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OOOOhhhhh!!

I am jealous you Bas*%$£s. Just rub it in why don't you, a fine jolly indeed!!! Better be some good reporting coming back from this fellas, no enjoying yourselves, just work work work, how feckin awful!!!

QUESTIONS

Righto Andy, first off the definitive price would be nice. When will all the extra goodies be available as one would be extremely peeved to buy one in the next few months only to find out that from mid 2010 some of the more exotic goodies that have been mooted become available. Of course the 64 million dollar question what it rides and handles like in the real world. Stay off the Saki as we want a sober judgement and enjoy your wee sojourn to the far east and remember  the no glove no love rule. Ciao

Apart from the blade..

CBF1000, CB1000R, CBR600RR, CBF125, CBR125, ST1300, GL1800, CB1300SA, VFR800, etc etc etc, All of Honda's range? its really only the adventure stuff and cruisers (and of course the spectacular flop of the DN-01) that suck at the moment, most of the range is pretty good, if a little stale in places.

If depends what your dealer has in stock, if he's got a stack of Deauvilles/transalps and DN01's then they will be getting pretty dusty! I know what you mean about not being excited about the current Honda range, while most of the bikes are very good, they seem be avoiding risk taking with the looks at all costs, certainly the CBF's could look ten times better, without costing any more. the new XJ6 manages it. With the other big three now offering comparable build quality (more through honda's slipping than anything), its becoming increasingly hard to justify buying a Transalp for example when the F800GS and Versys are much better looking, have similar performance and are so closely priced. but like I said, the sports or touring Honda stuff always sells pretty well, just a shame they neglect the rest of the range.

Apart from the obvious 'how much will the damn thing cost' question we all want to know, I would like to know whether the exhaust is stainless steel throughout. I know it seems an odd question but at the rumoured price it should be. and secondly why the tank is smaller than the outgoing VFR (22L versus 18.5), Oh and ask him what the hell happened to the 8v oval pistons, I remember the NR750 coming out and thinking one day I'll have a V4 with 32 valves, but alas 17 years later I'm no closer! Bunch of play-it-safe wusses!