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Originally Posted by suburbanrancher
Hey, here's a Honda dream machine - How about a supersports bike with a slipper clutch ? You know, brake-slip-slip-accelerate, brake-slip-slip-accelerate. I hear a couple of other manufacturers have been dabbling with them a little bit.
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Originally Posted by resuscit8u
Honda invented the slipper clutch, and put them in every V4 bike they ever made except the ST.
That said, the new 1000RR has a slipper.
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Okay, reality check:
Supersports bike = widely available, used in racing, reasonable cost, like what you could buy at a local dealer who has five or ten in stock...like oh, say, a CBR.
V4 Honda = Supersports bike? Um...RC30 (no), RC45 (um, no again), oh, I know: VFR? (Um...I owned two, they were both v4 Hondas that didn't have slipper clutches, and no for three)
I own Hondas and I ride Hondas as well. Honda needs a slipper clutch in their widely marketed SUPERSPORTS bikes - simple as that.
Who knows about the new 1000rr; according to American Honda, it doesn't even exist yet,
So much for the history lesson.