auto dirtbike

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buud · #1 Unread post by **buud** » Wed May 03, 2006 2:05 pm

i need a bike for my wife to ride with me in the high desert of AZ. it has to have an automatic transmission and large, fairly tall tires. any ideas. i'm riding a tw200 and she is on a trail boss atv, and she can't dodge all the bumps and brush as i can, bud

Wed May 03, 2006 3:06 pm

well, if she aint comfortable on a bike, get her a bigger ATV, a Yamaha Grizzly 600 or soemthing, those things can take on anything.

Wed May 03, 2006 3:58 pm

Auto dirtbike? doubt it. She can't shift?

Thu May 04, 2006 7:50 am

I wonder if it would be possible to put the "semi automatic" shift like they have on a quad onto a motorcycle, or maybe your just sorta bump shifting on a quad, ya know, Ive never really thought about that.... how does it work?

Thu May 04, 2006 4:06 pm

CRF50's are 1 speeds and use a torque converter i think.

Shorts · #6 Unread post by **Shorts** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:08 am

Kawasaki KLX110 and Yamaha TT-R90 are auto clutches. I don't know their specs as far as size goes, so take a look at them if you can.

Rekluse makes an autoclutch for a lot of dirtbikes. Check into their products.

BuzZz · #7 Unread post by **BuzZz** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:26 pm

Any auto tranny dirtbike that I can think of will be a smaller, beginer/child size bike. Husqvarna made a full-on dirtbike with an auto in the early '80's, but I can't see that as being a viable answer.

This thing will go anywhere you dare to try, if your so inclined......

http://www.rokon.com/products/trailbrkr.htm

iQfOreVa · #8 Unread post by **iQfOreVa** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 12:20 pm

^
lmao
that thing looks funny. my friend and i were making fun of that the other day. i went in to get a new tire for my dirtbike and the guy was actually trying to sell us one. hahahaha[/code]

#9 Unread post by **Big B** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 2:35 am

they look goofy, but they're damn near unstoppable. the H1 of dirtbikes

skiman90 · #10 Unread post by **skiman90** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 5:27 am

Geoff650R wrote:CRF50's are 1 speeds and use a torque converter i think.

Dudes and dudettes: Z50's, XR50's, CRF50's, and most XR/CRF70's all use a 3 speed auto CLUTCH MANUAL SHIFT transmission. No Honda has a auto transmission (bikes - we're not talking about atv's here).

Anything with an auto clutch and a traditional gear box uses 2 clutches. One is activated by the motor revving up and centrifically throwing clutch shoes against a outer hub that looks kind of like a brake drum on a car. The other is very similar to a manual clutch but the push rod for the deactivation is connected to the foot shifter instead of the cable to the handlebar.

To the original author's question, if you don't mind hondas look for a CRF230F or a CRF150F. if you're buying new Make sure you specify the F model on the 150 because they make a new hard core 150 racer. That would be fun, but then she would need to learn to use a clutch.

You will need to take her to a open field and teach her how to go through the gears on any of the auto clutch models. If she's been riding the trail boss and liking it then with proper encouragement she should catch on.