Jashue Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 http://powersports.honda.com/street/sport.aspx I guess I knew this day would come. We all did. Still, it makes me very sad. The big VFR was so horribly under appreciated. We know how great it is though, don't we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Duc2V4 Posted March 14, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted March 14, 2017 Looks like the VFR800 stuck around though. It also appears that Honda used the remaining engines for the VFR1200 and stuffed them into the VFR1200X, so it's soul may live on...for how long though? https://powersports.honda.com/street/adventure.aspx#models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jashue Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 ADV bikes... I just don't get 'em. And I sure as heck don't understand the appeal of a 1200cc adventure bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinigami Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 They still sell them in Japan. http://www.honda.co.jp/VFR1200F/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jashue Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 Just now, Shinigami said: They still sell them in Japan. http://www.honda.co.jp/VFR1200F/ I was looking at that just as you posted it! I love their website. There is so much more there. I just wish I understood Japanese! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinigami Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 44 minutes ago, Jashue said: I was looking at that just as you posted it! I love their website. There is so much more there. I just wish I understood Japanese! Yes there certainly is, including company sponsored rides, a photo gallery and a lot more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Skids Posted March 15, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted March 15, 2017 The VFR1200 is still featured on the Honda UK website. I have an adventure-styled VFR800 and it's brilliant. Horses for courses In guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crakerjac Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I wonder what people will think of the 1200 in 10 years or so. Will it be one of those bikes that more people wish they would have had? Looks are so subjective and old ugly stuff seems to have appeal due to their 'unique' looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer 3dcycle Posted March 15, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted March 15, 2017 22 hours ago, Jashue said: ADV bikes... I just don't get 'em. And I sure as heck don't understand the appeal of a 1200cc adventure bike. I like them (some of them) but if you don't live around gravel roads you wont understand. I lust over the vfr1200x and dare I say I like the DCT. I have not rode a 1200x yet but I have run the crf1000 with and without dct and fell for the dct. on a bike I can hardly touch the ground on it makes it so nice, but If I wanted to do a cross country/ Alaska ride from Vermont which itself is covered in dirt I would want a 1200x DCT for the shaft drive low maintenance it provides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer RC1237V Posted March 16, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted March 16, 2017 Not too many new bikes left on Cycle Trader either: 4 Black (2013) 2 Blue (2012) 4 Red (2010) There might be some more at Honda's warehouse.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Wow! I'll have a classic in a few years. We're founding members of the VFR1200 Classic Club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer jackleftzuo Posted March 16, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted March 16, 2017 16 hours ago, Skids said: VFR1200仍然是本田英国网站上的特色。 我有一个冒险风格的VFR800和它的辉煌。马的课程在猜测。 Is it because the environmental protection cause of Europe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Honda will recycle that wonderful engine. Don't worry too much . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jashue Posted March 16, 2017 Author Share Posted March 16, 2017 8 hours ago, Alaskan said: Honda will recycle that wonderful engine. Don't worry too much . . . . And a damn fine engine it is. It's fun to speculate exactly HOW it might come back. It seems that there is a big market for naked sport bikes. It'd be interesting if they could do what Ariel did minus the strangeness of that design. Think of a reincarnation of the V65 Magna. OR... could the big V4 find its way into a ST1300 replacement? OR... a Hayabusa ZX-14 competitor? (not likely, but one never knows) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Skids Posted March 17, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted March 17, 2017 It is already being used.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jashue Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 Yes, I know. I was speculating as to whether or not we might see a power cruiser or naked sport bike coming from Honda. The Ariel Ace is made in relatively minute quantities, and is nearly impossible to obtain (at least in North America). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lshark Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 that engine looks nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhenley17 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 I just had to share this V4 porn that Motus posted on their Facebook. I guess to stay relevant to the topic, I'll say Honda should do something like this with the 1200 mill. However, I won't be holding my breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikorsky Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 They stopped selling the 1200 in Canada around 2013 or 2014, I think. When they came out, they were around $20,000; way too much for this guy. Especially when you consider that was the bare bones bike, not even bags. I wrote it off as something I wasn't interested in. Then after moseying through an R1100S, a ZX14, a pair of Tuono V2's ,an original '82 Katana 750, a KTM 990 and a few other bikes; I found my 1200 for sale locally. The owner had purchased the 2010 model new in 2014. Honda Canada had knocked the price down to $10,999, quite the drop. I suppose just to make room in a warehouse somewhere. He was getting rid of it because he had ordered a BMW K1600. His loss was my gain. What a great machine. That wonderful V4 exhaust note, wonderful engine, great handling and outstanding build quality. And best of all, I know it will last. I believe that the pricing, the cult of the VFR and the keyboard commandos who had never ridden a mile on it were responsible for its lack of sales in North America. I haven't seen another one on the road in a year of riding here on the West Coast. Every time I think I do it turns out to be a CBR250! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer paulmeisterpk Posted April 4, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted April 4, 2017 I have a 5th gen as well as a 1200. I really wish the exhaust note was better on the 1200. It's a shame they stopped selling it because it is better in almost every way than my 800. The exhaust note on the 800 is much better, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spreeweiler Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Classic kinda like the 2004 / 2005 Honda Rune... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 15 hours ago, Spreeweiler said: Classic kinda like the 2004 / 2005 Honda Rune... The VFR12 is as your "friends" say; the best scooter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spreeweiler Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 On 3/14/2017 at 5:20 PM, Duc2V4 said: Looks like the VFR800 stuck around though. It also appears that Honda used the remaining engines for the VFR1200 and stuffed them into the VFR1200X, so it's soul may live on...for how long though? https://powersports.honda.com/street/adventure.aspx#models The Rune is still worth $16k or better But in the Vfr1200x our V4 doesn't have 170hp. KTM has a 1290 adventure! Yeah my scooter will kick Harley butt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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