Help with rear Wheel for Hornet 900

rocket568 · 10-22-2007, 3:22 AM

Hi all

Can anybody help with this. I'm want to buy another rear wheel for my Hornet 900 that I can fit for track days. Trouble is there are not many for sale at any one time. I have seen some in the U.S. but freight was really expensive to Australia.

Does anybody know if any other Honda wheels will fit up?

Has anyone done a similar project? I'm sick of wearing out my road rubber so quickly (Dunlop Qualifiers)

I asked my Local Honda dealer but they said the part numbers are different from each model even though some parts are shared, so they couldn't be sure. They did say the cush drive and disc was different but that didn't rule out a complete wheel bolting in relatively easily.

CBR Wheels are readily available from most wreckers so if one would fit it would make finding one easy and inexpensive.

Any help appreciated

Cheers Rod.

CBRrr · 11-03-2007, 10:15 PM

The CBR900RR rear will bolt right in. . .it will use everything from the 919's (900 Hornet for those outside the U.S.) rear wheel: cush drive, collars (spacers), axle, and rotor.

Here are pics of my 919 with a CBR900RR rear wheel and an F3 front wheel (EZ bolt-on and centering by using both 919 collars and the widest of the F3 collars in the correct positons):

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...ogress_lo3.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...ogress_lo4.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...RR_0497_sm.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1.../919_done1.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1.../919_done2.jpg

rocket568 · 11-04-2007, 10:27 PM

Thanks for your help CBRrr, much appreciated.

By the way your Hornet (aka 919) looks awesome.

The end cans look tough. What brand / model are they?

CBRrr · 11-05-2007, 1:58 AM

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Originally Posted by rocket568

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The end cans look tough. What brand / model are they?

They are Italian made MIVV X-Cones.

Mivv S.p.a.

the_shindogg · 09-05-2008, 1:40 AM

CBRrr or anyone else:

I've heard the stock wheels are steel and therefore heavy.
How much weight savings can I expect by replacing the stock rims with 954 rims?

thanks
Chris

CBRrr · 09-05-2008, 3:06 AM

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Originally Posted by the_shindogg

CBRrr or anyone else:

I've heard the stock wheels are steel and therefore heavy.
How much weight savings can I expect by replacing the stock rims with 954 rims?

thanks
Chris

Chris,

What you heard is wrong. The 919 has cast aluminum wheels. Even the cheapest modern motorcycle won't have steel wheels. With that understanding, you won't benefit from 954 rims.

Roy
CBRrr

CBRrr · 09-05-2008, 3:11 AM

Here she is. . .finally done

:

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...R006_lores.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...R007_lores.jpg

the_shindogg · 09-05-2008, 8:54 PM

beautiful bike, CBRrr. So you have these wheels so you can switch them out for track days? is there any advantage to these wheels over the stock 919? Why not just get another set of 919 wheels (the 5 spoke does look cooler though...)

thanks

the_shindogg · 09-05-2008, 8:56 PM

another thing, how much do you think the RC51 fork mod cost with all the parts beginning to end?

anyone else that you know of done this?
extreme mod I like it.

CBRrr · 09-05-2008, 9:43 PM

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Originally Posted by the_shindogg

beautiful bike, CBRrr. So you have these wheels so you can switch them out for track days? is there any advantage to these wheels over the stock 919? Why not just get another set of 919 wheels (the 5 spoke does look cooler though...)

thanks

Nah. . .not a track bike, I have a Duc for that. It's my commuter/passenger bike. I always liked it when I first saw it in 2002. Honda just didn't finish it, thanks to the bean counters. Being a designer by profession, I felt that the OEM exhaust was too bulky, it needed the inverted forks. . .and the 3-spoke wheels. . .I never liked the look. I was planning to mount Marchesini-like PVM wheels like the EMA 919, but they were discontinued. After an extensive research, I found that the 900RR rear wheel bolted right up. That lead to the F3 front wheel swap, and finally the RC51 front end swap. ---Be prepared to spend at the very least $1k for an RC51 front end swap. . .Ebay parts.

My 919 was simply an exercise in finishing a highly potential design. It does get attention where it goes.

the_shindogg · 09-06-2008, 7:43 PM

don't suppose you have a parts list (or seperate thread) on the buildup of the RC51 front end?

I wanna do it, maybe with gold colored wheels..

CBRrr · 09-07-2008, 7:19 PM

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Originally Posted by the_shindogg

don't suppose you have a parts list (or seperate thread) on the buildup of the RC51 front end?

I wanna do it, maybe with gold colored wheels..

Here's the link, you may need to join wristtwisters.com to access:

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