Am I the only person to have owned a VFR 800 and not liked it?  I'm not tyring to be a troll.  But, I am curious if there are VFR owners out there which have owned or taken a long test ride on other ST bikes to compare? 

The ergos, wind management, fit 'n finish, and sound were brilliant.  The suspension was good.  It did well with or without a load of luggage.  But, the VFR felt heavy and lacked power.  And, God forbid, you get in the twisties and V-tech kicked in and out.   

Given the VFR's competition, back in the day, I would have rated the ST3 #1, the Sprint ST #2, and the VFR #3. 

I've not ridden a VFR1200.  I'd love to.  If it had better distance capcity and slightly larger hard cases, I may have owned one by now.

 You need to try a real GDC VFR not a V-TEC or 1200 pretender. You'll probably still think it's underpowered if you don't downshift, but I bet you'll still have plenty of fun.

I will say almost every VFR I've had thru my garage has been owned by a laundry list of people. They do change hands a lot. That's probably some kind of indicator.

Meh. Liz owned one of the VFR 800, non vtec. It was okay. Power delivery was fine. Plenty of it. But I never gelled with the bike, I certainly didn't fall in love with it, & I truly do not understand all the rabid fans of the VFR overall. The only one I ever truly enjoyed riding, a 1999, had two thousand dollars worth of suspension work done to it

 I am the 3rd owner of my 98, and I've put twice as many miles on it as the 2 POs combined. The 94 I just bought has 127K on it. PO only had it a few months, and didn't want to sell it. Somebody must have liked riding it. I know I do.

 Yeah my 98 has $2K of suspension on it. Makes it the bike it should have been all along. I'll ride it till I can't ride it anymore.

 Yeah I'm a GDC VFR zealot.

I miss my VFR. I kick myself for selling it. Now that I have the Zex, I know the VFR can't compare in a lot of areas. I still miss it though. It gelled with me quite well. Until i found out what power was (bought the Busa while still owning the VFR) and got spoiled. that was the only issue. I would still like to buy another. Not new, mind you. I never had probs with the VTEC. I realized it didn't do much to help the bike, but whenever it kicked in, I always smiled like a lil kid. Many a time I did it on purpose just to hear it.