I went down to the café to buy fish and chips for tea and saw a bike parked in front of the shops. As I rode past I noticed it was one of the VFR models. After parking the my bike I walked back and had a look. Nothing on the bike to suggest the actual VFR model but I guessed either 800 or 1200. The owner was walking back from the supermarket and 1200 was the one.
Told him the bike looked better in the flesh than in the photos I'd seen but I said that about the 1600 Beemer as well. He bought the bike new and due to a leg injury sometime ago he opted for the DCT version. It was either this bike or something like a Burgman Scooter with 1200 DCT a better option.
The top and side cases were part of a special no cost offer that Honda had on the bike at time of sale with the side cases located in our local caravan park for the rider's overnight stop.
It seems the bike just manages 300km before reserve light comes on and the owner sees the small tank being the down side.