Well I know that Honda do take note of sites like this to try to be "in touch with their userbase"... if they see more and more interest from North American riders then they may be more inclined to release the bike there.
If I remember rightly the 919 was released in the US a year after Europe so it may just be a matter of waiting 9 months or so to find out for definite.
As for the names, I always thought 919 sounded cooler than 900 Hornet
