I feel your pain Shepski

Honda spent all that money on the Crosstourer and then skimped on the suspension in my opinion. I tried the Veejay settings, they certainly quicken the steering, but don't fix the suspension 'feel' for me. I got in touch with Maxton a while back and I've pasted their reply below, which covers the VFR1200F. I queried this with them and, in contrast to your opinion, they feel the issue is common to the VFR1200F as well as the X, but I can't comment as I've never ridden an 'F'.
So far, I've replaced the rear shock with a Nitron, which is a massive improvement. But, it just highlights how inadequate the front end is now. So, this winter the front forks are off to Maxton.....
Maxton's Fact Sheet.HONDA VFR1200F 2010 to 2015
FRONT
The forks on the VFR1200F are upside down and have radially mounted brakes. The
forks are manufactured by Showa have rebound damping and preload adjustment.
As standard the forks feel very harsh and hard, they have a tendency to ‘kick off’
every bump in the road and are not very complient. The springs in the forks are
actually on the soft side, the reason the forks feel so hard is that they have far too
much compression damping. There is also not enough rebound damping in the
forks so when you let go of the brake the front end returns very quickly causing the
bike to run wide out of corners.
To cure the handling problems at the front of the bike we revlave and respring the
forks. It is very important the revlave the damping system to cure the problems, just
fitting softer springs to try and improve the ride quality will make very little difference
at all. We revalve the compression damping softer and allow the oil to flow around
the fork easier, then we increase the rebound damping to control the forks extension
better. We then actually fit harder fork springs to suit your rider weight and also
modify the damping adjusters to increase the range of damping in the adjuster
screws. The cost of this conversion is £380.00 + V.A.T per pair fo forks. We will also fit
new fork seals which cost an extra £25.00 + V.A.T per pair.
We can also offer a service on the forks which involves stripping the forks, checking
the internals for any wear and rebuilding the forks with new oil and fork seals. This
costs £145.00 + V.A.T for the pair. It is rare but If you require any guide bushes these
would be an extra cost.
REAR
The rear unit on the VFR1200F is a Shawa unit, it is a very cheap unit and there are
two big problems with it. The first is that the rear spring is too soft, which means
under power the rear of the bike squats down too far and causes the bike to run
wide out of fast corners. The other problem is that the rebound damping in the rear
shock is too soft, this means that the rear of the bike extends too quickly which can
cause the back end to ‘kick’ you out of the seat on a bumpy road. There is another
problem with the VFR1200F rear end and that is the bike sits too low, which makes
the bike hard to turn in fast tight corners and also contributes to it running wide on
fast sweeping corners.
We can respring the standard unit but this only makes the rebound damping
problem worse. To respring the standard unit costs £95.00 + V.A.T. We do not rebuild
or revalve the standard unit, in our opinion it is not worth it. If you want to improve
the rear of the bike really you need to replace the standard shock absorber.
We supply our own Maxton unit, its fully adjustable via a shim stack system and has a
spring measured to suit your riders weight and for what purpose the bike is used for.
There are two types of unit we supply, the first is a NR4 unit which costs £435.00 +
V.A.T. Its adjustable for rebound damping, compression damping, preload and ride
height adjustment.
The other unit we supply also has a remote reservoir which fixes under the pillion seat.
This unit has high and low speed compression damping adjustment, rebound
damping, preload and a ride height adjuster. The unit is called the RT10 Maxton
shock absorber and costs £605.00 + V.A.T.
Unless you have problems touching the ground because you are short in the leg, we
normally set the ride height adjuster on the Maxton shock to raise the rear of the bike
by 10mm.
We can also offer a hydraulic preload adjuster to go on either the NR4 or RT10 rear
shock, this costs an extra £220.00 + V.A.T.