You just can't compare Honda's DCT with anything in the motorcycle market. Nothing else comes close. It's not a slush box. It has real clutches, two of them. I wasn't really sold on the DCT when I bought the CTX for my wife(she moved to the CTX from a Suzuki 650 Savage) she wanted the ABS more than anything. The only way to get ABS on the CTX is with the DCT. Once we got used to not grabbing for the nonexistent clutch lever when stopping it doesn't feel odd at all. Honda's chassis computer works really well and keeps the rider of the DCT from doing stupid things. If the front wheel isn't turning the rear will only go 20MPH and not shift - no wheelies or burnouts. In any mode you can't force a downshift that will chirp the rear tire or over rev the engine. When you brake hard enough to activate the antilock system the tranny also downshifts to the best gear to power out of trouble all way to full stop. It's really fun I've played with it on closed tight course, autocross for motorcycles, dive hard into turns grab all the brakes, turn the bike wide open coming out, no clutching no shifting just brake steer throttle.
Honda is putting out the Africa Twin in a 1000cc with DCT for 2017.
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