I love my single sided arm.

Fugly

I think it looks pretty cool and I thought I read somewhere this thing is 200 hp? Can that be right? The important thing is it adds competition to the hypersport category.

Nope. They say "Honda's GP bike make 200HP in 800cc" how that is relevant is beyond me. This thing will be detuned like all the big ST bikes.

so wheres the new magna?

wait...did someone say VFR500? There was a VF500.

Doesn't Honda kind of use the VFR for almost experimental like stuff. SSSwingarm, V-tech, 1 lever ABS, EFI, etc? It'd be cooler to see the SS on the CBR1000.

I guess they decided to make it appeal to the old men sport-tourers. Which is why it would look kind of like a BMW.

Honda does what it wants to do. To me, Honda does not have it's finger on the pulse of the motorcycle rider. They make what they make, and hope the marketing dept can sell them. They've had some great bikes in the past, and have had some of the biggest head scratchers too (Fury and DN-01 come to mind as of late)

Vtec on the previous VFR was for emissions. I think it sucked personally. They took away one of the coolest sounds in motorcycling (gear driven camshafts) and replaced with what sounds like a bad lifter. I don't think people are going to line up to buy the new VFR just as they don't line up to buy the ST1300.

Future prediction:

THe 2010 VFR1200 will still be available in a crate, new, in 2013. Just like the Valkyrie was, just like the superhawk was, just like the VTX1800, and just like the Fury is going to be.

True.... honda just relies on the strength of their badge. Same goes with their cars.

There sure was. I still play with mine from time to time...