 is a bit jerky especially when shifting at mid to high RPM. Maybe it was the test bike... Anyway, for a city bike / streetfighter, I'd go with the 750 - but - they could have named the 750 "Nighthawk" and the 650 "Hornet". That would have avoided all this controversy.
Thanks for the review, especially the dashboard part. This was a though decision when I was struggling to choose between hornet and the CBR. I'm a super geek for this kind of technology. Now, when I saw that navigation is really bad, I don't regret a single thing! Thank you!
I've just finished all episodes with hornet and really enjoyed it! The twisties looked so fun, I can only imagine how fun they are in real life. And the review is great, very professional. Awesome work!
