TK4
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2024 Honda CB650R & CBR650R Review
2024 Honda CB650R and CBR650R debut with E-Clutch technology
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2024 Honda 650s
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Love the pipes on the CB650R beautiful bike(s).
E-clutch sounds complicated, difficult to diagnose and expensive to fix
Agree. How many people actually have an issue with the clutch weight on a 650? I think it should scare away more buyers than it attracts for all the reasons you listed.
Relax
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So does VTEC. How often does that fail?
VTEC has an upside I consider useful. More complication for little benefit sounds more German than Japanese.
Relax
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As someone who has commuted for an hour each way in downtown traffic, I'd say an e-clutch is infinitely more beneficial than almost any other tech advances Honda has come out with in the past.
Lots of people nowadays have no concept of operating a manual clutch. A manual transmission in a car is an antitheft device. If an autoclutch helps getting new riders riding ... that's good.
I question in Ontario how many new riders could possibly afford a 650/4 and the steep insurance premium.
I like the tech ( over their previous "automatic" ) but cannot see a lot of uptake. Not sure why a 400 version which in an inline 4 still has lots of power yet stays in the Learner range for other countries, would not make more sense.
Now there is a case for aging riders like me who have hand problems to like the idea of a quickish 650/4 and no clutching. Normally they would be the ones with the coin and also be dropping down from bigger machines.
The new rider tho? nah
I like the tech ( over their previous "automatic" ) but cannot see a lot of uptake. Not sure why a 400 version which in an inline 4 still has lots of power yet stays in the Learner range for other countries, would not make more sense.
Now there is a case for aging riders like me who have hand problems to like the idea of a quickish 650/4 and no clutching. Normally they would be the ones with the coin and also be dropping down from bigger machines.
The new rider tho? nah
TK4
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It adds 8 pounds to the machine, hardly a deal breaker. The intended market (not you) won't care.
I meant effort not physical weight.
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