Automatic transmissions for larger capacity motorcycles are virtually unheard of – until now, that is. Sure, they’ve been tried, the ‘waters tested’ by one or two manufacturers, but until now have never really caught the imagination of bikers.
I’m not talking about second-rate CVT-type transmissions*, either: those twist-and-go boxes that most scooter-makers feel we should ride to keep their manufacturing costs low with the bonus of other undoubtedly easy-to-ride attributes.
SIX GEARS, INSTANT CHANGES