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Recently Honda just launched its all-new 2010 VFR1200F action touring bike and MotoUSA got a adventitious to analysis it out at Honda's U.S. address in Torrance, California. with a bare area of cardboard and accent by a V-4 engine and alternative dual-clutch automated transmission, Big Red calls this apparatus a approaching attending into for their two-wheeled brand. Can you say: V-4 powered CBR sportbike? Who knows, but it abiding makes my glands salivate. For now, here’s a attending at the data on the 2010 VFR.
According to Honda, the abstraction was to actualize “a affected action motorcycle for the arduous joy of riding, custom tailored for accomplished easily who ride hard, ride long, ride far and ride often.” With a “MotoGP derived” V-4 engine at the affection of this mega-mileage sportbike, it appearance “a different butt blueprint with rear two cylinders amid centermost on the crankshaft and foreground cylinders amid outboard.” This is said to attenuated the addition interface aboard the VFR1200F.
Honda VFR1200F / VFR1200F with Dual Clutch Automated Transmission
Engine Type: 1237cc liquid-cooled 76° V-4
Bore and Stroke: 81mm x 60mm
Compression ratio: 12.0:1
Valves: SOHC; four valves per cylinder
Induction: PGM-FI 44mm burke bodies
Ignition: Digital electronic
Transmission: 6-speed (VFR1200F) / Six-speed automated with two modes and chiral approach (VFR1200F with Dual Clutch Automated Transmission)
Final Drive: Shaft
Suspension
Front: 43mm; 4.7 inches travel
Rear: Pro Arm single-side swingarm with Pro-Link® individual gas-charged shock; 5.1 inches travel
Brakes
Front: Dual 320mm discs, CBS 6-piston calipers with ABS
Rear: Individual 276mm disc, CBS two-piston caliper with ABS
Tires
Front: 120/70 ZR17 radial
Rear: 190/55 ZR17 radial
Wheelbase: 60.8 inches (1545mm)
Rake: 25-deg
Trail: 101.0mm (4.0 inches)
Seat Height: 32.1 inches (815mm)
Fuel Capacity: 4.9 gallons
Color: Candy Red
Curb Weight: 591 lbs (VFR1200F) / 613 lbs (VFR1200F with Dual Clutch Automated Transmission)