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MOTORCYCLE NEWS : GENERAL NEWS

07 / 08 / 08

Honda UK: We have no plans to build a V5 road bike

By Visordown News

Honda UK's General Manager for motorcycles quashes MCN's front cover fantasy of V5 VFR1000 road bike

Visordown Motorcycle News
Sorry folks, it's all make believe

VISORDOWN HAS just spoken to Honda UK regarding the front cover story of this week's Motorcycle News, which claims the company have TWO 1000cc V5 road bikes in the pipeline.

When asked about the rumours, Honda UK's General Manager for motorcycles, Steve Martindale, said: "Neither Honda UK or Honda Europe have any plans in the pipeline for a V5-based VFR road bike."

Mmmm, interesting. Which means MCN's 'world exclusive pictures' (a.k.a. computer-generated images) of a 150bhp, Ferrari-style gearchange, rail-free chassis supersports tourer, are nothing but utter schoolboy fantasy.

Couple this with last week's 'MotoGP 600 exclusive' front cover and it makes you wonder what they're going to dream up for next week's issue?

Keep 'em peeled!

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scratchyanditchy

Posted: 06/08/08 18:09:12 12

HA. so mcn have been caught out telling porkies! good I am glad that vd has exposed them for the sham that their pointless rag has become

I havnt bought the paper for ages every story that is in there is on the web weeks before they can be bothered to print it.I do like to look through the mcn in Morisons to see how far behind everyone else they are then put it back withouyt given them my money. it only takes two minutes.

what makes it even worse is that rather than givingb Crag jones the front cover they think 2 made up bikes with crap fake pictures is more important than the death of one of our contries best young riders

They should be ashamed but I bet there not at all