A look at the different types of motorcycle transmissions.. and also would the proposed "automatic" motorcycle from TVS Motor cut ice..??
A couple of days back major Indian national publications/automobile blogs/sites broke out the Official news from TVS Motor that they are ready to launch a slew of new 2 wheelers (by 2013) with an a newly developed automatic transmission technology. TVS has also officially stated that they are eyeing to put this new technology across scooters, step thru mopeds (for markets like Indonesia) and also on motorcycles..!!
Bajaj had put a 3 speed automatic transmission on its Saffire scooter in 1999
Honda VFR1200F features a sophisticated automatic transmission..
As my blog covers specifically motorcycle related stuff, what would this proposed "automatic motorcycle" from TVS would be like?
Q1.Doesn’t TVS already make the "clutchless" Jive model?
Q2.Does it mean that the new motorcycle would feature a “clutchless+gearless” mechanism from its scooters like the Wego?
Since all the sites have more or less "copy + pasted" the official word from TVS, the complete details is actually not clear for a layman.
Official Photo: New engine platform from TVS Motor with the new Automatic Transmission Technology