MAN! You are riding a 270kg behemoth - and the fact you are even competing in that level is undoubtedly a massive testament to the sheer brilliance of this bike! THE VFR 1200 is one of the MOST underrated bikes yet- even in 2021- it is still such a torque-monster powerhouse beast- NOT full tourer, not 100% pure race track - BUT DOES BOTH BETTER THAN MOST !! IN A SUPER COMFORTABLE SEAT & RIDE POSITION- A must have in any true bikers stable! FOR £ 6500 ( you can get a very neat low mileage 2014 vs ) you WILL NOT FIND ANYTHING CLOSE TO COMPETE AT EVEN DOUBLE THE PRICE- A thoroughly well designed piece of engineering brilliance!

I have the DCT version its quite happy cruising around but it can still put a big smile on your face when you ask it to :)

Stuff of legends throwing a 275 kg Sports tourer around putting the wind up sports bike. I owned one and loved the V4.

Bloody nice run, dude !

I have one too and it doesn't get embarrassed at track days here at Oz. 3:37 - Loved it how the slow dude was balking you in the corkscrew so you sailed around the outside - ala Stoner Vs Rossi!! (hahaha)

Nice vid mate. Great lean angles and smooth running. I have the DCT version, both variants are truly amazing bikes. Honda's best kept secret?

Nice work!

9 of 45 riders crashed? I guess some people don't know their limits! Nice riding. I was looking at this bike as a second bike purchase and like that it has an automatic version. I love shifting, but honestly I can see so many advantages to focusing on handling/braking without bringing shifting in to the equation.

I know its and old video. Here because I just picked up a 2012 VFR. I will do trackdays. Have many laps on various tracks on the East side. It's a dream of mine to lap Laguna Seca. You've shown the bike is capable. Hope I'm up to the task!

Same here ....The only bike that was slowly edging away from me on a 2015 VFR 1200F was a BMW S100RR with a competent rider on board....

Dustin' sucka's and smackin' bitches with a sport tourer! Nice job!!!

Any chance you remember your suspension settings at the time you made this video?

enjoyed that, I also have the DCT. in sports mode its fast enough for me. Looking at the speeds you reached in 2nd & 3rd I get the impression yours is not 'standard' ?? Guhl flashed ECU

the beast

Honda Powersports should have had your video as a sales and marketing tool .......plus I think you might hold the lap record on the Ortega Hwy !

Love watching your vid mate. What tyres were you using on the day? Were you running with upgraded suspension?

Nice riding ! I see U had to steer clear of some squids who don't understand lines just so they didn't crash into U. LOL!

Dude was like slow down don't pass me lol

Nice ride...I can hear a few scraps against bitumen in sharp corners , and I am all too familiar with it. The VFR 1200F doesn't scrap the foot pegs but the part of the exhaust under the frame on the right side , and the pointy bottom end of the side stand pivot point on the left side of the bike...... Do yourself a favour , and buy the rear shock link replacement that is jacking up the back end for 35mm. It only cost 35 Euros from Germany ( bikefarmMV Motorradtechnic or something like that ), it will give you more ground clearance , sharpen up the front end and point into tho corner easier, make the steering a bit lighter . It will also effectively change the preload on the rear shock and make it a bit firmer , just as it should be and will work in pair with front fork . It will still accomodate factory centre stand if you wish to have one , or after market exhaust . It is all good news as long as you are not a midget , and you can reach the ground with your feet as the seat is about 30mm higher than standard.

9 crashed? holy shit lol. Anyway nice riding

My next bike

Great skills! I'm super impressed. I have the same bike (same mods too) and I could never toss the big Viffer around with that degree of competency.

What an awesome bike. A perfect supersport tourer for the highways, canyons and weekend track days. Why discontinue this marvel Honda? Why?

Hi Magnus, any mods to the bike? Great ride!

You passed all but the last bike; what was it?

Love seeing my bike in action. Was it stock?

Great vid mate but the VCfr never got out of 4Rth

Your record? Top speed?

Con la terza marcia non è possibile che andavi così piano

Is this the dct version?

does it vtec? i own a vfr 800, i love it, but i dont like the vtec kicking in. this 1200 seems to go more linear.

+magnusx99 1:37 What was his problem?

Great video, Guhl reflash?

You would have nailed that S1000RR if your lines were tighter and you would have braked a little later... Nice ride though .. :-)

I hate pegs going down. It freaks me out

オーナーです、俺のVFRもこんなに早いのか？！

pero esto?? es un principiante no por las calles se conduce mucho mas rápido

untie those horses

Honda missed the mark with this bike and the riding public have spoken through not buying them. It's almost as though Honda had too much money in research and development and needed a chassis to plonk their engine in to recoup some of it back. Some commenters have talked about great linear power bands and I reckon using that terminology when talking about the VFR just means they're from Mars. To 3000 rpm the engine has all the same characteristics of a diesel and up to 6000 rpm it's not a whole lot better. Ok over 6000rpm it'll rip your arms out of their sockets but not for long at 2 k's per litre roughly 40k's/25 miles per tank. So from a standing start you're going to over rev it to stop it chugging and possibly stalling which becomes real important if you have any sort of lock on because it gets real heavy in a hurry. You are never going to ride at less than 3000rpm, so around town you'll be on the cusp between 2nd and 3rd gear seemingly revving its head off going nowhere. I own a 2015 F and I'm totally over all the jibes about how it sounds like a leaf blower. There's no defence to that though because it's true. Taking the engine out of the equation the rest of the bike is absolutely brilliant right off the showroom floor. Handles like a dream and the shaft drive is un noticeable. Oh and some half sucked aniseed ball decided to swap around the indicators and horn on the left switch block. The CBR 1100xx with it's suspension done up is probably a better bike overall and I own one of those too. So I use the VFR as an exciting commuter and go out to play on the weekends riding the Blackbird. What do I know?

Spent almost all the time in 3rd gear, occasionally used 4th. Boring