Exploring the New Honda E- Clutch on the CB650R: Brighton to The Bike Shed! EP.1
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Hey Everyone,
In this video, I start out at Brighton, sampling the new E-Clutch system for the first time!!
In EP.1 I start on the CB650R from Brighton - The Gardeners Arms - The Bike Shed - Windsor and then on the next one, we travel from Windsor - Goodwood Revival - Brighton.
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I have a 2018 CB650F which is the immediate predecessor to the CB650R so I can appreciate the benefit of an E-clutch because when I rode to Barry, South Wales, during the summer, my left hand was aching due to the constant manipulation through traffic lights and the 20 mph zones which were prolific and extremely tiring, so for city dwellers the E-clutch is a no brainer.
Another great video, Kate. ❤
Wet as an otters pocket… great job Kate. Looks like a fun day irrespective of the “summer” weather… 👍👍
Can’t help but think this would make a great one-bike garage (unimaginable I know). Easy for commuting and a fun engine for twisties
I kind of like the idea of the E-Clutch for a city bike, too bad the weather was crap.
In the USA, the e-clutch is 'free' same exact price as the normal clutch version.
The rider in front of you in the first part that got phone out at lights and constantly rides in middle of road on white lines in wet 😬Great stuff as ever Kate , thanks
THIS! I was watching them and wondering if they were trying to crash. Riding in the middle of the road on the white lines in the rain?
@@SloboloboVFRthen weaving like a fool a bit later 😬
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Kate's staying cool and getting automatic curls.
An interesting take on the "clock tower".
One cannot mistake "D's" helmet.
Interesting ride from different perspectives.
Good video Kate hopefully better weather for part 2.
It... gets... worse 🤣🤣🤣
@@UsernameKate oh bless you wonderful to see your videos though.
This system will be suitable for many older riders with problems with their hands including me , doesn’t get any easier for us older riders, I’ve been riding since 1974😮,
Enjoyable video could of done with better weather, not so sure about if I was sat down chopping on my food with loads of bikes chucking out fumes on my grub 😢
Love the foreshadowing, on how being born in the North you were "crafted" by rain and prepared - and yet teh Soft Southern Rain did you in :) That'll be those waterproofs in the bin then. Great video as always (and I'm not a biker)
The famous wet week!
Really good vlog yet again Kate, so natural and comfortable in front of a camera. Watch out Grace Webb 😂
I can see this being quite good for commuting, town riding, or traffic. Let the bike deal with the gears.
Then, on the weekend, go full manual and have a bit more fun.
the bike will not deal with the gears, it will only deal with the clutch... you still have to shift gears.
Came here to say what Ayawetts said 😊
@@UsernameKate @AyaWetts oh okay, miss understood that.
Well, I can still see it being useful in the same situations. Reduce hand fatigue.
Can also see it being useful when stopped on an incline, free up both hands, hold the rear brake and don't need to do the little tap dance to head off.
Can you get wipers for your helmet.. if you can do a review on it love you videos keep up the great work
Welcome back Kate. Hope your feeling much better. As 64 yr old Aussie Bloke with long hair. I bet your helmet hair is not as bad as mine. I usually wear head scarve to lessen the impact.
This was filmed a month ago. I got ill after this trip unfortunately
@@UsernameKate Riding in rain that will do that to you. Have good one
Hey ❤ where about’s is the Gardeners Arms pub, we noticed its owned by Hall & Woodhouse we live in Dorset about 10 minutes walk away from the Hall & Woodhouse Brewery. Where is that cool Bike shed we definitely need to go there now, my wife wants to ride there 😊
Great video as usual just imagine it’s busy and someone😢 walking from the bar not looking and step out in front of you maybe a glass tunnel you can view the bikes oh the fumes old bike entering the bike shed. Cool place should all over the world like McDonald’s 😂
So the E clutch is kind of a quickshifter with extra functions? That's not too bad really a kind of use it or don't system like being able to programme 20 riding modes. Not the end of the world travesty some people have been making it out to be.
Even motorcycles are being adapted to the "new men"
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Yep,theres a word for the modern man,but the wallahs at you tube will delete it,what's wrong with actually riding a bike,instead of a computer on wheels
@@dizzyboy3049 you know it
Well put.
Guessing this was filmed on Monday then, looking at the weather? That E-Cluthc seems like a useful thing to have. I'm generally not a fan of modern "gizmology" on bikes, but I'm not a luddite either, so if it proves to me that it can do something useful, I'll have it. I was a fan of ABS when traditional riders were still tutting about computers on bikes and could you trust it, for example. I also have dodgy clutch wrist (thanks, Moto Guzzi...) so the idea of not having to use the clutch lever in traffic is attractive. I've had a couple of automatic scooters, so I'm not averse to clutchless riding, but the downside of those was always that you couldn't select a high gear on a dodgy surface (like snow). This seems like a good compromise.
Ah, common mistake, big ben is the bell, that is the Westminster tower.
Great video as always Kate.
@@Almond001 Elizabeth Tower
@@ElliotDooleysmith yip, my mistake, Westminster tower is the other one. My bad.
@@ElliotDooleysmithNever knew that. Thanks, every day’s a school day.
I was interested in Honda using a mixture of UK plated and Spanish plated bikes. I wonder how they work out the expenses between Honda UK and Honda Spain? Just noticed German(?) plates too.
I like the looks of the Bike Shed. I've seen it on Freddy Dobb's channel. I would like to visit one day. Having said that, I'm not too sure how I would stand with a Spanish plated historic bike in the ULEZ zone. (They let me into Madrid!)
I think Honda missed the mark here, the clutch and gearshift should be controlled by an app on your phone as it’s the only thing anyone is able to do these days. Maybe even shortcut that and make an app that simulates riding outdoors on an actual motorcycle.
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I was just thinking of the Honda 50 Cub that my mother bought in 1965, which was the first bike I rode on the road. That also had an auto clutch, but manual gears (in this case, no clutch lever at all). Has technology progressed very far in the last 60 years?
What a shocking day for it 😳. No wonder it knocked you for six
Special guest tomboy a bit 💟💟💟💟
Well, first of all, what a shame my home county of Sussex has not shown you it's better side, weatherwise 😢.
Then, as far as this E-clutch is concerned... who needs a Scooter in the shape of a motorbike? Oh, wait... I have a slight suspicion of arthritus in my left hand slowly making itself noticable, (now I need a GIF insert of an illuminating lightbulb here!). But for the motorcycle purist, I really can't see this as a viable option, as the Clutch/gear-shifting usage, is very much an integral part of the whole bike riding experience. However, it's good we have the choice. Just a pity Honda had to be first with it... says the Suzuki part of my brain. Facit after part one..., for me it's one or the other, but not 2 in 1.
So it's now up to you Kate to sell this to me in Part 2, in such a way, that I feel a test ride is inevitable!
I don't like the way in which innovation and electronics is slowly taking away all the fun out of riding, planting us on a maschine that does all the thinking for us! If this is the way future biking is gonna be, then i'm off to go get me a AN650 Burgman, with it's better weather protection, for my next ride around the rained out Lancs/York countryside.
Now for the brown nose bit... I feel this was a very good (so far) and accurate account of this new tech innovation. You've laid it out, in a way that even the thickest of our 2 wheeled friends can understand, along with your own thoughts of it so far, and you've presented it to us with a fantastic choice of B-roll, which must have been very difficult to find on such a wonderful day in the sunny Sussex countryside, and on all those half empty roads of our capital city!
Rock-on Biking, and rock-on UNK. Thanks..., looking forward to Part 2.
PS, ha ah, loved the fact you had a Lithuanian girl as your tour guide, but bet you both missed seeing St. Pauls Cathedral!
Yeah your juuust fine kate,good to see you girl.I prefer your voice instead mike and your much more pretty then him hahahahaha
A bit torn on this. The technology is super clever and being Honda it's unlikely to hit the market until they are happy it's reliable. And for folk who do a lot of town riding and/or have issues like carpal tunnel or athritis then I get using a manual clutch constantly can become painful regardless of how light the action is. For someone like me who rides only for pleasure and spends little time in situations with lots of stop / start riding I don't think there would be much benefit as i'd ride it in manual mode because that's what i'm used to for fast riding. I just hope Honda are doing this out of genuine innovation for accessibility rather than starting down the the path of making bikes appeal to a MoDerN aUdIeNcE that doesn't really exist.
I would have went home, done with this crap weather.
UKs weather has been MISERABLE this year 🥲
@@UsernameKate last 2 years, its been that wet i have flowers on my fingertips.
That's Westminster Tower.. that houses Big Ben. Have you noticed how predantic people are getting these days...
Hi Kate, Can an E-clutch be fitted on an 125cc? Sorry if it’s a silly/stupid question
At present, it's not retrofittable on anything and probably won't be. But it will probably be available on other models, whether it will reach the 125s, who knows!
@@UsernameKate thank you for your response 👏🏾
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