Honda automatic motorcycle.

Lostmycage · Post by **Lostmycage** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 6:21 am

jrsjr wrote:
Lokky wrote:Forget the ABS, I want a motorcycle that deploys stabilizer wheels when I lock my brake
You jest, but this bike does that.

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I saw one of those in person eariler this week on Staples Mill Rd. It was right around 5PM rush hour. I didn't think any of those had made it to the States. Very neat thing, I hope I run into the owner at something point.

jrsjr · Post by **jrsjr** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 12:37 pm

Lostmycage wrote:
jrsjr wrote:
Lokky wrote:Forget the ABS, I want a motorcycle that deploys stabilizer wheels when I lock my brake
You jest, but this bike does that.

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I saw one of those in person eariler this week on Staples Mill Rd.

In the RIC?

Lostmycage · Post by **Lostmycage** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 2:32 pm

jrsjr wrote:
Lostmycage wrote: I saw one of those in person earlier this week on Staples Mill Rd.
In the RIC?

Yeah! He was heading west and I was heading east so not much of a chance to gather more info other than a double take. Funny thing was that he might have done a double take on me as well because I was on the MP3, lol.

AWinn6889 · Post by **AWinn6889** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 4:43 pm

Lotrat wrote:Anyone that has ridden a motorcycle or driven a manual trans car for any amount of time will tell you that they don't even realize they are shifting. It becomes a natural reflex. I always grab the rear brake on my scoot like it's a clutch until I reprogram my brain for scooter riding. I also hunt for a clutch pedal with my left foot when I drive a car with an automatic. It's only people who don't have a manual trans that say they wouldn't want a manual in traffic. Once you have it, it becomes second nature. Ripping through gears is all part of the fun.

I had to drive my dad's minivan back to my house while moving a couch (because he was two wide to fit in the seat once it was pushed up far enough for the couch to fit). He was talking for the entire ride, and I kept telling him to stop so that I could focus on NOT stomping on the brake. I had to even say out loud "Don't use your left foot, don't use your right hand, don't use your left foot..." over and over again. It was tough!

I will admit that I do not appreciate the manual IN TRAFFIC, that is bumper to bumper, stop and go... it gets annoying (especially since people these days don't seem to think that others still drive manuals and stop about two inches off of my bumper!). But I do my best to avoid such traffic in/on all of my vehicles anyway because being in that is supper irritating, boring, and sometimes dangerous.
...one of the many reasons I will never live in a city or an overpopulated suburb.

The only reason I got an automatic scooter as opposed to a motorcycle or a shifty scooter was because I use it mostly to commute to and from work... through an overpopulated suburb with lots of said "traffic"... and lots of people who seem to not know wheretf they're going, frequently changing lanes without looking. Also, I get way better gas mileage on the Buddy than I could have ever hoped to get out of an HD Iron 883.

I've seen one of those "Ecomobiles" around here lately too. They look pretty nifty, I do think they look like the love child of a Prius and a scooter though! I just don't think I could ever see myself on/in one.

JHScoot · Post by **JHScoot** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:59 pm

All my cars were manual shift up until I got my last two Volvo's. Auto is fine, but the fact I drove manual cars all my life, and learned to drive on one, makes me frown a bit at these F1 style paddle shiftier units.

It helps me understand why many motorcyclists frown at scooters and automatic cycles. I mean, who needs that?

Well, I do. But I still don't need a paddle shifting dual clutch thing to shift my car around town at much greater expense and maintenance

If I had a car. Silly cages getting all fancy pants:)

Dooglas · Post by **Dooglas** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 3:46 am

JHScoot wrote:But I still don't need a paddle shifting dual clutch thing to shift my car around town at much greater expense and maintenance

Why don't you just give this a rest. I think we all figured out your personal preferences a long time ago. Now back to scooters....please!

michelle_7728 · Post by **michelle_7728** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 4:19 am

Scootagangsta wrote:Great vids but i would like to see the non abs bike try to stop without falling to make them a little more realistic...

Actually, from my point of view it was realistic and very informative....of course, I'm coming from the view point of someone who had someone pull out in front of them in the rain and was left with not enough room for a normal non-abs safe stop, so, you guessed it, I went down, just like the guy in the video did...or would have done without the supports to stop him...

Lostmycage · Post by **Lostmycage** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 5:21 am

michelle_7728 wrote:
Scootagangsta wrote:Great vids but i would like to see the non abs bike try to stop without falling to make them a little more realistic...
Actually, from my point of view it was realistic and very informative....of course, I'm coming from the view point of someone who had someone pull out in front of them in the rain and was left with not enough room for a normal non-abs safe stop, so, you guessed it, I went down, just like the guy in the video did...or would have done without the supports to stop him...

You mean a true panic stop? Nah... those vids were totally set up. I can completely negate the effects of an adrenaline dump on my fine motor skills without fail every time something unexpected happens. Can't you?

jrsjr · Post by **jrsjr** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 1:51 pm

Lostmycage wrote: I can completely negate the effects of an adrenaline dump on my fine motor skills without fail every time something unexpected happens. Can't you?

Oh, absolutely! Can't everybody?

...said the guy who stomped on the brakes for all he was worth on Hull Street in a pouring rain only two weeks ago. Fortunately, at the time, I was in a modern automobile that had ABS.

michelle_7728 · Post by **michelle_7728** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 4:25 am

Oh, I'd like to think I could do better now

--I had been riding only 2 months at the time. But in an actual panic stop (in the rain)? Who knows. When you have hidden things like dirt, grease, and oil as well as water on the road. No one can really predict that how their bike will handle for sure in those circumstances (or how you will actually react)...especially when the distance you have to stop is an unknown quantity ahead of time.