Honda developing dual clutch motorcycle transmission
Along with confirming production of the 2010 Honda V4, the company announced that it is developing a dual clutch transmission for use in its motorcycles. Currently called the Next Generation Transmission, it supposedly delivers faster, smoother, more efficient shifts that create less of a disruption in the power delivery. To your layperson's eyes, this looks identical to Audi's DSG transmission, widely considered the best automated manual in the world.
While we typically prefer shifting gears ourselves, both Grant and I have spent a good deal of time with the DSG transmission in the Audi R8. We find it unobtrusive, fast and intuitive to use.
Honda hasn't said which models the transmission will be used on, nor when it will enter production. An educated guess would place it in that 2010 V4 model; not just because the two announcements share a press release, but because that bike is likely to be a high-specification motorcycle that places an emphasis on new technology enabling peerless on-road performance rather than simply following parameters laid down by international race classes. |
發表於 20-8-2009 14:21
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