Test fleet: Honda Africa Twin CRF1000L Adventure Sports DCT

Honda are really pushing the idea of an automatic bike with their DCT – Dual Cutch Transmission – gearbox. As many of the press bikes as possible have been DCT models – they want it accepted. The system has been around for some years now (DN-01 is the first I remember) and is essentially a manual gearbox with input and output shaft meshing gears as normal. But instead of the rider operating a clutch to allow their foot to then select another higher or lower gear, the DCT does it for you with solenoids and some