YEAH... when this naked hits the streets, I'm gonna buy one. :)

fieldsanitation · Sep 17, 2013

Honda's naked VF800 designs - | Motorbike reviews | Latest Bike Videos | MCN

Honda’s 800cc V4 is on the money, power-wise, making 108bhp in the VFR and 101bhp in the Crossrunner. It’s also ideal because it’s not a conventional
inline-four, offering more midrange and character than the more common design.

While a complex engine when compared to inline motors – even ignoring the VTEC system that disables eight of the valves at low revs, there are two sets of cylinder heads and all their associated gubbins where an inline motor has just one – Honda has been making it for so long that it amortised its development costs years ago, allowing it to be financially competitive with newer, simpler engines.

Despite the fact it’s been 12 years since the VTEC VFR was launched, the engine is still a modern design, and it’s particularly useful in this instance because it was always intended to be used as a structural component.

The VFR dates from a period when Honda had a philosophy of separating the swingarm pivot from the main chassis – as on the 929cc and 954cc Fireblades of the early ’00s.

That means the newly-designed steel tube frame for the naked machine, which will presumably be called the VF800, can follow the latest trend for minimalist frames and structural engines. In fact, the frame looks very similar to the trellis on the recently-spied 2014 Ducati Monster 1198.

Although the illustrations here show an oversimplified swingarm design – as with the engine, the swingarm isn’t part of the patent, so it’s only a rough representation – the VFR800 motor has always been used with a single-sided arm in the past.

That would again suit this sort of bike, adding an element of style, and, if it were to share the arm with the VFR and Crossrunner, reduce the cost associated with such a design.

While it’s possible the VF800 will appear as a 2014 model, it could still be more than a year away. Honda’s NC700 was revealed in patent form some two years before it reached showrooms.
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love me some naked!!!!!!

Noobtastic14 · Sep 17, 2013

I'm excited.

-Drew

reg71 · Sep 26, 2013

I'd like to see the Cross runner they hinted at but more dirt oriented than current offerings. just don't know if it is the right engine for that. I suppose it's better than a lot of other offerings out there.

Rangerscott · Oct 6, 2013

I just want a 1000cc V4 I can bolt into my 5th gen.

danny_tb · Oct 6, 2013

Rangerscott said: ↑

I just want a 1000cc V4 I can bolt into my 5th gen.
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It's called a supercharger kit:
aaperf.com
;-)

Rangerscott · Oct 6, 2013

danny_tb said: ↑

It's called a supercharger kit:
aaperf.com
;-)
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It's called no more.

danny_tb · Oct 7, 2013

Rangerscott said: ↑

It's called no more.
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I knew the Torocharger was no more... So this one's no more too?

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