2008 Honda VFR revealed in new motorcycle patent

[Shaun]

I'll believe all the rumors once Nozzle tells me it's true. Until then, it's all internet hype to me. :)

[elf800]

Originally Posted by VaRollOn

great now my bike will be worth sh!t....

dont worry if it gets to that point let me be the first to give you shit 4 it.. 1000 vfr same riding poistion and manners im there anyone wanna by 07 rwb 1700 miles leo exhuast k n filter runs great looks brand new ridin by a squid....lol

[elf800]

Originally Posted by Molsan

2006 Honda VFR 1000 V5 ?
intresting picture of the rear end...maybe.

that is awesome it looks like same riding poition an 6th gen front only wish the red was white and white was red rember the f2 when it had the paint sheme? one of the best looking bikes ever...........h8 to sell the rwb but time marches on/////////////

[alter ego]

Isn't it early in the year for this crazy talk to be coming up? We're not supposed to do this until August. Thats when you get all the rumors and spy photo pics and speculation.... Then Honda puts a new page on their website and gives a date for all the new models to be released online. Its really great when we get to see which sportbike Honda eliminates from the lineup each year and what color they decide to spray on the VFR to justify the $200 price increase!!!

[VsVFR]

If they make it more sporty it will bring the bike back to its roots, but then again that is what they have the CBR's for. If they make it less sporty, but more touring oriented then they run into the ST.

[Rogue]

Just to stir up this nest of hornets again..today's MCN MOLE reports that the new VFR due to "debut" later in the year will feature a semi automatic gearbox and be likely to have an increase in capacity, and be Honda's "technological tour-de-force".


Also , see copy of an email I've sent to the editor Marc Potter regarding his editorial comments on ABS/CBS...

Hi Marc,

I read your comments about traction control/ABS etc in today's issue.

I must disagree with you on some of your "experience" ..

You state " my last experience of using the Honda ABS/CBS system was when I stupidly opted to race a VFR at Cadwell in 1996 and the last memory I have is heading towards the marshal's post at the bottom of the mountain as the bike worked out if I was trying to make the corner or not... "

Point 1) In 1996 the VFR in question would have been a 750, which was fitted with regular brakes. CBS (combined braking system) was not fitted to any VFR until 1998, on the VFR800FW.

Point 2) CBS is not ABS, and ABS was not offered as an option on VFR's until 2002, on the VTEC model.

These are the kind of factual errors which lead many motorcyclists to consider your paper to be "a comic".

In addition , your recent issue featuring a profile of the VFR750 as a future classic stated in the text .."one nifty feature is the pillion grab rails which can be folded away under the seat when not in use" .

The bike pictured and presumably the subject of the article was the last 750, the FR-FV model. On this bike, the grab rails do NOT fold away.
Once again, going to the extent of highlighting a particular feature of the bike, whilst unfortunately completely incorrect.

You may guess that I own a VFR, and so have some insight into these bikes, but I am sure that others find their bikes similarly poorly treated.

A recent issue had a test on the new Guzzi Stelvio, which in my issue at least had the same copy repeated 3 times in the space of a double page spread, and then simply ended mid-test. I did notice you had printed an apology, but it's hardly rocket science to proof read your MAIN test.

I always have, and will continue to purchase the MCN regardless of these ever increasing episodes, but there is something to be said for the old chestnut "quality over quantity..."

Rod