Honda say the V4 engine will be at the heart of future modelsHONDA HAVE just unveiled this new V4 concept bike to the world's motorcycle press at the Cologne Show.Full details are scant right now but the general gist of the presentation

THIS is Honda's new Crosstourer, powered by the same 1200cc V4 as the VFR1200.According to Honda it's 'an adventure sports tourer which takes Honda's unique V4 heritage in a new direction'.First unveiled as a concept model in 2010, the Crosstourer

but adapted and evolved to create a machine that can be many things to many riders.History of the Honda VFRThe VFR lineage reaches back to the track-dominating RS and RVF750, but the first use of a V4 engine in a road bike was the pioneering VF750. Unveiled

HONDA'S new Crosstourer will be priced at £11,475 when it's released to the UK in April.The all-new V4 adventure bike was first unveiled as a concept at the Milan show in 2010 before being announced that it would be going into production at the end

in which designers and engineers continued to work in unison.The first V4 Concept model was unveiled to a stunned audience at the Intermot show in October 2008. The radically styled concept  bike perfectly displayed the free thinking that had absorbed