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The 2009 Honda VFR1200F is the first motorcycle to use a DCT. [52] Honda has since expanded the application of the DCT to the Gold Wing model (model year 2018), the Africa Twin, the NT1100, Rebel 1100, and the NC700XD (model year 2012). In 2010, the Mitsubishi Fuso 6-speed Duonic transmission became the first DCT to be used in a truck. [53]
Honda was forced to invent their new system due to the vast array of patents on automatic transmission technology held by BorgWarner and others. Honda initially chose to integrate the transmission and engine block for its first application (in the N600) as in the Mini. The Hondamatic incorporated a lockup function, which Honda called a third ...
The VFR1200F is available with either a conventional constant-mesh manual transmission, with shaft-drive, or an automatic dual-clutch transmission (DCT). [17] The DCT version, known in North America as the VFR1200A or in other markets as the VFR1200D, has dual clutches, one operating 1st, 3rd and 5th gears, the other operating 2nd, 4th, and 6th ...
The NC750X was introduced to the US for the 2018 Model Year, available in DCT and conventional transmission. For 2021 model year, power increased by 4 to 57.8bhp, additional 600 r.p.m. to redline, Euro 5 compliant, slipper clutch, reduced weight 6kg, *chassis lowered 30mm, ride by wire throttle, 4 ride modes, including a user configurable mode.
The DCT transmission received optimized first and second gears for smoother movement from a stop and at low speeds. Honda continues to invest in the DCT option and stated in 2020 it accounted for 47% of sales. The 2023 Africa Twin is unchanged except for new color options.
Before April 2006, the L-series were exclusively available with a 5-speed manual transmission, continuously variable transmission (CVT) and dual clutch transmission (DCT). With the introduction of the Fit in Canada and the United States, an L-series engine was mated to a traditional automatic transmission with a torque converter for the first time.
The Honda DN-01 is a cruiser motorcycle made by Honda from 2008 to 2010. It was introduced at the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show [ 5 ] and went on sale in Japan and Europe in 2008, in the United States in 2009, [ 3 ] and was discontinued at the end of 2010.
The gearbox, designed and built in-house by Honda, is a longitudinal nine-speed dual-clutch transmission (DCT) that can be operated with paddle-shifters behind the steering wheel. [72] It was the world's first nine-speed DCT to be fitted in a production car.