VFR1200: How did Honda get it so wrong?!

[sean]

the bike will be right !!! it will ride well , will be comfy, and TBH i think it looks quite good

however NOT fitting it with the minimum touring size tank of 22ltrs is a fatal error on honda's part

+1

i think that this bike will be a bit of a dark horse to be honest, i'm really quite interested in it and cant wait to see one in the flesh so to speak........

[StumpyFingers]

I am waiting for the release then I will try a test ride.

[pdsquire]

I just read the title of this thread properly.

My question is how do any of us know if they have got it wrong??

It's the tank that bothers me. The tank.

The engine will be a cracker; comfort is not likely to be a problem; the finish and quality will be stupendous, but the correct word has already been used about the tank size: unforgiveable. It just feels like a kick in the teeth for customers to build a bike that is so impractical, and WELL below the level of thoughfulness in design for which Honda was rightly famed.

I'll lust after it alright (though it could be prettier) but I couldn't buy one.

[416cc]

I'll be kind & say that it's ugly...