Are there anymore Automatic Motorcycle Riders

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Are there anymore Automatic Motorcycle Riders

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I have an automatic 250 Motorcycle does anyone else have an automatic motorcycle?

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BlackCowboyRider wrote:I have an automatic 250 Motorcycle does anyone else have an automatic motorcycle?
I would guess that most people who want an automatic go the scooter route.

Ridley is the only one I know of selling a true automatic motorcycle these days. http://www.ridleymotorcycle.com/

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RockBottom wrote:
BlackCowboyRider wrote:I have an automatic 250 Motorcycle does anyone else have an automatic motorcycle?
I would guess that most people who want an automatic go the scooter route.

Ridley is the only one I know of selling a true automatic motorcycle these days. http://www.ridleymotorcycle.com/
There are more:
- 2009 Aprilia 850 Mana
- 2009 Honda DN-01
- various QLink models such as the OP owns
2003 Triumph Trophy 1200
2009 BMW F650GS (wife's)
2012 Triumph Tiger 800
2018 Yamaha XT250 (wife's)
2013 Kawasaki KLX250S

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#4 Unread post by ElChado87 »

My roomie has an 82 Honda CM450....no clutch, shift manually into first, then second, then it takes it from there... Pretty neat.
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#5 Unread post by gsJack »

I had a 81 CM400A Hondamatic I put 96k miles on. Really a semi auto and they came out originally as a CB750A around 1978. There was a Suzuki GS450A with same type tranny around the same time and a 1000 cc Guzzi semi auto.
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#6 Unread post by ElChado87 »

I find it weird how the clutch is replaced with a park brake....

I would be very tempted to grab that...
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#7 Unread post by gsJack »

The parking brake has a safety lock on it, you have to push down on a button before you can pull the lever. I used that CM400A as a only bike for several years and then kept it for a winter bike when I picked up a 85 Nighthawk 650 standard 6 speed and had no problem switching back and forth between the two.

I'm a bit tall for a CM400 and the handle bar would hit my knee at full lock so I would swing my knee out for sharp parking lot type turns. I parked that bike for two years once and when I got it restarted and made my first sharp turn my leg went out automatically without consciously thinking about it. The subconscience mind is a wonderful thing, we'd probably all be dead without it.
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The bergman 650 is an Automatic...looks like a giant scooter.
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follow wrote:The bergman 650 is an Automatic...looks like a giant scooter.
that thing is like a touring scooter. Its huge. Pretty comfy too, I have sat on one before.

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#10 Unread post by bearcat »

jmillheiser wrote:
follow wrote:The bergman 650 is an Automatic...looks like a giant scooter.
that thing is like a touring scooter. Its huge. Pretty comfy too, I have sat on one before.

If you think it's comfy just sitting on it you should drive one. Very impressive and fast.

My Yamaha Majesty is no slouch ether.
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