Driving Report Honda Vfr1200x Crosstourer: Motorcycle with automatic – does that go?

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Driving Report Honda Vfr1200x Crosstourer

Motorcycle with automatic – is that?

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  • Site author Marcus Efler

Automatic at a motorcycle? What is customary in scooters applies to heavy machines as a remarkable exception. Honda tries a double clutch – and is thus quite successful with its V4 models.

The first impression if you have swung on the high seat of the 285 kilograms of heavy enduro: that is missing something. Namely left. No clutch lever for the hand, and where you suspect the pedal for the gearshift, you look into the emptiness. There are more levers than usual: a select button for automatic or manual switching, for the former a lever with the driving steps known from cars "D" and "S"; For the latter two switches to the self-determined up and downshift.

It’s hardly more relaxed

After printing on the start button and the insertion of "D" it makes "Kalonck", and going on it: a first tailor-tilt on the usual gas grip, and the Japanese BMW-GS competitor attracts. The first meters, the first curves create trust: yes, it works. Gorgeous. The automatic algorithm always finds the course, which a practiced motorcycle had also chosen. Rather low-speed-sparingly to "D", more sporty, the 129 hp of the V4 fully utilizing to "S". Thanks to the two clutches, there is always traction, the extremely short shift breaks are barely noticeable in practice.

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Honda Honda Vfr1200x Crosstourer

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The bike for connoisseurs

Meanwhile, the biker has head and body free for the truly important two-wheel-driving things: Cord vein, perfection perfectation, overlook the traffic, enjoy the landscape. High and upright he perches above the asphalt, the small, adjustable windscreen makes a fair dose of wind pass. A few times the pilot may still play with the manual switching pads, then he leaves the happening to the on-board computer and is looking forward to the journey.

Innovation with success

Since the Crosstourer is a heavy travel Enduro, created for distances on highway and deserts, the ten kilos of extra for the double coupling fall hardly in weight. Rather already the 1000 Euro surcharge. Thus, the Crosstourer then costs almost 14800 euros and 400 euros more than a BMW R 1200 GS – which also offers many opportunities to get rid of money for extras in addition; But not for an automatic function. This is also an important argument for motorcycle drivers to grab Honda instead of BMW: good 40 percent of the buyers of the large V4 models, ie the Crosstourner and the sports tour Vfr1200f, order the system – the initially critically considered technique is allowed consider success. Not quite as good it runs with the smaller 700 models, which are also available with DCT: Here is the order rate at eleven to twelve percent.

The large scooter integra is magically – as standard.

Technical specifications:

engine: Liquid-cooled 76 ° -V4 four-stroke engine

Max. Perfomance: KW (PS) at 1 / min: 95 (129) / 7.750

Max. Torque: Nm at 1 / min: 126/6.500

Maximum speed in km / h: 209

Transmission: 6 speed manual / optional double clutch transmission

Length in mm: 2285

Width in mm: 915

Height in mm: 1335

Tank capacity in liters: 21.5

Weight filled out: 285

Max. Payload: 192

Price ex works: 13.790 euros

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