Aprilia started building these in 2007 and discontinued them about 2014 prices are looking good on Cycle Trader for nice ones with low miles. In fact, some might argue that the Mana is what inspired the Honda.
The CVT is what most scooters use, but the Mana’s no scooter (not that we have anything against scooters) it’s a for-real fun-to-ride, reasonably high-performance motorcycle with a big storage compartment just like the Honda’s.
If you’re looking used, the Aprilia Mana 850 GT was a winner too, an exotic Italian V-Twin with a CVT (constantly variable transmission) that requires no shifting or clutch work. DCT gives you the option of fully automatic shifting, or a couple of modes where you do the shifting with your left thumb and forefinger, no clutch required ever. In fact, one of the reasons Honda gave for introducing its DCT was to get more people riding. Honda offers its DCT, or Dual Clutch Transmission, in a bunch of its models: It’s effectively an automatic transmission. There are some great motorcycles with automatic transmissions, if you like Hondas. My cars have always been automatics, and nobody ever looked down their nose at me about them.
#Automatic motorcycle scooter manual
My boyfriend tells me real motorcycles have manual transmissions, and that I’m taking the coward’s way out. Do any motorcycles offer automatic transmissions, and are they real motorcycles? I don’t want a scooter. I really want to start riding, but it seems like learning to ride will be a tall enough mountain to climb without having to learn all about shifting gears too.
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