Photos: Honda Crosstourer Concept

Not to be confused with the VFR800X — as the name suggests, a VFR800 with faux adventure styling — the Honda Crosstourer Concept allegedly isn’t a production model and actually plans to venture off-road. We showed you the Crosstourer yesterday, … Continued

2011 Honda CBR1000RR, CBR600RR, Shamu: new colors

These are the new European colors for the Honda CBR1000RR, Honda CBR600RR and Shamu. While the two CBRs have some really nice new schemes like this tri-color 1000, Shamu is available for the first time in black. They say it’s … Continued

Honda VFR1200F: riding Shamu on the road

Last Saturday, we took the Honda VFR1200F to the track and were terrified. This week, we put in a bunch of highway miles, some of them two-up. This should be Shamu's ideal environment, right?…

2010 Honda VFR1200F: taking Shamu to the track

Photos: The SB ImageI should have known when the Ohlins tech couldn't stop laughing while he was setting up the suspension. "You're not going to like this around here," he said, bouncing the rear end up and down to demonstrate…

Video: making Shamu

Been wondering how the Honda VFR1200 is put together? This video shows the bike's 130 meter long production line that's capable of producing a finished bike every 90 seconds. Been wondering why Honda decided to make a 591lbs sport tourer…

Honda UK bans VFR800 owners from testing Shamu

Apparently fearing unflattering comparisons, Honda UK has effectively banned owners of the VFR800 and other previous VFRs from riding the 2010 Honda VFR1200. MCN, England's largest bike publication, had scheduled a loan of Shamu post media launch in order to…