As motorcycle manufacturers look to expand their markets, they have introduced automatic motorcycles. These machines take shifting out of the equation, making motorcycling more accessible.

I hit the racetrack with Honda’s new automatic E-Clutch technology to see if not having a manual makes a motorcycle any less of a blast to ride.

Auto, self-shifting hydraulic transmission. Wimpshift. Just plain “automatic.” No matter what you call them, they're finding their way onto more and more two-wheel machines, and our friends ...

Curmudgeons and hypocrites may scoff, but this barrier-lowering bike could very well be the future — and that might just be a good thing.

With few exceptions in the history of motorbiking, the two-wheeled world has broken down something like this: Manual transmission equals motorcycle (and macho). Automatic transmission equals ...

BMW Motorrad has announced a new Automated Shift Assistant (ASA) technology that operates the clutch and gearbox of a motorcycle to offer a smoother, faster, more precise gear shift. If you’re ...

Biperformance Development Corporation (BDC) finalized its top-shelf transmission control system for OEM motorcycles, called the ShiftFX Electronic Shift Transmission (EST). This system opens a ...

With Italian moto king Ducati shifting into the auto-clutch space, we might be speeding toward the point of no return.