Dct transmission honda11/12/2023 ![]() ![]() The NC750X is a good motorcycle, but I’ll admit it’s not one of my favorites. My first challenge came in trying to mentally separate the transmission experience from the overall experience of the bike. READ MORE: Study: Semi-Automatic Transmission Market Growing | RideApart A do-all machine that is insanely affordable when put into perspective, the bike has quietly become one of Honda’s most popular in Europe. No complaints from me the NC750X (or, well, the NC700X, which is effectively the same bike – I don’t know why Europe gets 50 cc more) is a bike that we here at RideApart have been fans of for a very long time. The team at Honda UK had me come pick up an NC750X, saying they felt it best demonstrated the DCT experience. I wanted to spend some time with a bike and get into the mindset of understanding why a person would really want and prefer DCT, rather than simply dismissing it as OK for someone else. Too often when I read reviews of bikes with DCT the journalist will adopt a “Not that there’s anything wrong with that” attitude toward the technology. I wanted to see for myself what it was about. Despite these many iterations, until earlier this year I had never ridden a bike with DCT.Įager to correct that oversight, I got in touch with the very good folks at Honda* and asked if I could spend a few weeks with a DCT-equipped vehicle. First introduced as an option for the VFR1200F back in 2009, DCT is now in its third generation and available on 10 Honda models, depending on which part of the world you live in: CTX700, CTX700N, NC750S (700 in the US), NC750X (700 in the US), NC750D (Integra), X-ADV, NM4 (Vultus), Africa Twin (CRF1000L), VFR1200F, and VFR1200X. But the DCT technology is relatively new, as its application for two-wheelers other than scooters. Honda will point out it’s been flirting with automatic transmissions for nigh 60 years now, stretching all the way back to its 1958 C100 Super Cub, which was equipped with an automatic centrifugal clutch. Similar to a number of higher-end cars these days (and the Can-Am Spyder), there are paddles on the left grip that allow you to choose your gear if so desired. That’s how it works: you just twist the throttle and go. If you’re a dunderhead like me, for all intents and purposes, DCT is an automatic transmission. Its two independently actuated clutches then smoothly transfer rotation speed from one gear to the next without zeroing out the drive force transmitted to the rear wheel.” In the minute interval before actual gear shifting operation begins, the system automatically prepares itself for the transfer of drive power between gears by starting up the rotation of the gear to be changed to. “It is equipped with two clutch packs… one for odd numbered gears – 1, 3 and 5 – and one for even numbered gears – 2, 4 and 6. DCT “utilizes a computerized electro-hydraulic control system to switch between the gears of a conventional six-speed transmission,” according to Honda.
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