Automatic fireblade

[XP@]

Does anyone else have an automatic transmission fireblade?

if so does it do good wheelies?

http://www.autobase.co.nz/vehicledet...icle_id=104320

[Skunk]

Morons.
Yes, I am having a bad day...

[TonyB]

LOL Imagine riding it in the rain-
"bit more throttle....bit more... bi" kickdown, highside
Guzzi did a Breva with a CVT. Imagine the acceleration you'd get out of a bike with a CVT..yeeeeehhaaaaa!

[Ixion]

Honda did make an automatic CB750 once. There was one for sale on TradeMe a while ago. Somehow can't imagine what an auto bike would be like. Pretty horrible I suspect. Even the BMW klunkenkrunchenklankenboxen is better than that .Don't Harley make automatics ?

[James Deuce]

LOL Imagine riding it in the rain-
"bit more throttle....bit more... bi" kickdown, highside
Guzzi did a Breva with a CVT. Imagine the acceleration you'd get out of a bike with a CVT..yeeeeehhaaaaa!

Having test driven 3 CVT cars over the weekend I have to say that it is a horrible method of transmitting power to the wheels. There is lots of noise, what feels like horrible clutch slip, and not much go forward action. Definitely slower than the comparable manual version.

Mitsubishi's 5 speed adaptive auto box is an absolute gem, and in tiptronic mode it would do the job on a sport tourer, if there was a bike version.

[bugjuice]

harley have some autos, yeah, but they're different types of bike compared to this..
what's the fun if your mates are leaving you and you're waiting for the kick-down? And also agree Tony, about the wet!! oh joy..
Putting tiptronic on a bike tho, now that'd be a different story.. Not sure how much work that'd need, but could be interesting. Make those wheelies easier to change with the front up. But then you're only really doing away with the clutch for a 'button' or something you could flick with your foot, and you can get a 'button' clutch already, and a clutchless system already, so then what'd be the point?

[TonyB]

Jim, one of my mates has a Honda Civic somethingorother with a CVT. He RAVES about how rapidly it accelerates when overtaking and how quick it goes up hills (he gets to try a lot of cars, so does know what a quick car is like). Assumed a bike would be the same. Did you try a Civic?

[James Deuce]

One of my mates has a Honda Civic somthingorother with a CVT. He RAVES about how rapidly it accelerates when overtaking and how quick it goes up hills (he gets to try a lot of cars, so does know what a quick car is like). Assumed a bike would be the same. Did you try a Civic?

Civic, Nissan Tino, Nissan Primera. They were all slow and yucky to be in because of the never ending roar from the engine bay.

[TonyB]

Civic, Nissan Tino, Nissan Primera. They were all slow and yucky to be in because of the never ending roar from the engine bay.

Well that stuffs that idea then. Wonder if he's falling for the ol' "it's making lots of noise, must be going FAST" trick?

[GROOMER]

Mitsubishi's 5 speed adaptive auto box is an absolute gem

You take that back!

Any idea how often they pack up? ..Ask a Mitsubishi dealer parts guy...oh yeah thats me

[Hitcher]

I once owned a 1972 VW Beetle 1302S Automatic. A standard three-speed gearbox (Low, 1 and 2), a standard clutch and a torque-converter all coupled together. Only two pedals (go and stop) with the clutch worked by a microswitch on the gearlever. Releasing the gearlever (once in gear) and stomping on the gas would see the engine rev immediately to 2,500rpm and hold there until the rest of the system caught up. Once you got used to this it was great fun to drive. Tended to die a bit on hills (well, down to about 70kmh or 2,500rpm). But was quick off the mark and incapable of getting bogged. I once pulled an HQ Holden wagon out of the sand at Himatangi Beach without spinning a wheel! After fitting a Rayjay turbocharger, this vehicle was the ultimate GT Cortina-beater!

[James Deuce]

You take that back!

Any idea how often they pack up? ..Ask a Mitsubishi dealer parts guy...oh yeah thats me

Yes that's true, but many, many people neglect to service their auto transmissions on a regular basis, or at anything like the manufacturer interval.

[James Deuce]

I once owned a 1972 VW Beetle 1302S Automatic. A standard three-speed gearbox (Low, 1 and 2), a standard clutch and a torque-converter all coupled together. Only two pedals (go and stop) with the clutch worked by a microswitch on the gearlever.

That was a Porsche box. There was a 911 with that gearbox.

[Zapf]

I have seen an electric shift kit available

[GROOMER]

Yes that's true, but many, many people neglect to service their auto transmissions on a regular basis, or at anything like the manufacturer interval.

True. Bugger an import auto & especially CVT.
Its amazing how many people when asked if they want their trans service thats overdue done, reply.."oh no its working fine, I'll leave it"

I love watching them piss and moan when it f**ks out on them and come running to us