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Are there anymore Automatic Motorcycle Riders
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 6:37 pm
by BlackCowboy
I have an automatic 250 Motorcycle does anyone else have an automatic motorcycle?
Re: Are there anymore Automatic Motorcycle Riders
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 1:17 am
by RockBottom
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/
Re: Are there anymore Automatic Motorcycle Riders
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 3:20 am
by jstark47
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
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 3:32 pm
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.
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:30 pm
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.
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:34 pm
by ElChado87
I find it weird how the clutch is replaced with a park brake....
I would be very tempted to grab that...
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:48 pm
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.
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:12 pm
by follow
The bergman 650 is an Automatic...looks like a giant scooter.
Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:44 pm
by jmillheiser
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.
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 3:19 pm
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.