# 2010 Honda VTR 1200F Launched \[Updated: 10/23/09\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [October 9, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2010-honda-vtr-1200f-launched-updated-10-23-09/247459 "2009-10-09T19:55:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2010-honda-vtr-1200f-launched-updated-10-23-09/247459/1 "2009-10-09T19:55:18Z")
**USA Special Site:** [http://powersports.honda.com/vfr](http://powersports.honda.com/vfr) **UK Special Site:** [http://www.feelvfr.com](http://www.feelvfr.com) **Dual Clutch Transmission Operation Demo Video:** [http://shift518.gom-host.com/showthread.php?t=12252](http://shift518.gom-host.com/showthread.php?t=12252) **First VFR Commercial [added 10/20/09]**: [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/5/2/525c9bd2d3d27ea62c0ebe08507d96fb45b3fb36.jpeg "The VFR1200F Advert") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8GD_yQfQuQ) **VFR Press Launch Footage at SUGO Circuit [added 10/23/09]** [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ8jWxZXzl4) **Official Press Release:** > 10.08.09 > American Honda Introduces 2010 VFR1200F > > American Honda Motor Company’s Powersports Division announced today the release of the much-anticipated 2010 VFR1200F. > > “This is one of the most exciting motorcycles in Honda’s history,” said Powersports Press Manager Bill Savino. “The VFR1200F establishes a whole new definition of performance motorcycling, one that taps into Honda’s rich V-4 VFR heritage and extends it into the future of Honda motorcycling. The new technology within this motorcycle is flat-out amazing and it all works together in a manner that takes the VFR1200F strides forward in how a high-end machine looks, works and feels. This is a sport motorcycle that will leave you smiling and ready for more even after you’ve been riding for hours on end.” > > More detailed information and images of Honda’s model line can be found on [www.powersports.honda.com](http://www.powersports.honda.com) or see your local Honda powersports dealer. > > **VFR1200F** > The 2010 VFR1200F embodies the next generation of new motorcycle technology, resulting in unsurpassed rider benefits for those in search of a sporting motorcycle that truly transcends common bounds. Honda’s V-4 heritage has been re-invented in astonishingly innovative form through the fusion of advanced technology to craft a futuristic sport motorcycle created for the sheer joy of riding, custom tailored for experienced hands who ride hard, ride long, ride far and ride often. > > Just a few of the incredible features and benefits found in the VFR1200F include Honda MotoGP engine technology and architecture; a light and compact 1237cc liquid-cooled 76-degree V-4 that pumps out amazing levels of power; Throttle By Wire for next-generation throttle response; lightweight and compact Unicam® valvetrain allows for significantly smaller cylinder heads; optional Dual Clutch Automatic Transmission with manual mode and automatic mode with two D/S modes and paddle-style shifters; Honda slipper clutch in the manual-shift VFR1200F; GP technology layer-concept aero fairing for unrivaled air management and futuristic style; next-generation shaft drive system with offset pivot point and sliding constant-velocity joint for a new level of shaft-drive performance and control. > > The VFR1200F will be available at Honda dealers in Spring of 2010. For more information on the VFR1200F, go to [www.powersports.honda.com](http://www.powersports.honda.com). > > **About Honda** > American Honda Motor Co., Inc. is the sole distributor of Honda motorcycles, scooters, ATVs and personal watercraft in the U.S. American Honda’s Motorcycle Division conducts the sales, marketing, and operational activities for these products through authorized Honda dealers. For more information on Honda products, go to [www.powersports.honda.com](http://www.powersports.honda.com). > **2010 Honda VFR1200F Features & Benefits** > > Drawing from a longstanding legacy of innovation within Honda’s V-4 lineup, the 2010 VFR1200F embodies the new generation of V-4 technology and unsurpassed rider benefits, setting the stage for Honda’s next 50 years. Honda’s V-4 heritage and VFR tradition is fully realized in the VFR1200F. It has been re-created in astonishingly innovative form through the fusion of advanced technology imported from the MotoGP world and other cutting-edge environments. Net result: a futuristic sport motorcycle created for the sheer joy of riding, custom tailored for experienced hands who ride hard, ride long, ride far and ride often. > > Features > > ``` > * Honda MotoGP V-4 engine technology and architecture bring cutting-edge performance to the VFR1200F. > * Unique cylinder layout with rear two cylinders located innermost on the crankshaft and front cylinders located outboard narrows the rider interface aboard the VFR1200F. > * Throttle By Wire for next-generation throttle response. > * Optional Dual Clutch Automatic Transmission with manual mode and automatic mode with two D/S modes and paddle-style shifters offers unparalleled freedom through innovative technology. > * Next-generation shaft drive system with offset pivot point and sliding constant-velocity joint for a new level of shaft-drive performance and control. > * Transferable one-year, unlimited-mileage limited warranty; extended coverage available with a Honda Protection Plan. > > ``` > > Engine/Drivetrain > > ``` > * Light and compact 1237cc liquid-cooled 76-degree V-4 pumps out amazing levels of power with a distinctive V-4 feel and sound. > * Symmetrically Coupled Phase-shift Crankshaft uses 28-degree crankpin offset to eliminate primary engine vibration. > * Asymmetrical exhaust lengths between front and rear cylinders boost power production and enhance power feel. > * Lightweight and compact Unicam® valvetrain allows for significantly smaller cylinder heads. > * Honda slipper clutch in manual-shift model allows unencumbered sport riding. > > ``` > > Chassis/Suspension > > ``` > * GP technology layer-concept aero fairing for unrivaled air management. > * Honda Pro Arm® single-sided swingarm with single gas-charged shock delivers cutting-edge rear suspension action; features handy remote spring preload adjuster, rebound damping adjustability and 5.1 inches of travel. > * Stout, sport-oriented 43mm inverted cartridge fork with spring preload adjustability and 4.7 inches of travel. > * New controls with smoother and more precise tactile feel enhance the riding experience. > * New-technology seat construction permits a higher level of seat shaping and forming details. > * Saddlebag mounts come standard on both versions of the VFR1200F. > > ``` > **2010 Honda VFR1200F Specifications** > > Model: VFR1200F / VFR1200F with Dual Clutch Automatic Transmission > > Engine Type: 1237cc liquid-cooled 76° V-4 > > Bore and Stroke: 81mm x 60mm > > Compression Ratio: 12.0:1 > > Valve Train: SOHC; four valves per cylinder > > Induction: PGM-FI with automatic enrichment circuit, 44mm throttle bodies and 12-hole injectors > > Ignition: Digital transistorized with electronic advance > > Transmission: Six-speed (VFR1200F) / Six-speed automatic with two modes and manual mode (VFR1200F with Dual Clutch Automatic Transmission) > > Final Drive: Shaft > > Suspension: > Front: 43mm cartridge fork with spring preload adjustability; 4.7 inches travel > Rear: Pro Arm single-side swingarm with Pro-Link® single gas-charged shock with remote spring preload adjustability and rebound damping adjustability; 5.1 inches travel > > Brakes: > Front: Dual full-floating 320mm discs with CBS six-piston calipers with ABS > Rear: Single 276mm disc with CBS two-piston caliper with ABS > > Tires: > Front: 120/70 ZR17 radial > Rear: 190/55 ZR17 radial > > Wheelbase: 60.8 inches (1545mm) > > Rake (Caster angle): 25°30’ > > Trail: 101.0mm (4.0 inches) > > Seat Height: 32.1 inches (815mm) > > Fuel Capacity: 4.9 gallons > > Color: Red > > Curb Weight\*: 591 pounds (VFR1200F) / 613 pounds (VFR1200F with Dual Clutch Automatic Transmission) [source: Honda USA] ---
**Author:** ![Hank1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hank1/32/6329_2.png) [@Hank1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hank1)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2010-honda-vtr-1200f-launched-updated-10-23-09/247459/2 "2009-10-09T20:02:53Z")
IMO it’s ugly as hell that fairing design is aweful!!! ---
**Author:** ![freakLS7](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freakls7/32/6298_2.png) [@freakLS7](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/freakLS7)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2010-honda-vtr-1200f-launched-updated-10-23-09/247459/3 "2009-10-09T20:03:12Z")
YANKEES FTW!!! ---
**Author:** ![Hank1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hank1/32/6329_2.png) [@Hank1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hank1)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2010-honda-vtr-1200f-launched-updated-10-23-09/247459/4 "2009-10-09T20:05:44Z")
> [@Looking for new job](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-new-job/24248/40): > > YANKEES FTW!!! WTF ?? is this something for me after everything i post ???:wierd ---
**Author:** ![Oleg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oleg/32/6276_2.png) [@Oleg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oleg)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2010-honda-vtr-1200f-launched-updated-10-23-09/247459/5 "2009-10-11T13:37:10Z")
Pretty cool, but someone enlighten me, what does a sport tourer need 170+ hp for? ---
**Author:** ![Mike3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mike3/32/6350_2.png) [@Mike3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike3)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2010-honda-vtr-1200f-launched-updated-10-23-09/247459/6 "2009-10-11T13:48:46Z")
Why wouldn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Oleg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oleg/32/6276_2.png) [@Oleg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oleg)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2010-honda-vtr-1200f-launched-updated-10-23-09/247459/7 "2009-10-11T13:51:23Z")
That’s not really an answer. ---
**Author:** ![Mike3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mike3/32/6350_2.png) [@Mike3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike3)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2010-honda-vtr-1200f-launched-updated-10-23-09/247459/8 "2009-10-11T13:53:28Z")
You are correct. It was another question. ---
**Author:** ![RubinoMX290](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7feea3/32.png) [@RubinoMX290](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RubinoMX290)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2010-honda-vtr-1200f-launched-updated-10-23-09/247459/9 "2009-10-11T14:20:56Z")
because it does. more power the better. most people like bigger bikes than 250s ---
**Author:** ![usmc2801](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/usmc2801/32/6387_2.png) [@usmc2801](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/usmc2801)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2010-honda-vtr-1200f-launched-updated-10-23-09/247459/10 "2009-10-11T14:49:52Z")
> [@Who else is sick ?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-else-is-sick/24269/32): > > Pretty cool, but someone enlighten me, what does a sport tourer need 170+ hp for? Why not? And besides a lot of the newer cruiser style bikes make over 150hp to the wheel and go well over 100+ mph. ---
**Author:** ![Oleg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oleg/32/6276_2.png) [@Oleg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oleg)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2010-honda-vtr-1200f-launched-updated-10-23-09/247459/11 "2009-10-11T15:33:48Z")
> [@R1 vs Buggati vs Carrera GT](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/r1-vs-buggati-vs-carrera-gt/24286/3): > > because it does. more power the better. most people like bigger bikes than 250s Oh no, you’ve outed me, I only like 250s! ---
**Author:** ![Oleg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oleg/32/6276_2.png) [@Oleg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oleg)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2010-honda-vtr-1200f-launched-updated-10-23-09/247459/12 "2009-10-11T15:34:58Z")
> [@So I had way too much time on My hands.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-had-way-too-much-time-on-my-hands/24281/10): > > Why not? And besides a lot of the newer cruiser style bikes make over 150hp to the wheel and go well over 100+ mph. Different power delivery though, no? I don’t really know much about cruisers but I was under impression that 100hp is a perfectly reasonable amount for anything other than burning rubber. ---
**Author:** ![usmc2801](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/usmc2801/32/6387_2.png) [@usmc2801](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/usmc2801)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2010-honda-vtr-1200f-launched-updated-10-23-09/247459/13 "2009-10-11T15:57:15Z")
> [@FREE! FREE! FREE! tomorrow night.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/free-free-free-tomorrow-night/24277/11): > > Different power delivery though, no? > I don’t really know much about cruisers but I was under impression that 100hp is a perfectly reasonable amount for anything other than burning rubber. Your right it is…for any bike 100hp would be reasonable and still be very fast, but its a thing called competition ex: Busa vs. ZX-14 they both don’t need the power they make, but every year they try to surpass each other. Only difference these days is manufactures of cruiser bikes are starting to make a shit ton of power as well, like the V-Rod. Cruisers are becoming lighter and being built with more power, plus the majority of them have simple bolt-on superchargers these days. ---
**Author:** ![Oleg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oleg/32/6276_2.png) [@Oleg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oleg)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2010-honda-vtr-1200f-launched-updated-10-23-09/247459/14 "2009-10-11T16:09:57Z")
So it’s mostly marketing then. They already capped the speed electronically, I wonder if they’ll have to do the same for hp eventually. ---
**Author:** ![usmc2801](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/usmc2801/32/6387_2.png) [@usmc2801](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/usmc2801)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2010-honda-vtr-1200f-launched-updated-10-23-09/247459/15 "2009-10-11T16:37:20Z")
> [@Who else is sick ?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-else-is-sick/24269/36): > > So it’s mostly marketing then. They already capped the speed electronically, I wonder if they’ll have to do the same for hp eventually. Pretty much…and as ugly as everyone may think that bike looks…it is similar to BMW’s sport touring bikes from the early 2000’s which I see all the time and there was a shit ton of them when I went out to Indy for MotoGP earlier this year. ---
**Author:** ![Oleg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oleg/32/6276_2.png) [@Oleg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oleg)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2010-honda-vtr-1200f-launched-updated-10-23-09/247459/16 "2009-10-11T17:07:17Z")
Haha yeah, the first time I saw some of the shots I thought the circle on the side of the fairing looked like a BMW badge, the bike does have that look. I think it looks ok, but it will probably be severely overpriced and personally I think it’s overpowered, insurance alone would probably be steep. It’s ostentatious, not practical. ---
**Author:** ![pootmasterflex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pootmasterflex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pootmasterflex)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2010-honda-vtr-1200f-launched-updated-10-23-09/247459/17 "2009-10-16T17:13:36Z")
well I currently have a 2003 vfr800 with saddle bags and it has 108hp to the wheel and I can tell you right now I wish it had had the same power my 2006 cbr1000rr had when your a bigger guy like me 230lbs 6’ tall liter bike power feels great and going to a smaller bike with less power makes it feel like a moped not say that it is because it deff has a nasty torque curve and handle like no other bike I have ridden just once you have had liter bike power everything else feels slow ---
**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2010-honda-vtr-1200f-launched-updated-10-23-09/247459/18 "2009-10-20T21:00:19Z")
First VFR Commercial: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8GD\_yQfQuQ](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8GD_yQfQuQ)