Comments on: 2010 Honda VFR1200F

By: vfr800

vfr800 — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:17:49 +0000

I own a 04 VFR, my 4th VFR in the last 15 years. Many VFR owners have been waiting for a litre version for awhile to address the lack of power in the previous models. I think the new bike looks great. Not perfect,but name me one that is. This spring,there will be a new VFR1200f under me,and i cant wait!

By: fireninja

fireninja — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:38:24 +0000

Les, it sounds like you want a Naked version of an RC30 — basically your Honda Hawk GT (the RC31) with an nice late 80′s era race tuned Honda Liquid cooled 750cc V4, and no bells and whistles. The European version of the RC30 made 112 HP stock (in 1987!!!), and weighed 420 lbs fully faired. Too bad that they cost a fortune and only made and sold a handfull for homologation purposes.

If I could find a Hawk GT (my favorite bike ever in terms of appearance, ergos, and handling) combined with my favorite engine of all times the Honda 750c V4 it might well be the last bike I ever bought.

By: bigbird

bigbird — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:41:56 +0000

I own a 2000 vfr now, before I owned many diferent sportbikes. I grew up and learned that most people cannot come even close to riding a racebike to its potential and if you try on public roads you will end up dead. I am not an expert racer but there are very few people on liter bike that can keep with my vfr in the twisty parts. If this bike handles anything like its previous generations it will be a near perfect bike. The older gens needed a little bit more power (not quite this much but…) I ride all year round (all YEAR) so I like the shaftdrive, I watched the video on the difference of shift behavior of the auto vs manual, very impressive (not for me but very impressive). Styling is…well its personal taste I guess.. My only concern with this bike is price, handling characteristics and I must agree with alot of the posters those of us in the VFR fan club begged for less weight even if honda didnt give us more hp….why so heavy…But I think this will be a good bike for real daily + weekend riders..Those who have never rode an previous gen VFR need to..they are that good of bikes, not the fastest, not the prettiest, not the best handling, not the best tourer….but it combines a little of it all to equal a really great bike…Out of all the bikes Ive owned and rode my VFR has been my favorite. The only bike that has competed with my view has been the Sprint 1050…Only time will tell if Honda will force me to Sprint because of handling or price..Like many have said I expect this bike to be sold for way too much $$$$ unfortunatley it may spell the end of the VFR line…….

By: Fireworks

Fireworks — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:06:08 +0000

@Thure – It’s a BMW clone for sure. It’s not identical but if you look over the BMW bikes you’ll see a strange resemblance. Specifically that rear 3/4 shot, if that doesn’t look like a K series. The fella that mentioned the short warranty is right. You pay for a BMW but you get what you pay for.

I’m actually surprised by this bike. I though only Korean car companies were copying German products these days.

@ Mike – It’s entirely possible that turn over rates are the issue. From what I can tell most dealerships pay crap, but expect 150% devotion. That’s a recipe for ‘turnover’ haha.

By: Woodman West

Woodman West — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:08:47 +0000

Dude, just get the speed triple, you will not regret it!