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::026::Mellow said:Yup, you don't understand.. ::025::
I have set up several for my dealer and ridden both the standard and DCT. It needs a lot more wind protection in my opinion, before I would consider touring on it. Fun around town and probably fun on tight twisties. Have tried both the Honda larger shield and the Givi shield and it needs more. Not saying that it couldn't be done, some may like it as is, but I would only find it useful as a commuter, not as a tourer.Mellow said:Not yet Fred. I can see making a tourer out of it as I'd like to do that with a smaller bike. We'll see, once I ride one I may just stick with the ST1300 and be as happy as a clam.
The DCT is pretty neat and I think it matches the personality of this bike very well. It is the second generation DCT and has some improvements over the first generation that I have ridden on the VFR1200. It seems smoother in operation and also will let you manually upshift or downshift even though you have it in one of the auto modes. In riding one, it seems that you can do the manual up or down overide two gears while in auto. The only down side is that it is combined with ABS, which although that is a valuable option, the combination raises the price of the bike $2,000 and most customers don't want to do that when they are considering a $6999 bike.Mellow said:Good info.. what are your impressions of the DCT? I've heard a lot of good things about it.