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Wow Honda is really getting boring.
First, this is the first time in 20+ years the VFR didn't get redesigned on its 4 year cycle. There have been 4 years of V-5 rumors, 1000cc VFR rumors, a few months ago Honda's CEO dropped a rumor that they were making a bike that had VTEC + VCM which seemed highly likely to be the VFR, that would have given it like 70mpg economy.
So what do they do? They fix the ECU that caused Wayne to sell his VFR and get that pimped out Ducati. After 4 years of VFR owners all over the world complaining the FI sucked and needed to be fixed, all kinds of efforts to fix it once and for all with power commanders, 02 eliminators, custom dyno tunes, etc.. Honda doesn't help at all and then has the nuts to change it for the 2006 model after denying the problem. (They moved the VTEC transition from 6800 -> 6400 rpm and say they have redone the ECU) Oh and they added clear signal lenses! Woohoo.
The only bike they revamped for real was the CBR1000RR.
Then they added Satellite navigation and an airbag to the Gold wing. Holy nuts.
I'm not getting rid of my VFR tomorrow or anything, and my FI is improved over stock but this whole thing pisses me off enough I'll be getting a Triumph, BMW, or even maybe a Buell whenever the new bike bug bites me next.
I am really thinking if Soichiro Honda was still alive there would be a V-5 monster bike out by now, maybe a replacement for the blackbird, etc.. but they sure seem like they are getting more and more boring every year.
I guess I would change my mind if Honda offered the new ECU mapping to 02-05 owners but unlike other companies Honda doesn't seem to do that.