2017 Honda VFR800F VFR

BEAUTIFUL ONE OWNER VFR 800!
SOLD BY US NEW.
LOW KLMS!
HEATED GRIPS.
TRACTION CONTROL.

A superb engine, great ergonomics and sharp styling adds to broad appeal – no wonder the venerable sportstourer is still a vital cog in Honda's armoury after all these years.
In 2014, Honda updated the VFR800F, with the latest iteration of its evergreen V-four-powered sportstourer featu a host of revisions and improvements.

The suite of updates included a revision to the 800cc, 90-degree, V-four engine's VTEC valve system to boost low and mid-range power, the addition of traction control and two-channel anti-lock braking, a 3kg lighter die-cast aluminium subframe, a new swingarm and 43mm fork, and the fitment of radial brakes. Moreover, the seat height is now adjustable by 20mm, there's revised instrumentation, and the lights are now LED.

In total, the model's kerb weight has been reduced by a whopping 10kg, mainly due to a single muffler replacing the dual underseat design of the previous model. Claimed kerb weight is now 239kg.

A big part of the VFR's success is, undoubtedly, the extremely flexible and linear powerplant. It's just so full of character, and has always been. It's actually 'lost' a couple of horsepower in the latest guise, which is neither here nor there when you consider that it has such delicious and smooth power delivery from the basement, which morphs into the midrange before a real kick at about 8000rpm.

Redline is 12,000rpm, and there's about 750pm of over-rev available if you really want to keep the Viffer on the boil. Speaking of ratios, the gap between the second and third cogs is quite large, but in an engine with such a broad spread of torque it isn't a big momentum killer.

Honda quotes the VFR800F as being good for 78kW (106ps/104.6hp) at 10,250rpm and 75.1Nm of torque at 8750rpm, the power then being fed down to the ground via a supple hydraulic clutch, six-speed gearbox and chain final drive. Those peaks are 2kW and 5Nm lower than the previous model, but with Honda playing with the cam timing and valve duration and overlap, it's actually more 'rideable' than ever.

The traction control is basic in the sense that it's single mode. Honda says it "covers a wide variety of riding conditions and situations", but on a bike that is such a quality all-rounder it'd have to be. But compared to the previous offe – zilch -- it's a welcome rider aid, alongside the anti-lock braking, which has been a gla omission until now. The anti-lock braking is non-switchable, which isn't uncommon in the sportstou landscape.

The VTEC variable valve timing in the engine switches between two-valve and four-valve operation. Essentially, the VFR operates on two valves per cylinder up until it reaches 6600rpm, when it switches over to four valves per cylinder. When the revs are dropping it switches back to two-valve operation. Honda says this delivers the best of both worlds -- boosted fuel economy without sacrificing low and midrange grunt, with a storming top end.

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