Speaking to a press conference in Japan in December, Mr Kyoichi Yoshii, Chief Engineer, Product Development Division, Honda R&D, said the bike would be targeted at Europe, followed by the US, Japan and then China.

“China is one big, important market for the VFR1200F,” Mr Yoshii. He went on to say that Honda wanted to explore more challenging markets.

I have to wonder, why not target China with a domestically made joint venture 500cc EFI single or twin for domestic sale and export, rather than this exotica, which will be super expensive to buy and run, and is too powerful for Chinese roads!!