When is the VFR1000 going hit our stores

[huck farley]

I recall reading somewhere that Honda are to introduce the VFR1000. When is it likely to be in Honda dealers MC dealer showrooms. Also does anyone have any pics of the same?

Is the VFR1000 going to have the VTec?

Single sided swing arm?

Any Idea of the price?

I had a 2005 VFR800 new for a year. Great bike solo, but found wanting two up, which I ride 99% of the time. So I would love to get my leg over it's big brother and take it, for a spin when it arrives.

Any feedback would be great.
Cheers

[deanohit]

Heres a pic, no other info I can find yet.

[xwhatsit]

That pic doesn't look very legit to me. The `VFR 1000' decal looks very dodgy. From a cursory Google search it would seem that the VFR1000 is still just rumours, so even if it is real it would be a year or two away at the earliest, right?

[Shadows]

Huck Fonda.

[Hillbilly]

Here are all the pix I could find. Apparently it's not due till '09:

[Taz]

About 1985! And I owned one!!

[huck farley]

Huck Fonda.

Thanks for the pics guys, also your input. (I agree I think these pics look like a photo shop job) Looking at the seat on the bike I don't think I would be remotely interested if it were to come out with that set up.

For a sports tourer in my honest opinion it should have a more plush seat. I wouldn't fancy touring the South Island on the seat shown. I guess the pillion seat would be harder still.

I think I will stick with my 07 Tiger1050 it's a wee bit tall for me but once I climb onto it, I am as comfortable as. So to is her Indoors.

I will still take the VFR1000 for a run just the same just to see if it's any better than the VFR800 which is going to be a hard act to follow in my opinion.
Cheers
Huck Farley

[deanohit]

Here we go then, not coming till 09 probly. There will possibly be 2 versions, the VFR1000 sports tourer and the RVF1000 sports bike and may even be a replacement for the CBRR1000.

http://sameerkumar.blogspot.com/2007...2008-2009.html

[scumdog]

I recall reading somewhere that Honda are to introduce the VFR1000. When is it likely to be in Honda dealers MC dealer showrooms. Also does anyone have any pics of the same?

Is the VFR1000 going to have the VTec?

Single sided swing arm?

Any Idea of the price?

I had a 2005 VFR800 new for a year. Great bike solo, but found wanting two up, which I ride 99% of the time. So I would love to get my leg over it's big brother and take it, for a spin when it arrives.

Any feedback would be great.
Cheers

Feedback?

O.K.: It's a Honda, who gives a shit - it's gay innit?

[jeremyb]

I really like the look of that, a litre V4 honda with some decent power and handling would be glorious!

[Swoop]

It is a rumour. Albeit a strong rumour.

Let's hope!!

[vifferman]

It's not coming - there've been rumours like this since before the VTec model came out.
The VFR was supposed to have been upgraded for 2006, as part of a four-year model cycle that had been in place since 1982. Instead we got clear indicators and a few other cosmetic changes.

There are a couple of inferences you can make from this; either Honda are going to continue like this until sales drop off and then ditch the VFR altogether (like they're doing with the VTR1000), or they're working on something really radical.
The first option is the most likely, as the VFR has never been a big seller.
The second option is scary, because if you take cues from what they did with the VTec, it's likely to be something really 'eco-friendly' that's an evolution from just cutting out valves at low revs/small throttle openings to dropping whole cylinders.

I for one would like to see a VFR that has a larger displacement engine, better suspension and brakes, adustable seat, handlebars, footpegs and levers, but it's very unlikely. Because Honda san has used the VFR as a technological showcase of sorts, this usually makes it expensive to produce, so savings are made elsewhere to keep the price down. The nett result is that while it's a great all-rounder, it doesn't sparkle enough to generate the sales needed to keep the development going.

[Drunken Monkey]

Well if it's anything like the 'phake', it certainly won't look bad. Almost a worthy replacement to the RC-45. Almost, but not quite.

[Mikkel]

I certainly think the idea of a new line of RVFs sounds interesting.

More bikes = better!

[vifferman]

I certainly think the idea of a new line of RVFs sounds interesting.

More bikes = better!

One would think (well...one would, if one was a thinking one), that the rise of V4s in MotoGP would have some spin-offs.
But I have some to be of the opinion that Honda just does it's own thing and doesn't have the faintest idea what its buyers and potential buyers actually want.
Or worse still, knows but is too arrogant to give a damn.
It seems to be easy to just concentrate on those models that are clones of other Japanese bikes, like the CBRs. (And to be fair, these are the models that are the big sellers in Urp and Mrka.)

But that seems to be a typically Japanese thing: playing copycat, and improvement of an existing concept/design/model, until the point is reached that either the model has been developed to summat the customer doesn't really want, or the market hasn't gone in the anticipated direction.

It seems it would've been SO easy to have brought out a race-replica very loosely based on the RC211V or RC212V, or a replacement for both the Blackbird and VFR with a V5 engine, but I'll be VERY surprised if that ever happens.