10-10-2017, 12:42 AM
(10-09-2017, 02:25 PM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: Interesting post, activedirt. There's food for thought in it.
I wonder how the 'neutral button' is set up to work? If you could press it when the bike was moving at say, 50 mph, what would happen if you tried to re-engage the gears? If it defaulted to first it could be interesting. From your description, I wonder if it's the case that, if the bike's in neutral, the transmission will always start in first which means that you wouldn't want a rider going near neutral other than at low speeds and I wonder how much extra technology that would involve.
Yes that is THE, or at least a major, question. In other words given the present day design of the Honda DCT then how much has to fundamentally change to allow for a clutch lever. Although I would not be completely surprised that this concept becomes the standard in a few years. There is just no escaping the low speed with auto transmission issue. Plus a clutch lever is also handy in many other ways as well.
In my view the bike is somewhat safer in auto mode (with the exception of low speed manuvering). In auto mode I can pay more attention to the road ahead.