Call me crazy but I wont get it because of the shaft drive.

Werd. I'm no fan of shaft drive either.

They gave it the shaft. Hardy har har.

I like the shaft especially if the bike is marketed as a sport tourer, just the lack of maintenance required for the shaft is what would sell me. However, if you are looking at it as a pure sports bike then no, shaft is not as efficient or adaptable (different sprocket sizes) as a chain drive

dont you have to get it looked at every year?

I'm not really an expert but off the top of my head I would say change the shaft oil at 1000 miles (when the bike is new), then every 12k miles after that. You also will prolly have to clean and grease the splines every time you remove the rear wheel, and keep your eye out for any leaks from the shaft housing. The housing seals should be changed when they leak, which is a failrly painless task (but still quite involved).

Exactly. Way more work and way more expensive to fix if it breaks. Chain and sprockets have worked fine for decades.

Any more updates about this new VFR?

Eh, I disagree. Chains are definitely easier to change when you need to but a shaft drive should last for the life of the bike. Where I live right now I dont have a garage, it rains a lot, and we also get a lot of salt air from the ocean. As a result, my chain rusts pretty quickly and it also tends to get kinks in it if is isnt cleaned weekly. A shaft drive would be much less of a headache.

new pics

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/e...FR-1200-V4.jpg

http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/mod...r1000%2009.htm

http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/pic...VFR%201000.jpg

http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/pic...01000%2010.jpg