Editing VTEC (section)

== VTEC in motorcycles ==
Apart from the Japanese market-only [[Honda CB400SF]] Super Four HYPER VTEC,<ref name="world.honda.com">{{cite web |url=http://world.honda.com/motorcycle-technology/vtec/p3.html |title=Honda Worldwide &#124; Technology Close-up |publisher=World.honda.com |access-date=2010-12-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604162237/http://world.honda.com/motorcycle-technology/vtec/p3.html |archive-date=2011-06-04 }}</ref> introduced in 1999, the first worldwide implementation of VTEC technology in a [[motorcycle]] occurred with the introduction of Honda's [[Honda VFR800|VFR800]] sportbike in 2002. Similar to the SOHC VTEC-E style, one intake valve remains closed until a threshold of 6800 (6600 after 2006)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.visordown.com/reviews/motorbike/vfr800-vtec-2005-2013-review |title = VFR800 VTEC (2005 - 2013) review {{!}} Visordown}}</ref> RPM is reached, then the second valve is opened by an oil-pressure actuated pin. The dwell of the valves remains unchanged, as in the automobile VTEC-E, and little extra power is produced, but with a smoothing-out of the torque curve. Critics maintain that VTEC adds little to the VFR experience, while increasing the engine's complexity. Honda seemed to agree, as their VFR1200, a model announced in October 2009, came to replace the VFR800, which abandons the VTEC concept in favor of a large capacity narrow-vee "unicam", i.e., SOHC, engine. However, the 2014 VFR800 reintroduced the VTEC system from the 2002-2009 VFR motorcycle.