Search

Search results

1. Honda Forza 750 (2021) | Maxi Scooter full road ride review

   ... twist of the throttle will coax the DCT to drop a couple of gears to find some extra pulling power. The twin will then roar into life, with ... the spectacular DCT gearbox. With dual clutches managing 6 gears, throttle by wire actuation and chain drive (yeah, it’s chain over ...

   Alex Strange - 27/05/2021 - 12:58

2. VFR1200X Crosstourer (2012 - present)

   ... 'MANUAL' mode (using the + and - buttons) you are using the gears as on a normal bike but instead of trying to co-ordinate your clutch hand ... keep it smooth you are just lightly tapping a button and the gears change smoothly with only a slight change in the exhaust note and the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 01/01/2011 - 00:00 - 2 comments

3. Stop Press: New Honda Deauville

   ... Honda's hydraulic transmission. Doing without conventional gears or even a scooter-style variable transmission, the DN-01 used a ... “manual” mode using software to mimic the fixed gears of a conventional transmission. Less than three years after going on ...

   rgo - 10/05/2024 - 04:11 - 0 comments

4. CBR600RR (2007 - 2008) review

   ... 7000rpm and 11,000rpm, so you’re not constantly shifting gears to maintain momentum. Much of this improvement comes from a brand new, ... a whole lap of this 14-corner circuit I was only using three gears (second, third and fourth), which meant I could think less about gear ...

   Ben Cope - 19/09/2018 - 03:49 - 0 comments

5. 2012 KTM 200 Duke first UK ride review

   ... the go, the 200 Duke doesn't struggle to march through the gears, it has plenty of drive low-down, especially considering its size, but it ... peaking at 10,500rpm. It feels like you've got a box of 10 gears all with a very similar ratio. Pulling out of a T-junction and getting up ...

   Ben Cope - 10/05/2024 - 04:06 - 0 comments

6. First Ride: 2001 Moto Guzzi California Special review

   ... It's torquey too. You can pull 40mph in top (five gears on the Calis, unlike the V11's six) at a shade over 2,000rpm and it would ... Japanese. You've also got a heel-toe arrangement for the gears, if you want to use it. I didn't. One big positive, is that for the ...

   Bertie Simmonds - 10/05/2024 - 04:24 - 0 comments

7. First ride: Yamaha FJR1300 review

   ... addition of a sixth gear where previous versions have five. Gears one to five are now shorter than they used to be, while sixth is taller ... width, Yamaha says. That's been achieved using helical cut gears, meaning the teeth take a diagonal rather than straight path, allowing ...

   Steve Farrell - 10/05/2024 - 03:49 - 0 comments

8. First ride: Honda Integra review

   ... seamless gear changes. One clutch is responsible for odd gears, while the other one takes care of even numbers; the clutches engage and ... smooth shifts with no loss of drive during changes. When gears are being chosen manually, there’s no need to shut the throttle to ...

   Simon Greenacre - 10/05/2024 - 03:49 - 0 comments

9. 2018 Yamaha Tracer 900 - new pipe and ECU edits

   ... stuff, like removing top speed limits or power limits in gears, through to more involved functions like turning off closed-loop fuelling ... there’s been a lot of restrictions built-in. In the lower gears, the ride-by-wire throttle mapping never gives you 100 per cent power – ...

   Al Dowds - 10/05/2024 - 03:38 - 0 comments

10. First ride: 2014 Honda Integra 750 review

    ... called Dual Clutch Transmission. It uses six conventional gears, with all the direct throttle feel that entails, in an automatic box with two clutches. One clutch is responsible for odd gears, the other even. As one disengages first, the engages second, and so on. ...

    Steve Farrell - 10/05/2024 - 03:58 - 0 comments

Pages