vfr 800 sportbike?

I have a 98 vfr and love it. But I'm curious why honda never produced a vfr 800rr. It seems to me and I'm sure a whole lot of other people that bike would sell like crazy. I know the cbrs are great bikes and all but to imagine the cbr chassis with the v4 motor. I just can't understand why they haven't done it. Then again maybe just maybe they still will. Anyone have any ideas why they never did?

 

As much as I'd love a smaller version of the VFR750/800

The CBR600 seems to have filled the 600cc range market quite well.
...and the RVF and the Fireblade seemed to rock pretty hard in the larger displacement sportsbike markets.

 

They do make a V-4 sportbike its a RVF 750 but you can always tailor the bike to your style of riding. There are rumors that honda is bring back the RVF in 2012 supposed to be a 1000cc bike never know!

 

Mother Honda ain't gonna make something they don't expect to sell a billion of. Putting out an 800rr fills a gap that very few are looking in. Plus Suzuki would get mad cause they would have to up their 750!!!!!!

 

And they also said honda wasn't going to build a liter VFR and now we have a new viffer.

 

They did it for the track in the 800cc RC212V:

Honda RC212V - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Its to bad motogp is switching back to 1000cc but that's sort of what I mean. Honda has been racing with the v motors for sometime and bikes like the rc 30 rvf 750 and the like are incredible bikes. The rc 51 would be a time where they did make a racebike street legal and most importantly make it affordable. One of the reasons I think of getting one. But where is the v four in a racer replica version that is affordable. The new vfr 1200 sure isn't it.

 

If and when they ever produce a new RVF it's going to be big $$$ and may be out of reach for most everyone except race teams. Look at the new Moto3 four stroke race NSF250r they're making.........it's $25K

 

Exactly they will be price out the roof unless you have a chunk of change to throw down on it very few will be sold I doubt that they'll even make something like that the 1000RR have the market wrapped up.

 

What I don't get is, if Honda is running the RC212V in Moto GP and Ducati is now touting a new V4 motor, why would Honda not want to have a comparable machine for public consumption? Aren't they winning on the RC212V, look at Casey Stoner's last few races, he left pack and never looked back! What better way to sell a motorcycle to the public that to sell what's winning on the race track.

 

Save your pennies the RVF1000R will be here soon.

 

Storys like this excite me but after the decade of Honda making bikes no one wants make me a bit skeptic...
Honda RVF1000R | Coming Soon? - Motorcyclist magazine

 

The fireblade\cbr forum is pretty big but so is the rc51 forum as is this one. So I believe there would be room in hondas lineup for another sportier v4. And its just my opinion but the vfr1200 was a disappoint to me. I mean sure it is a great bike and all but nowhere near what the vfr started out as. To me its hondas answer to the other big sport tour bikes ie. Fjr concours etc. But anyway I for one sure would ike to see honda release something like the rvf 1000

 

I wouldn't hold your breath...if you want a V-4 sportbike buy a RSV4

 

Now that's was I'm talking about. Good things come to those who wait I guess. Now to start eating nothing but Top Ramen, staying in on the weekends, brown bag lunch, drink tap water...

Thanks for the post, I too was kinda loosing faith.

 

There is one made, it's called an RSV4, and it's made by Aprilia...

BTW, This whole discussion seems silly to me; the 800cc formula is considered one of the worse things to ever happen to MotoGP and now it's finally over. Why in the world would anyone want to make a bike in that class now? In 2007, to capitalize on the MotoGP tie in, perhaps, but now? Doesn't make sense.

Besides, Honda has not won any of the championships in the 800cc era (until it's last), even after they were the biggest pushers of that spec, so why would they want to link any sales of a bike to that?

 

It wouldn't seem silly if one is able to differentiate between pure racebikes that are not particularly based on street technology and the various street (type) bikes we see at local racetracks that have very little to do with streetbikes except "the look". Then we got the big boys on the street type bikes we see at the Superbike gigs that again may look like what your local dealer/stealer is humping. Ain't even close dude.. Get a grip..

Same thing with cars.. Those roundyround racers on the big ovals only look like Fords and Chevvys.. I bet some of them are really fibreglass..

 

Although that's an old photo shopped pic just to wet your appetite Honda has recently renewed all it's patents on the RVF moniker and in addition has applied for numerous other patents for the engine and transmission. Rule changes in MotoGP along with the return to 1000cc displacement will shift the focus to more production bike like similarities. Of course, for the majority of those that need higher handlebars, a comfier seat or will complain about the gas mileage an RVF1000 will be just another bike you don't need. Look at the typical response a " Should I buy an RC51" thread generates.