Honda Motogp Seamless Gearbox

The factory yamaha riders gear changes were smoother and less noisy than the tech 3 bikes or the rcv1000r.

Honda motogp seamless gearbox. The only response you receive from hrc or honda riders about the gearbox is that it is better and that it is smoother. Similar gearboxes had been used in f1 cars for some while but no one had attempted to cram all that technology into a motorcycle size gearbox. Honda s dct twin clutch system banned by motogp rules uses hollow output shaft technology to run one shaft within another to drive both clutch baskets. The rc212v s seamless gearbox perfectly illustrated honda s engineering genius.

Honda s first motogp seamless unit was like a watch inside. Marco simoncelli on the factory honda gresini machine. Honda has been the front runner in exploiting them from a long time and its their new invention that decimated the competition and set a benchmark in motorcycle power transmission the seamless shift gearbox. On changing up to the next gear first the backlash pawls in the first gear are disengaged but not the drive ones and the drive pawls in the second ratio are engaged.

Honda s seamless shift gearbox has been the talk of the motogp world since it first debuted at sepang with journalists on a quest to chase down exactly what it is and how it works. The gearbox is still not as sophisticated as honda s but it offers some advantages.