FI or F1?

Alright I just bought my 1998 VFR is it FI or F1? All really new to me. Fuel injected or not?

 

Hoss, I believe 1998 was the first year for fuel injection (FI).

 

Slightly confusing..

Honda in the UK at least don't use the somewhat simplistic US way of denoting the models (it's a '97, it's a 2000)..The original VFR800 is the first VFr with fuel injection (ignoring the RVF RC45).

The 1998 VFR800 is actually called VFR800 FiW
99) FiX
2000)FiY
2001) F1 ...
2002) F2 and so on

some are A3 ,A4 if they have ABS but this only applies to the VTEC models

Strictly speaking they are all FI but this in not part of Honda's model number.

Further to all this it should tell you on the sticker under the seat which model you have, and the paint code.

Rod

 

FI = fuel injected

 

Ah, clear and straight to the point.

Did the other posts in this thread not show up on your computer ?
Rod

 

They were there. Why do you ask?

 

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Just wondered why you felt it necessary to repeat the information that two posters had already provided.

 

Rogue, are you trying to talk smack or something? I was just responding to the freakin question! Just a straight and to the point response. hwell:

 

Zona, I don't think he is talking anything. As tends to happen sometimes answers get repeated in posts. I think Rogue was refering to my answer above, "Hoss, I believe 1998 was the first year for fuel injection (FI).". My answer was just a bit more detailed than the one you gave. No harm no foul. It's all good. That's what forums are for. If only one person answered a question, then we would not have the diversity given by everyones input.

 

Yeh, kinda..

I suppose it's all good. I just don't understand why he thinks his simplistic answer is worth adding to the two more detailed posts which already existed in the thread, it's not as if they were all posted at the same time and appeared in that order only because he was a second slower in reponding.

I think the original poster did not realise that there actually is a VFR800 F1 model too..

Rod

 

I understand both sides. Please, lets not turn this into an argument thread. I understand that is not the intention here, but I have seen it happen in other places. I have seen a number of threads where an answer was repeated, tho itmay have been worded a bit differently, and probably have repeated an answer myself that someone else gave, part of the time due to my just skipping to the end and others because of my personal experience. I am not saying that one persons experience is less valuable than anothers or ones answer is less valuable or pertinent to the question, it's just different. Yes, the original poster may not have realized his is an 800cc bike, but the cc size does not make it FI or carb. As most know 98 was the first year for fuel injection on the VFR. As it happened, it was also the first year for the 800.

 

FI or F1

So is it a FI or an F1?
I have a UK model and I knew it was fuel injected so the FI I understood and made sence, but some where along the line I was under the impression that it was an F1. It wasn't until I joined this site that I came to the conclusion that it was an FI. (Well that and I got the manual out for the first time since I owned the bike, 5 years now!) this site inspired me to adjust my own chain and use tools.

Thanks VFRworld

Bobby :third:

 

OK. So if there was an F1 designation what years were they? I only have experience with my bike being an 1998 VFR800FI. What did the FY, F1, F2, F3, etc. mean? Drop some more knowledge on us Rogue! :smile:

 

Jeez

What is the difficulty ?

The information is already posted in post number 3.
Rod

 

Yes, there is the designation, such as FP (for 93) which comes after the VFR750 designation. That, to my knowledge, is to help distinguish beween year models. Even motocross bbikes and cars get the same type of designations. For 1993, mine would be a VFR 750F P. Manufactureres will use letters of the alphabet with probably the exception of the letter 'O' (since it can be confused with a zero), and maybe Q. Whenthey reach the end of the alphabet, they may start again with the letter 'A' or move on to numbers, using 1 thru 9 and maybe 0 (zero).

Looking at bikebandit.com, for 1986, there was a VFR750F and a VFR 750F2. I do not know the difference between the two models or the reasoning behind the designation.

Why is it difficult? Because manufacturers make their designations differently as well as Honda has used designations like F2, F3, F4, F4i, and so on in the actual naming of the bike, like the CBR's and like the 86 VFR 750F and F2. Maybe difficult is not the right word. Confusing would be more appropriate.

 

These number or letter designations on automobiles or MC's have always had me confused especially with European brands such as BMW and Mercedes. I understand them more now than I did, but I wish a person from an actual manufacturer could shed some light on this topic. I understand that with both you have minor changes between model years while staying with a current generation of design and need a way to delineate the minor changes. I wish there was some kind of chart you could look at and just know what a letter or number meant added onto the model number. I had a 1978 Suzuki GS400(X) and there was also a GS400(C) and GS400(E) the same year; all basically the same bikes, but I guess each letter meant a different set of attributes to the particular bike. It is easy to see this system on Honda's current cruiser line.

 

The letter in a auto VIN most often corresponds to the year. Like 1985 might be letter 'E' for example. I would have to go look at some VIN's to give a bettwer descrip. I might look at some when I get home from work to give a better example.

 

On the sticker that (used to be) under my seat, it stated "VFR800FiY" very plainly. I have a 2000.

 

" I see. Do you want to have the full argument, or were you thinking of taking a course? "

Sorry off Topic. :biggrin: