Honda VFR 1200 DCT test: automatic access to the myth ?
Surprisingly technologically shy, the new 2010 Honda VFR seemed to lack that zest of sophistication that has always defined this iconic lineage. But that was counting without the version equipped with the double clutch gearbox… Test !
Excellence as a business card…
Some titles require an obligation of perfection that is hard to wear … Take Miss France or Miss World: in addition to a top physique and a first-class posture, the most beautiful woman on earth also carries on her shoulders (perfect, obviously) l ‘obligation to embody a certain form of elegance and distinction…
The smallest gap, the slightest photo with a thong or a more or less suggestive pose that would replace the scarf and the ingenuous smile would be enough for the Miss in question to be disowned by her peers and dragged through the mud as if she solicited minors in Pigalle … Well since its discovery in 1986, the VFR saga is subject to the same duty of perfection !
An almost ideal compromise between sportiness and the comfort of a road, the showcase of Honda know-how has this iconic status which imposes on its designer a permanent search for the ideal and the absence of the right to make mistakes. Under these conditions, the degree of requirement surrounding the arrival of a new model obviously reaches new heights … and it is clear that in this respect, the test of the VFR 1200 F revealed some shortcomings (read our).
Because despite its V4 developing 173 hp and 129 Nm of torque and rigorous dynamic behavior – even if the usual fair Sport-GT balance turns out to be roughed up by a substantial weight (267 kg fully loaded) and a front axle more stable than ‘agile -, the sixth generation of VFR appeared surprisingly stripped of high technological content.
Worse: it turned out to lack the modern equipment that most of its competitors exhibit today! Announced as a jewel of innovation and modernism, the 1200 VFR F ignores electronic traction control systems, piloted suspension adjustments, choice of injection maps and the services offered by a control computer. edge.
But the world’s leading manufacturer has resources and underestimating its technological firepower would be a serious mistake: to resuscitate a "controlled designation of origin" of this caliber, Honda could not decently avoid asserting its status as leader and major contributor to the greatest advances in the world of two-wheelers !
Thus, the VFR 2010 will indeed clear a new path, particularly delicate in addition: that of the automation of gear change! Called VFR 1200 DCT (Dual Clutch Transmission, double clutch transmission), this long-awaited variation is indeed the first motorcycle in history to adopt this type of gearbox. !
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