Conventional in terms of friction plate/s and pressure plate.

The only difference is DSG has two and preselects the neighbouring gears.

I agree that Hondas first attempts were shocking! (CB400 auto for example) but their latest incarnations, eg the VFR1200, are absolutely superb. I rode one for a while and it was very odd not having a clutch lever, specially pulling up to a stop.

Every time, you think it's going to stall and overbalance.

Conventional automatics use a torque converter which is a fluid clutch

 

I think the horrid Honda robitised manuals octavia55 was on about were in cars not motorbikes...  

Yes the Honda I was referring to was a Honda jazz I was given as a courtesy car, so bad I took it straight back only to be assured by the service adviser that they are all like that and yes they are an awful gearbox, this surprised me as Honda have a reputation as very good engineers. I am sure the engineers wouldn't have put it into production but were ordered by the marketing people as Honda needed small auto.

on a technical point the torque converter on a conventional auto is there to provide the equivalent of clutch slip to enable the car to pull away, the actual gear changes are done by clutch packs within the gearbox.

I think the horrid Honda robitised manuals octavia55 was on about were in cars not motorbikes...

Yup, but a very early version was fitted to the CB 400 in the early 80's