It was good fun.

1) Wish I'd looked at this yesterday, since I saw a Honda750A today, but didn't take a pic.

     It looked like this: 

 

2) Since it's an automatic, you don't change the gears at all - it does it er automatically once you put it in D

Just to get you thinking a bit more there is the MotoGP gear shifting which flips the standard pattern of 1 down 5 up to 1 up 5 down.

I think within the next decade we'll see a lot of the DCT style gearboxes on bikes. They really are that good.

CWARD, the reason MotoGP bikes have the pattern reversed is becaue of speed, when you are accelerating at the rate those guys do then it is easier to change gear by just being able to stamp on the pedal, keeping the throttle wide open. A change can go through because there is a micro switch on the gear lever which cuts the ignition momentarily to cut the torque output for a fraction of a second.

Ian

As for many things here is Techmoan to review a Brisky related topic for us  

I have one of these and it is the only reason I went back onto bikes, I am starting to get a little arthritis in my left hand and that made pulling the clutch in on a normal bike a bit of a pain after a while. I had a DSG equipped Octavia and like those boxes so thought I'd try a red NC 750 X DCT demo bike at my local dealer. I liked it and went back for a second test ride after which I bought it. It is a lovely relaxing bike to ride, may only be about 57bhp but it is a torquey motor whch shares some components with a Honda Jazz car engine, hence the red line is a modest 6500 rpm. Quite an upright riding position so little pressure on your wrists and the standard windscreen is quite good. If you get an aftermarket touring screen then get an extender as I found that it was blowing the air straight at my skid lid and I am just under 6 foot. If you have a standard skid lid then that will fit nicely into the "frunk" where the fuel tank would normally be though I have also fitted a Givi top box. 

 

The controls are quite nice and it is easy to change between normal and sports mode if you want a bit more get up and go as I find mine is very keen to change up the gears and will select 5th at 28mph, not too bad though you can feel the power pulses from the 2 pot motor, over riding is easy though, just flick the dowshift switch on the left bar and away you go. It is good in maual mode too, have some fun and gear changing is a doddle.

 

It is a budget bike at the end of the day so don't expect too many bells and whistles, it has only 1 front disk for instance but it stops and goes well and should last a long time.

 

Ian.

The 1970's/80's 'Hondamatic' as in the post somewhere above reminds me of the Honda Dream 400 automatic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-32jIbm6EfM

 

That in turn reminds me of the Honda CB900C and subsequent CB1000C, neither officially imported to the UK. While not being an auto they did have a high and low ratio gearbox - a mate of mine had a CB900C import back in the 80's. It had what looked like two gear levers on the left hand side, one the usual gear lever the other for high/low ratio.

 

Never thought about this before, but if you pass your motorcycle test on an automatic you can only ride an auto motorcycle, so the same as cars in that respect http://www.doble.co.uk/latest-news/can-you-ride-a-dct-model-on-an-automatic-motorcycle-licence.php this link also shows the four current larger automatics from Honda.

 

The Can-Am is semi automatic, it has the equivalent of steering wheel paddles, but operated from the left hand handlebar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA_tHxiSJIc

The 1970's/80's 'Hondamatic' as in the post somewhere above reminds me of the Honda Dream 400 automatic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-32jIbm6EfM

 

That in turn reminds me of the Honda CB900C and subsequent CB1000C, neither officially imported to the UK. While not being an auto they did have a high and low ratio gearbox - a mate of mine had a CB900C import back in the 80's. It had what looked like two gear levers on the left hand side, one the usual gear lever the other for high/low ratio.

 

Never thought about this before, but if you pass your motorcycle test on an automatic you can only ride an auto motorcycle, so the same as cars in that respect http://www.doble.co.uk/latest-news/can-you-ride-a-dct-model-on-an-automatic-motorcycle-licence.php this link also shows the four current larger automatics from Honda.

 

The Can-Am is semi automatic, it has the equivalent of steering wheel paddles, but operated from the left hand handlebar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA_tHxiSJIc

 

Didnt even know there was an automatic motorcycle test tbh! . 

Didnt even know there was an automatic motorcycle test tbh! . 

 

I think there's a fair few people who only want scooters but ones with more poke than a 125 so they do it. 

I think there's a fair few people who only want scooters but ones with more poke than a 125 so they do it. 

 

makes sense.

 

Must be a relatively new thing? The test used to be so easy a few years back, or so i've been told . 

You just took/take a normal test but on a scooter, the Yamaha T-Max was released in the late 90's, 500cc 100mph scooter, back when I was on a 50cc ped at 16 there was a fair few older guys on the forums etc who just done auto tests and got one of them, done all they wanted. 

Yeah Auto licence test years back was the same as a geared bike test, you just rode a scooter, same as a car test, if you drive an auto the test is the same,you are just limited to auto cars.

I did my geared test, but have ridden Auto's only since.

Just suits my style of ridding.

I have one of these and it is the only reason I went back onto bikes, I am starting to get a little arthritis in my left hand and that made pulling the clutch in on a normal bike a bit of a pain after a while. I had a DSG equipped Octavia and like those boxes so thought I'd try a red NC 750 X DCT demo bike at my local dealer. I liked it and went back for a second test ride after which I bought it. It is a lovely relaxing bike to ride, may only be about 57bhp but it is a torquey motor whch shares some components with a Honda Jazz car engine, hence the red line is a modest 6500 rpm. Quite an upright riding position so little pressure on your wrists and the standard windscreen is quite good. If you get an aftermarket touring screen then get an extender as I found that it was blowing the air straight at my skid lid and I am just under 6 foot. If you have a standard skid lid then that will fit nicely into the "frunk" where the fuel tank would normally be though I have also fitted a Givi top box.

The controls are quite nice and it is easy to change between normal and sports mode if you want a bit more get up and go as I find mine is very keen to change up the gears and will select 5th at 28mph, not too bad though you can feel the power pulses from the 2 pot motor, over riding is easy though, just flick the dowshift switch on the left bar and away you go. It is good in maual mode too, have some fun and gear changing is a doddle.

It is a budget bike at the end of the day so don't expect too many bells and whistles, it has only 1 front disk for instance but it stops and goes well and should last a long time.

Ian.

I have the 700X for sort of the same reason.

I suffer with a spasms in my left hand, so using a clutch, specially when doing tight turns etc made it very difficult.

I also have little feeling in both feet so can't feel the gear lever through bike boots.

Spot on review Fubar, it's a great little bike and even though the 700 has only 51bhp it still surprises my pals on their GS's with the way it accelerates from a standstill.

Throttle to the stop in S mode and it just goes. The gear change is virtually instantaneous, very much the same as a DSG vRS.

Honda also do the VFR1200, Crosstourer and the new Africa Twin in DCT variants.

Oh, and the 80's Hondamatic was bloody dreadful. I rode the 400 dream with it which is why I was hesitant to try the DCT but I needn't have worried.

Edited 12 July, 20169 yr by CFB