Honda VFR auto

dubtom · 15-09-2009 12:04am #1

Saw an article in a sunday rag yesterday about the new Honda Duel clutch gearbox. Read about it here

Interesting reading,claims to be seamless,which would be surprising if they achieved that,seeing as most motor tiptronic automatics,barring very high end expensive ones,still fail. I think a new 1200 VFR is the bike it will be introduced in,it will be interesting to see if their claims are accurate and if your average biker won't turn their nose up at it. May be old news to some,any opinions?

15-09-2009 12:59am

There's a video of it on MCN,
MCN VFR Dual Clutch
Looks really advanced and all but I'm not impressed.

honeybadger · 15-09-2009 1:40am

dose it or will it hAve a good rectifer lol

seanybiker · 15-09-2009 2:29am

seen it in paper meself. Wouldnt say its gonna be as good as they hope but a step forward for people who want a nice bike but are wary about manual gears.

KTRIC · 15-09-2009 6:35am

I'd probably find it a bit boring to be honest but what does catch my eye is the smoothness of the gear change and the lack of lash. Why can't that be replicated on a manual bike ?

Interceptor · 15-09-2009 12:02pm

Can't wait to try it out. I might even buy one...

'cptr

dubtom · 15-09-2009 12:39pm

Be interesting alright,certainly the semi auto looks the biz. How long before we see these boxes in GP and superbikes I wonder,they'll go the way of F1 eventually I'm sure. I'd guess the VFR won't be cheap either,another 5K maybe?

EvilMonkey · 15-09-2009 1:42pm

dubtom wrote: »

Be interesting alright,certainly the semi auto looks the biz. How long before we see these boxes in GP and superbikes I wonder,they'll go the way of F1 eventually I'm sure. I'd guess the VFR won't be cheap either,another 5K maybe?

They have been in F1 a long time

dubtom · 15-09-2009 10:17pm

EvilMonkey wrote: »

They have been in F1 a long time

I know ;)gp and sb riders will just have to sit there eventually,just like F1

Honda VFR auto

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