Does the U.S. Version of the VFR1200F come with a tool kit???

Quick question... I looked under the seat of a VFR1200F at the dealer today. I noticed it didn't have a tool kit unlike the pictures posted on this forum by our European friends. Do we get a tool kit in the U.S.?

My tool kit consisted of a piece of wire wrapped in a rubber jacket to serve as a helmet lock and that was it!

For $15K one would expect at the very least to receive a tool kit!?

What I find interesting is that countries outside the US seem to have more choice of colour, and tool kits(although I'd rather just carry good tools)etc.........
Are we just that easy as consumers?

[image: View Post]HispanicSlammer, on 25 September 2010 - 09:23 AM, said:

My tool kit consisted of a piece of wire wrapped in a rubber jacket to serve as a helmet lock and that was it!


Ditto, that's all I received with my DCT.

[image: View Post]anbark22, on 25 September 2010 - 11:21 AM, said:

[image: View Post]HispanicSlammer, on 25 September 2010 - 09:23 AM, said:

My tool kit consisted of a piece of wire wrapped in a rubber jacket to serve as a helmet lock and that was it!


Ditto, that's all I received with my DCT.

Same here, no tool kit but, a wire which does my Nolan no good with it's quick disconnect.

Not an easy market but maybe marginal? In numbers i mean.
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[image: View Post]stinkyfinger, on 24 September 2010 - 11:49 PM, said:

Quick question... I looked under the seat of a VFR1200F at the dealer today. I noticed it didn't have a tool kit unlike the pictures posted on this forum by our European friends. Do we get a tool kit in the U.S.?


Mine is stored in a pouch behind the left silver panel, different location from European I seen in pictures. It's a Canadian bike by the way.

[image: View Post]rlinder, on 25 September 2010 - 03:32 PM, said:

[image: View Post]stinkyfinger, on 24 September 2010 - 11:49 PM, said:

Quick question... I looked under the seat of a VFR1200F at the dealer today. I noticed it didn't have a tool kit unlike the pictures posted on this forum by our European friends. Do we get a tool kit in the U.S.?


Mine is stored in a pouch behind the left silver panel, different location from European I seen in pictures. It's a Canadian bike by the way.


The proper place for the tool pouch is under the seat in the last compartment before the tail light, just in front of the tubular cross piece of the sub frame.
My dealer couldn't fine a place to put it so just handed it to me, but the owners manual shows it, I think in the helmet strap section.

My tool pouch came with
-two open end wrenches, one 10mm/12mm and one 12mm/14mm
-a spark plug socket with swiveling hex extension (like previous VFRs)
-a strange 8mm stamped wrench with two small holes in the handle
-a hex key for the body work
-helmet hanger cord

Owners manual came in a clear plastic pouch

[image: View Post]rlinder, on 25 September 2010 - 03:32 PM, said:

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Mine is stored in a pouch behind the left silver panel, different location from European I seen in pictures. It's a Canadian bike by the way.


I'd worry about it bouncing and hitting the relay bank, or damaging the connector on one relay when extracting the pouch.

Heck, you're most likely not missing much anyway if they didn't include any tools with your 1200 cause you're better off anyway putting together your own tool kit from better brand tools because Honda never supplied any tool kits on their bikes of any quality for as long as I had been riding their bikes in the 70's. Even as kids back then I knew that tools that came with my father's then flagship Honda bikes (CB750F SS, GL1000 and CBX1000) were quite junky and wasn't any better than what came with our XL100 and DAX70 "toy" bikes.

Beck
95 VFR

[image: View Post]Beck, on 25 September 2010 - 09:47 PM, said:

Heck, you're most likely not missing much anyway if they didn't include any tools with your 1200 cause you're better off anyway putting together your own tool kit from better brand tools because Honda never supplied any tool kits on their bikes of any quality for as long as I had been riding their bikes in the 70's. Even as kids back then I knew that tools that came with my father's then flagship Honda bikes (CB750F SS, GL1000 and CBX1000) were quite junky and wasn't any better than what came with our XL100 and DAX70 "toy" bikes.

Beck
95 VFR

When I bought my brand new 72 BMW 750/5..... It was said that they had the most and best tools of any company.... And they sucked as well....But they at least gave us an idea what tools to buy......... Now along with time comes the fact that they study our history(maybe)and see we're going to buy our own anyway so why supply us.... Kind of like the kick start.... things just get deleted..........

My SV650 came with a pretty crappy set of tools too. I figured that I can put together a better kit anyway since the VFR1200R that I bought this morning didn't have tool kit either. :biggrin:

The toolkit for the VFR is a bit of an ornament - it's not like you can get the wheels off with it if you got a puncture. And all the bodywork snaps together...



The tools for my KTM Supermoto are superb in comparison, proper cast spanners (not made of monkey metal) with ORANGE handles. How cool is that!!

[image: View Post]Noddy, on 29 September 2010 - 05:53 AM, said:

The tools for my KTM Supermoto are superb in comparison, proper cast spanners (not made of monkey metal) with ORANGE handles. How cool is that!!

Maybe at KTM they expect you have to use the tools on a regular basis :biggrin:

From the SC63 owner's manual:
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[image: View Post]V4 Rosso, on 29 September 2010 - 06:22 AM, said:

[image: View Post]Noddy, on 29 September 2010 - 05:53 AM, said:

The tools for my KTM Supermoto are superb in comparison, proper cast spanners (not made of monkey metal) with ORANGE handles. How cool is that!!

Maybe at KTM they expect you have to use the tools on a regular basis :biggrin:

From the SC63 owner's manual:
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Nah, I think we're expected to stroke them.....mmmmm....Ahem.