Well, it's pretty hard to find a manual in a scooter. As for bigger conveyances...
There is a company called Ridley making automatic motorcycles.
The Can-Am Spyder reverse trike has both manual and paddle-shift options and the majority are apparently sold with the latter.
There are aftermarket companies making automatic clutches for Harleys.
Manual cars face extinction as congestion triggers a clutch backlash
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Re: Manual cars face extinction as congestion triggers a clutch backlash
IMBoring25 wrote:Well, it's pretty hard to find a manual in a scooter. As for bigger conveyances...
There is a company called Ridley making automatic motorcycles.
The Can-Am Spyder reverse trike has both manual and paddle-shift options and the majority are apparently sold with the latter.
There are aftermarket companies making automatic clutches for Harleys.
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Re: Manual cars face extinction as congestion triggers a clutch backlash
I am not aware of any automatic motorcycles, but that Honda made on back maybe in the 1980s that apparently was a flop. However, that same article I quoted does mention automatic shifting being an advantage for road racing motorcycles because it keeps the power steady to the wheels to maintain the desired traction through a curve where shifting mid-curve changes the contact patch significantly.Rope-Pusher wrote:So, I've heard that, in an alternate universe, there is a planet like ours, except that the inhabitants ride 2-wheeled conveyances they referr to as "motorcycles".
Do any of you know if, in that alternate universe, the "motorcycles" are also tending to stray from the Amish faith?
But it seems the Amish know about good riding habits:
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theholycow wrote:Why in the world would you even want to be as smooth as an automatic? Might as well just drive an automatic...