Automatic Motorbikes

[Reesy]

Anyone have any ideas of which is the best/ or the types of automatic bikes avaliable are?

 

[YorkshirePadd26]

Arn't these called Mopeds ?

 

[Hawk Tuah]

Arn't these called Mopeds ?

Scooters.

 

[Crowze]

Not necessarily. The only ones I know of that aren't scooters are the Gilera 850 and Moto Guzzi V1000 Convert. Hope you like V-twins .

 

[karoshi]

don't know of any fullsize motorbikes with automatic gearboxes offhand but you can get retrofit electronic thumbshifter mechanisims fitted to most bikes

these give you an up and a down button on the left handlebar switchgear that fires a motor/lever to move the gear selector..

if it's to overcome a left leg disability / problem, the NABD offer discounts / grants to aid with purchasing kliktronic systems?

 

[Akira]

Aren't BMW introducing automatics atm? Maybe I dreamed it.

edit- seems I did. How strange.

Yamaha have the FJR1300AS though, which has an automatic clutch on a regular 5 speed.

 

[Reesy]

Are they quite expensive?

 

[Akira]

yupski

(rrp £11,999 inc vat)

 

[djbenjo]

I think Aprilia have just introduced a new 650 auto, which looks quite nice

 

[Sagalout]

You can also get a few big capacity scooters, such as the bergman. Bike did a test this month where they pitted an R1 against a 500cc scooter over a long stretch of road in Europe. Apparently the scooter won, although I dont know how as I havent read it yet lol.

 

[Kreeeee]

I imagine automatic bikes are quite dangerous. I really wouldn't like not being in control of gear shift timing on a powerful bike.

 

[Akira]

I imagine automatic bikes are quite dangerous. I really wouldn't like not being in control of gear shift timing on a powerful bike.

You are totally in control. The Yamaha system is simply a hydraulically-actuated clutch, you still change gear the way you normally would except you don't have a clutch lever. You can also change using shift buttons on the handlebars. It absolutely cannot change gear on its own.

 

[Steve]

Clutchless shifting from birth

I wouldn't fancy an autobox kicking down or changing up on full lean round a corner

On big lardy Harlys perhaps, but on anything else get a quickshift for your Power commander if your lazy or just clutchless shift if your a real man

 

[Sagalout]

Fairly sure they are all CVT gearboxes, so no up and down changes, just a constant drive.

 

[Akira]

Not the Yammy.

 

[Jonny69]

Fairly sure they are all CVT gearboxes, so no up and down changes, just a constant drive.

Most of the megascoots are CV's. Nice and smooth.

 

[Sagalout]

Not the Yammy.

Yeah, the FJR isnt an auto though, just semi-auto. It wont ever change gears on by itself.