10-14-2020, 06:14 AM
(10-14-2020, 01:34 AM)misterprofessionality_imp Wrote: pekingduck ' Wrote: [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?pid=278238#pid278238] If a CVT trans or other automatic is ever successfully adapted to a 250-750 size bike, it would be a huge selling point. DCTs are close, but expensive and not so smooth.
You hit the nail on the head. Honda had two low displacement dct bikes that sold horribly because they had no cool factor, cost way too much, and came in ADV and Cruiser formats, both of which young people have no interest in.
They have a cvt in the super cub but thats just too small for the price.
Honda seems to be the only ones interested in making smaller clutchless bikes though.
You still have to shift the Super Cub and CT125 have automatic centrifugal clutches, and also clutch disengagement by the lever as you shift, so you still shift with your foot, but no hand clutch co-ordination needed. Halfway to automatic though.