A couple more Hornet questions

Morning!

Question 1
Does the Hornet suffer from carb icing from time to time?

If so i suffered a small amount this morning after about 25-30 minutes on my way to work. 8,000 rpm and as much power as kitten suffering from flu.

Question 2
Where do i adjust the idle speed? (it hovers on or around 1k)

I ask this as i had the bike cut out on me a couple of times yesterday when the revs dropped (ie pulling in the clutch). It also happened this morning but i'm not sure if the was Q1 related.
Could this also be to do with petrol starvation?

Cheers guys.

hornet? whats a hornet?

ask jabba

Thats what im waiting for! Bloody loan bike.

Originally Posted by mysteryjimbo

Question 1
Does the Hornet suffer from carb icing from time to time?

If so i suffered a small amount this morning after about 25-30 minutes on my way to work. 8,000 rpm and as much power as kitten suffering from flu.

Not a common problem so far as I'm aware. I'll ask around, but I don't recall it every being mentioned on the Nest.

Dunno about that glitch............... again I'll ask.....

Originally Posted by mysteryjimbo

Question 2
Where do i adjust the idle speed? (it hovers on or around 1k)

I ask this as i had the bike cut out on me a couple of times yesterday when the revs dropped (ie pulling in the clutch). It also happened this morning but i'm not sure if the was Q1 related.
Could this also be to do with petrol starvation?

Dunno - never had to touch mine. I think it's easy done, though. Again, I'll ask! Idle speed should be 1200-1300rpm, something I do know

Give me an hour and I'll get back to you with the answers

Originally Posted by Jabba-the-Hutt

Not a common problem so far as I'm aware. I'll ask around, but I don't recall it every being mentioned on the Nest.

Dunno about that glitch............... again I'll ask.....

Dunno - never had to touch mine. I think it's easy done, though. Again, I'll ask! Idle speed should be 1200-1300rpm, something I do know

Give me an hour and I'll get back to you with the answers

Nice one!!

Quick question:

How would you rate the condition of the bike when you picked it up? Do you think they've been servicing it OK?

There's been a distinct lack of replies over at the Nest so far.....

It looks in a good condition overall. A small amount of surface corrosion on a couple of places where water gathers such as the control lever joints.

Everything else looks pretty mint.

Had a reply from the Nest as follows:

"never heard of a hornet geting carb icing buit that doesnt mean it wont happen.

anf the idle speed can be adjusted form the yellow knob under the carbs between the two centre ones"

So, adjust the idle speed and see what happens. Got to say that your "bloody hire bike" comment might be closer to the truth than you might have thought. The dodgy idle speed would be indicative of this. Mine sits at 1250-ish revs after about half a mile. The choke can be switched off after about 100 yards

The lack of replies to the questions you asked means that what you describe isn't common and therefore peculiar to your bike. Speaking personally, I've never had even a momentary fuelling glitch on my bike.

Hope this helps.

Cheers for that Jabba. I shall go adjust the idle speed and let you know how it gets on.

I think the idle RPM would have to be down to the engineer who looks over the bikes when they get returned to the depot. If it continues playing up i'll get it swapped.


I've a feeling i may hear from the insurance assessor in the very near future to keep their costs down.

Originally Posted by mysteryjimbo

Cheers for that Jabba. I shall go adjust the idle speed and let you know how it gets on.

Could be the sole cause of the problems? Who knows

Let me know how you get on.