VFR1000 pic!

[dilbee]

Rumor has it Honda is bringing back the VFR 1000. Like the looks of this. :)

[slow bro]

Rumor has it Honda is bringing back the VFR 1000. Like the looks of this. :)

I bet it won't by the time it comes out!

[fezzick]

Way too sporty a riding position for it to be an S/T. Does look nice, but I'd be surprised. But, then again, the Big H has done stranger things.

[holdontight]

Now thats nice but a don't think she's a very toury sports tourer. Better looking than those picks of the 08 CBR.

[Julz01]

...sexyful

[ST Kurt]

there is a bit of speculation about this bike in the current AMCN.

Apparently Honda have submitted design patents that look very different to the current breed of mass produced bikes.

If this technology is taken up en masse, I'm predicting that we're going to see the start of a design revolution amoung production bikes in the years ahead of us...

Should make for very exicting times being on a bike.

[Captain]

Surely it would be a little different from that pic, given that it would be replacing two of the best selling sport tourers ever; the VFR800 and the Blackbird. Just strange that it should be taking so long...

[fezzick]

Blackbird has been dropped altogether at the US model launch overnight and the "new" VFR is identical except for a silver paintjob.

Honda must have a death wish or something.

[jasonbw]

WOW... thats a bold move!!!

[jasonbw]

Why is it they're showing this as the new VFR on the Honda site... we sure that one above is right??

http://powersports.honda.com/2008models/#Interceptor

[Captain]

Blackbird has been dropped altogether at the US model launch overnight and the "new" VFR is identical except for a silver paintjob.

Honda must have a death wish or something.

The Blackbird hasn't been sold in the US since 2003. :confused1:


BTW, has anyone noticed that the 'thinking' smiley :thinking: looks just like the 'confused' smiley? :confused1:

Is this some comment on the IQ of RATS members?:pisslaugh:

[Birdman]

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

go Cap

and yeah ditto about the bird sales in USA, think youll find the same goes for SA

[zRoYz]

whats IQ?? do I have one of them??

to say Mr Honda has let me down again is a under statement, I don't know what that pic above is except some photochop fun but the new 08 VFR is more or less the same it has been since 02. Wow color change & a different undertail Honda pulled out all the stops this time & the new CBR looks fugly & it's the front fairing styling I don't like. The current CBR1000RR looks hot & if you look at the 08 they have gone back to the old solid look yuk.

Well the only good thing is Honda just saved me money because if the VFR had a revamp with 1000cc & inverted forks to bring it inline with the year 2008 I would have bought one. Now I just keep my old one because it's still a 08 model really :cursing:

[slow bro]

Honda: V4 revival in 2008-2009!
HERE'S SOME INFORMATION THAT MY MAKE YOU HAPPY IF IT HAPPENS, BUT MAY HURT YOUR WALLET ROY! :ayyy: :)

The 2008 Honda VFR1000 may look something like this...

According to Spanish website Solomoto, we may see a resurgence of Honda’s legendary V4-powered bikes over the next two years. While the 1980s and 90s V4 Honda RC30 and RC45 are considered to be all-time performance bike greats, the current VFR800 sports-tourer simply isn’t in the same league. Its variable-valve-timing (VTEC) system has been criticized for its erratic performance, and the bike has steadily lost ground to newer, more sophisticated rivals.

Honda are now expected to build a non-VTEC, 1000cc V4 which will power their new VFR1000 sports-tourer. And unlike the existing VFR800, the new bike is likely to have USD forks at front, Honda’s Unit ProLink system at the back, and radially-mounted brakes with ABS.




Could the 2008 Fireblade be the last CBR1000RR, before an all-new RVF1000 takes over...? (VFR1000-BRING IT ON!!!!!!!)

Solomoto even say that the current Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade may give way to an all-new RVF1000 by 2009. Instead of the Fireblade’s inline-four, the RVF1000 will use a 200bhp, 1000cc V4 and styling would mirror Honda’s MotoGP bikes. With Aprilia also working on their own 1,000cc V-four engine, which they claim will make more than 210 horsepower in race trim, maybe the V4 config is getting all set to make a big comeback. Should be worth waiting for!

[slow bro]

Does anyone know the dates for the bike show this year. I want to make sure I take the time off work.

[ST Kurt]

November 2nd - 4th, Sydney Olympic Park.

[slow bro]

November 2nd - 4th, Sydney Olympic Park.

Thanks :ayyy: