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Are there any beginner and intermediate semi-automatic standard-style motorcycles (not cruisers or scooters)?
I have an interest in purchasing a motorcycle(s) for street and light to (later on) moderate freeway driving. I say more than one motorcycle since, from what I have read, you start out easy and move on to more powerful bikes later.
Back to the matter at hand, though. I remember riding a semi-automatic ATV that I really enjoyed riding. Changing gears without a clutch was easy for me to grasp and learn and it was darn fun!. However, I am not very comfortable with clutch+gears, possibly due to me trying to learn on a Camero but thats another story. So I ask, have you seen standard motocycles (not sport, not cruisers, not scooters, but, for lack of a better word “regular” motorcycle styles; not forward leaning, but sitting fairly straight up) that have this semi-auto type of transmission that are beginner class (around 250-400cc) and, as a later upgrade, intermediate class (500-600cc)?
Thank you for your time.
Yamaha made a semi-automatic cruiser, but that was a big bike, unsuitable for a beginner.
Don’t worry – I thought the same thing when I started, and intended getting a scooter. But when I did a learner’s course, I decided to learn on a motorcycle ). After getting my learner’s (a learner’s course is compulsory in Australia) I was hooked, and bought a second hand Honda CB250 aka Honda Rebel (pure luck – the riding school bikes got caught out in a hailstorm and they were sold off cheaply). Learning to change gears on a bike is actually a lot easier than on a car, because of the progressive gears (no neutral between gears).
If you do learn, shop around for a good second hand 250 as a first bike, there’s quite a few, and you’ll not lose all that much in value..
Since then (two years ago) I’ve moved up through 4 bikes to a V-Twin sports bike, and only now bought a scooter, for commuting.
Honda Silverwing 600cc Scooter
