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Hi everyone. I had a near dead experience past week due to my 2010 Honda VFR1200 having a major braking malfunction. I have owned the old school 2002 and 2004 vfr800 and they have been nothing but a blessing to ride, so I decided I give the vfr1200 a try. Got one a few months back in almost pristine condition and with only 13k miles. The other day I took this bike out for a ride in the back roads. Towards the end of my ride (I was riding a pretty good pace) Im going about 60 mph I apply the front brakes and nothing I apply the rears and nothing. The entire brake system it seemed was disengaged. I thought for sure I was going to crash but I somehow managed to make it out of the turn (If I didn't I would have been on the bottom of the mountain and pretty dead). When I came to a stop I noticed fluid dripping all over my rear tire which seemed to be coming from the rear brake caliper. After I came to a stop and restarted the bike in like 2 mins the front brake was working fine now but the rear brake was still gone. I got home inspected the brakes and I will include pictures of what I saw. I have never seen anything like this. The rear brake pads which were pretty new have been grinded down to bare metal, the disk pad is shredded and the caliper pistons have been pushed out with such force that they have peeled back into themselves like a banana, in the process the o-rings have blown and all the rear brake fluid has been leaked out. I would like to add that the front brake system is absolutely fine. You can imagine at this point I'm quite upset. I have a few questions from the VFR experts and mechanics in here. Look at the pictures and give me your input on what might have happened here cause i'm clueless. Can the ABS system on this bike completely disable both the front and rear brake systems? If yes isn't that a big safety issue? What would cause the pistons to act in such way? Any input appreciated I will soon talk to an expert mechanic that will inspect the bike and a lawyer.

Hi all, This is my 1st post, & unfortunately it's due to a problem. My bike is a 2010 VFR1200 FDA, only 8,600km's. Last Tuesday I rode 1000km's in the one day, got home, parked bike in garage...went to bed! During the week removed front wheel & replaced front tire, didn't ride it. Today went to install a USB charger & accidentally crossed the positive with the negative terminal on the usb socket, didn't blow a fuse on the bike (that I could see anyway!) but did ruin the usb charger. I was connecting the wiring directly to the accessory plug on the left hand side behind the front fairing. The reason I mention above is so you know exactly what I've done since I rode it on Tuesday. After replacing the plastics when installing the usb charger, I started it up to go for a ride, BUT would not change out of 1st gear & the ABS light stays on! The manual says in regards to the ABS light that there may be a serious problem!!!! The drive is making its usual low speed clunking noise but outside of that the bike seems normal. I have since disconnected the battery & reconnected to reset the ECU, no joy! Before I take it to a dealer I'd really appreciate any advice/help, I'm nervous as to what it may cost me once in the hands of a Honda dealer, & secondly not sure how competent Ozzie mechanics may be as these bikes didn't sell well in Australia, up until now I've loved mine! Cheers Jasen