01-26-2016, 09:11 AM
In my opinion, the VFR1200F did poorly for a few reasons: first, it's styling. It came on the heels of the DN-01 and incorporated some of that awful styling. It has a funky fairing arrangement that blends the tank and the side fairings together that looks really weird. The windscreen isn't electrically adjustable, and worst of all, it doesn't have cruise control. The tank is also small when you consider the bike only gets 35mpg. The bags are an add-on and are very expensive.
It's far faster than an FJR at 160hp compared to the FJR's 140ish hp and 50 additional pounds. People bemoaning the weight I think have never shopped this category of bike or never rode the bike. 600lbs is nothing and the bike handles like a 400lbs sport bike. At 600lbs, it's one of the lightest sport-touring bikes available. Hell, my 700lbs Trophy handles better than my CB1100 (not that the CB1100 handles poorly, just that the Trophy is engineered to handle very well, despite its weight -- in other words, weight isn't the whole story).
It's far faster than an FJR at 160hp compared to the FJR's 140ish hp and 50 additional pounds. People bemoaning the weight I think have never shopped this category of bike or never rode the bike. 600lbs is nothing and the bike handles like a 400lbs sport bike. At 600lbs, it's one of the lightest sport-touring bikes available. Hell, my 700lbs Trophy handles better than my CB1100 (not that the CB1100 handles poorly, just that the Trophy is engineered to handle very well, despite its weight -- in other words, weight isn't the whole story).