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VFR discontinued{per Cycle World}

14 posts Started 26 Nov 2009 Last recovered post 30 Nov 2009 Wayback Machine snapshot 12 Apr 2010

#1
Guys,
Don't know if this one is true or not but if not
Sport Rider told it....and it is on page 40 of the January 2010 issue...long live the VFR
Rodm850g
my bad on the rag it was Sport Rider
#2
I'm sorry, but what are you talking about??? :unsure:
#3
:unsure: Pretty sure there's a new one coming out in 2010. I think. :blush:
#4

[image: View Post]JBAXX, on 26 November 2009 - 08:18 AM, said:

:unsure: Pretty sure there's a new one coming out in 2010. I think. :blush:

Well, we've now seen the 600 lb shaft-drive porker that Honda has blasphemed with the "VFR" moniker, and many of us would argue that the VFR died in 2009. I was hoping for a 40 lb weight reduction, perhaps a return to gear-driven cams (or at least a true variable-valve timing and lift configuration), and some work on the fuel-injection mapping to make it less "notchy" at lower RPM's. If I wanted an ST1300, or a K1200, I would've bought one... My '03 is the third VFR I've owned, and it looks like it needs to last a loooong time...
#5

[image: View Post]edgett, on 26 November 2009 - 10:29 AM, said:

Well, we've now seen the 600 lb shaft-drive porker that Honda has blasphemed with the "VFR" moniker, and many of us would argue that the VFR died in 2009. I was hoping for a 40 lb weight reduction, perhaps a return to gear-driven cams (or at least a true variable-valve timing and lift configuration), and some work on the fuel-injection mapping to make it less "notchy" at lower RPM's. If I wanted an ST1300, or a K1200, I would've bought one... My '03 is the third VFR I've owned, and it looks like it needs to last a loooong time...

Same was said of the 6th gen! :goofy:

Same steady progression Honda has run with for the last decade or so with the VFR. :rolleyes:

I have little doubt I can jump on th enew 1200 pig and smoke 90% of the SS in the twisties just like i can do on the 6th gen. :ph34r:
Sure we would all love a VFR1200RR version, but I doubt that's gonna happen. Can you say RVS4! ;p

ps the 1200 is suppose to have one of the smoothest fueling ever. ;)
#6
Honda still has a lot of 6th gen stock to sell before they can roll out the new lighter/faster 800 VFR. :biggrin:
#7
Sport Rider Magazine?!!! Those guys owe me money!! Subscribed a year ago and got 2 issues. Hmm. Wait. Maybe I owe them money. :blush:
#8
I have the January 2010 Sport Rider right here. What he's talking about, is that this issue has a "Sportbike Buyer's Guide 2010". Every available canyon carver gets 1/6 of a page, with a picture and a brief outline of its stats. On the last page is a box with a list of 2009 models that are discontinued for 2010. The VFR800 Interceptor is on that list. The VFR1200 has its own box, earlier in the article, as one of the available 2010 models.
#9

[image: View Post]elizilla, on 26 November 2009 - 12:44 PM, said:

I have the January 2010 Sport Rider right here. What he's talking about, is that this issue has a "Sportbike Buyer's Guide 2010". Every available canyon carver gets 1/6 of a page, with a picture and a brief outline of its stats. On the last page is a box with a list of 2009 models that are discontinued for 2010. The VFR800 Interceptor is on that list. The VFR1200 has its own box, earlier in the article, as one of the available 2010 models.


Oh, so he was trying to say the VFR800 was being discontiued, which we all know. :rolleyes:

Thanks elz! :fing02:
#10
Face Palm
#11
Where's my copy of Sport Rider, USPS? :schla15:
#12

[image: View Post]VFR4Lee, on 27 November 2009 - 09:19 PM, said:

Where's my copy of Sport Rider, USPS? :schla15:

One of the machines at the post awful got very hungry while delivering my copy of Sport Rider. It arrived in a plastic bag with a notice apologizing for chewing it up. Maybe yours was not salvageable.
#13

[image: View Post]VFR4Lee, on 27 November 2009 - 09:19 PM, said:

Where's my copy of Sport Rider, USPS? :schla15:


I got mine today :biggrin:
#14
I'm gettin' fedup of all this 'VFR died' crap - 1200cc's of V4, shaft drive? I am well happy!! :wheel:

I just have to wait for a year or so but the new VFR looks like a fantastic machine.
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