The Cheesy Plastic Black Piece With The Fake Frame Wield Point: Vfr 1200

[RogueWave]

This was something hidden in the pictures. If you look at the middle piece of the bike between the transmission and tank cover, there is a cheesy black cover with a fake wield point. All on a $17,000 bike. What was Honda thinking?

I don't know what it looks like underneath. I assume there is an undressed frame. I wonder what can be done. Can this plastic be removed or made to look less cheesy?

[BrianF]

Isn't that...the frame???

Or do you mean the scuff protector plasticky thing above the footpeg?

[Tamworth]

This was something hidden in the pictures. If you look at the middle piece of the bike between the transmission and tank cover, there is a cheesy black cover with a fake wield point. All on a $17,000 bike. What was Honda thinking?

I don't know what it looks like underneath. I assume there is an undressed frame. I wonder what can be done. Can this plastic be removed or made to look less cheesy?

It's the what now?

[The Phantom]

The triangular black panel between the frame and the tank cover, is my guess.

[iamzombie]

There's no fake "wield" (weld?) point on my bike, that's the frame, as BrianF has mentioned.

[Beck]

I'm not surprised that some people might mistake the flat or satin black painted diecast and welded together hydro-formed, frame elements on bikes today as plastic panels covering a more "conventional" frame under it, as many riders had gotten so used to seeing either clear anodized or silver painted frames on bikes for so many years. I always preferred the clear anodized brushed aluminum frames on bikes anyway. Maybe the whole black painted frame thing might be a fad that will eventually go away in a few years??

[LoopRider]

Here is a frame that I never tire of ... nothing cheesy or fake here ...

[Dutchy]

Yep, Honda knows how to weld!

[LoopRider]

... And I am not sure this is a fake weld ... Looks and feels real ...

[iamzombie]

Yep, Honda's robots know how to weld!

fixed ;)

[CandyRedRC46]

Lol this is too funny

[MBrane]

Yep, Honda's robots know how to weld!

fixed ;)

Just like my subframe where the robot missed the mark:

[SEBSPEED]

Yep, Honda's fusion weld manufacturing engineers know how to program robots !

fixed ;)

Fixed your fix

[VFR4Lee]

Just like my subframe where the robot missed the mark:

A clear violation of Asimovs 3 laws.