New Africa Twin - with DCT

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New Africa Twin - with DCT

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I thought this was slightly interesting...

http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-new ... 26677.html

An (apparently) semi-serious off-road capable bike (unlike the faux ones) with DCT. Obviously no reason why not, but I guess it'll be too radical for some.

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Re: New Africa Twin - with DCT

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Cool, dct must have been a success for Honda for them to be increasing the range of bikes with it.

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I am surprised that Honda have not yet bought out a Full Tourer with DCT.

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"Off road capable" bikes make so much sense, you never know when you'll have to mount a kerb to get parked. :roll:

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gn2 wrote:"Off road capable" bikes make so much sense, you never know when you'll have to mount a kerb to get parked. :roll:
Yeah - and there may be severe sand dunes in the Tesco carpark!!!

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Normsthename wrote:I am surprised that Honda have not yet bought out a Full Tourer with DCT.

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Everyone thought that Honda were going to replace the Pan European with something based on the VFR 1200 (DCT option), but it seems that they changed their minds.

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Everyone thought that Honda were going to replace the Pan European with something based on the VFR 1200 (DCT option), but it seems that they changed their minds.
I thought that as well the VFR1200 DCT Engine is a beaut, it wouldn't take much to change its clothes into a Full Tourer :)

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Re: New Africa Twin - with DCT

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Normsthename wrote:
Everyone thought that Honda were going to replace the Pan European with something based on the VFR 1200 (DCT option), but it seems that they changed their minds.
I thought that as well the VFR1200 DCT Engine is a beaut, it wouldn't take much to change its clothes into a Full Tourer :)

Andy
A dct Pan Euro, about the only bike I would seriously consider finance for - c'mon Mr Honda, you know you want to!

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Re: New Africa Twin - with DCT

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I read a article about the DCT Africa and it said the following :-
Honda has sold over 35,000 DCT-equipped machines in Europe since its 2010 introduction and in 2015 more people (53% of the total) have chosen DCT over a standard manual transmission on the models ­(VFR1200X Crosstourer, VFR1200F, NC750X and NC750S) which feature it as an option.
Shows just how popular DCT is getting :)

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