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3:30 Helmet to Hat transition might be a world record. Smooth as the AT DCT power delivery!

Screw the noise and lighting, these videos are gold!!! Best africa twin videos by a continent.

For Sale: Africa Twin. Never been dropped or ridden off road. Mature rider.

Shout out to Christina for running around after you with a GoPro and making the best of it.

I love this DCT content of yours. It's really hard to find really good tips for riding this bike. These are life savers :-). And the quality of the content matters more than top-notch lighting ;-)!

I’ve spoken to a few very experienced riders who bought the DCT model and they all were extremely positive about it.

Although I've been a member of the A/T forum for over 8 months now, I just got to this video. I want to thank you very much for taking the time to do it. It was very informing. I knew, within about 2 city blocks of a test ride on a DCT that, without a doubt, the DCT is for me. There isn't ANYTHING I don't like about it. I'm not a Ricky Racer on the street nor am I a pro moto-cross rider off road. I've been riding now for close to 50 years and just have fun at it. Your points that you emphasized about how to control slow speed manuvering are well explained. I've been a Goldwinger for 35 of those 50 years and, the A/T is like a go kart compared to the Wing. And the DCT is nothing but pure pleasure. I thank you again. Well done.

Thnx! From DCT community of Russia))) Long waited DCT series - great. Picking up bike from left side on the slope - hand brake(parking brake) really worked well) And you’d be very welcome here in mother Russia)

We really appreciate the video. Thanks for trusting that we'll like the content. We really do!!

This is very advanced knowledge you're imparting to us, Bret, and surely of interest to Honda. The additional hydraulic rear brake control on the handlebar is such an easy thing to achieve, send Honda your video section on that for discussion, they may wish to give it a try. .

I have watched many of your videos and I really love how your narrative matches the set out objective in a rather tight way. You also address the what ifs around the topic which makes it complete, thanks for such great videos

I like that you made good comments about the DCT model, many people ride the bike for a couple of hours and make bad reviews about it. You took the time to ride it, to explore the pros and cons, and most important tell the tips to the DCT owners. Regarding the shots with the GoPro, for me, quality and sound are excellent, I guess I am more focused on content than cinematographic quality. SPECIAL THANKS TO THE PERSON THAT LEND YOU THE Africa Twin.

I'm on my 3rd DCT bike. NC750X, XADV, and now NT1100. It's wonderful addition to my riding enjoyment. A now dedicated DCT disciple.

Awesome content, even though I don't own a DCT, it's still a lot of beneficial information here. Thank you Bret and Christina for the amazing filming, the quality of the video and audio is more than fine to get what is happening!

Honda needs to send Bret Tkacs a new model AT every year, OK, they can send him the Rebel 1100 DCT also. That would keep him busy; us happy.

Thank for the series Bret you justified the things I have learned about making my DCT work and you taught me a few extra way to get better. I set up a left hand rear brake and it made things a lot more functional for me.

Excellent video, you prove that you need to know your bike to ride it efficiently. There are guys that buy big bikes, then complains about it size, weight, about DCT and so on.

I love these DCT tips. Keep 'em coming

Feels like the great Bret Tkacs listened to my request to handle this topic. Feels great ! Thanks a lot.

Excellent advise, thank you so much. I enjoy my DCT , on-road and off-road. I'm used to put engine in mode 3 automatic, TC off , ABS off, and I'm good to go off-road. I would certainly use the manual mode for really technical terrain, but this more difficult terrain needs also better shape than mine. I did appreciate the other video on setting the handle bar, I don't use risers, I just set the bar forward to have shoulders above bar, as you suggest in this video for better control of power and acceleration. This Africa Twin is really awesome off-road. I'm 63 years old and can still take care of those 260kg thanks to excellent balance of the chassis. Another advise, in case of mud , you really need to level up the front wheel fender to avoid blockage of front wheel .

Interesting series, you answered a lot of my questions and I enjoyed watching it. Video and sound quality was just fine. No easy task trying to chase you down using a GoPro.

No apologies required. Fabulous series. Excellent footage. I loved the technical demonstrations. I’m still on the fence for me getting an AF Sport DCT, but I’ve got a Rebel 1100 DCT to play with. Many of your tips are transferable to pavement, especially trail braking for u-turns and other slow speed manoeuvres. Excellent stuff. Thanks for sharing. I hope someday I can ride with the same skill and finesse.

Excellent documentaries, it is a luxury to contemplate their work and their adventures. A big hug from Catalonia !!!

Bret you are obviously an incredible character. At least, in a motorcyclist eyes. I have seen many of your videos, and still am in awe how you rip around on these huge motorcycles in trails. You are inspiring many, no doubt. Thank you.

Zero risk on Bret’s videos of hitting a thumbs up immediately after hitting play! Never disappointed. Really appreciate all your content. After a steady diet of T700 videos, I forgot how big the Africa Twin really is! The bike actually looks big with Bret on it.

Thanks for video Bret. It's amazing to watch your experienced riding skills and learn from it. Keep up doing it. It's great content. Greetings from Slovakia.

Bret you are truly brilliant! I don't have a DCT and probably never will, just fascinated by your instructional videos!

No worries on the equipment Bret! We care only the content which is always awesome! Thanks

Nice to see your editing and filming becomes better every video! Keep up the fantastic work! Thanks!

Love your videos Bret, especially this one having owned a DCT for 3 years and being about 10% as good as you off road. Thank you!

Loved it Bret, even though I ride a manual AT. Thanks for taking the time to figure it all out. I hope the DCT guys in the forum see this one. I am especially thankful that you mentioned the noise in the microphones. I thought that my $7000 hearing aids were going bad in my right ear, there was a crackling coming thru the Bluetooth from the iPad, that I now realize was rain!

Information was ace. Filming was ACE

Have a 2017 dct...love it...use her to commute and then weekend warrior dirt, trail rides....She's a big, comfy, super capable bike and I totally agree on how handy a left hand brake would be! Really enjoy the content! Thanks and happy thanksgiving!

Thanks guys, thought the production was top notch. DCT specific tips and tricks are great to learn from. Took me a year to learn some of them you mentioned, wish you had one out 13 months ago👍. I love my DCT ATAS and it good to hear a balanced take of the bikes pros and cons from a unbiased skilled rider instead of the usual motorcycle press DCT haters out there. Keep up the great content.

Great video. I have a DCT 2020 and it’s great in the city. Now with your series of videos I want to take off road. Thanks so much. The quality’s of videos it’s ok, the content it’s the important. Saludos from CHILE 🇨🇱

It's about content not picture/voice quality (that's just a bonus) for me, oh and as my mother always told me "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything!". Keep it up and thanks Bret.

Thanks for this. I ride an NC750S DCT, and although I don't take it offroad, the video is a reminder that power could be controlled using the rear brake instead of just relying on a smooth throttle hand

Riding an 2018 ATAS DCT & not really into the off road stuff, love the bike it’s technology used at its best in my opinion however I really do enjoy watching your videos & please keep them coming ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I just bought my dream bike. A 2021 Africa twin. Your videos are incredible and very helpful. I'm not a very experienced rider. Your videos are helping me improve. Thank you

DCT is great. Similar to Bret I tend to see it more as an automated clutch than as a fully automated gearbox. For my taste, too, the shifts mostly don't happen when I want them to. I have another flaw though: bikes with 17 inch front wheel (NC750, X-ADV) can't go as fast as the AT on very difficult terrain. Thus, when I needed to go downhill carefully and slowly through a very steep field of 4 to 5 inch boulders I realized I cannot rely on dragging 1st gear because the DCT suddenly disengages the clutch below a speed of around 8 kph/5 mph. Also there, downhill, you have to work with the engine pulling against the rear brake, or with the brakes only, both resulting in smoking brakes at the bottom end of the slope.

The clear and concise reasoning behind the “no risers on the AF/DCT” suggestion (4:03) is golden, but the esoteric, highly skilled, rigorously practiced and almost imperceptible lightening fast lid-transition maneuver @ 3:32 is absolutely brilliant.

Now THAT was DCT specific😂😂😂😂Cheers, Bret!!!

Thank you for doing the DCT series. I am learnings a lot from your videos.

DCT Rider myself. Awesome stuff. Keep it coming.

Awesome content! I appreciate a professional rider who looks to the community for content ideas like Bret does I’m in an Africa twin group and noticed him asking us what kind of things we wanted to see in this video!! Thanks Bret

Owned my AT Adventure DCT for a couple years now. Learned more watching this video than I have in 2 years of riding my bike. Now to apply what I've learned. Thanks sooo very much!!

I have been on the fence on getting the DCT model and couldn't find a lot of real world reviews on it. This is awesome, thanks for the vid!

Well, I asked for DCT help and you certainly hit the mark. You have given me the confidence to try it again on the road, as you suggest using the rear brake on slow turns.

Thank you very much Bret..!! Always very clear tips explanations..!! Easy to understand the potential of DCT, more difficult to put in practice for those whom we are not Pros 👍

I really enjoy your videos, so informative and your overall knowledge of riding is next level, and I'm not a trail rider. Great video as always 👍🏽

Awesome vid Bret, spot on for us DCT riders from an instructor that knows/understands off road. Quality of content is way more important than cinematography, great job. Also looks like fun place to ride. Can't imagine why anyone would give this a thumbs down....Thanks!!

Excellent video Bret , i have a DCT so found these videos very helpful . Thanks very much

I have the same one with same colour dct, and ı want to ride like you! Now watching you and after some lessons I will try and share 😂👍🏻 good job 👏👏👏

Bret, you are an awesome instructor. Very luck that you ve been hanging around with the AT DCT. Not many good lessons about this bike. Thanks and please keep it coming.. Best!

The walk away on the rear brake segment was awesome.

Great vid on the DCT, and spot on. I’m on my 5th DCT bike and have become very proficient in using the genius clutch modification. I’m unable to use a manual clutch due to childhood accident so my neighbor taught me how to quick shift at the age of 12, when I got my first motorcycle, a Yamaha min-enduro 60. Was off a bike for 33 years but when I got back on one, it was a DCT. I’m so great full for its invention and truly was a Godsend! Subscribed. Ride safe…

Thanks Brett, that was an awesome bit of schooling. I own a 2017 AT w/DCT love it been riding and racing since I was 13 I’m 59 now. Your style and sense of humor make it fun to watch. Subbed and headed over to your support page. Thanks for the hard work!

Thank you, I took an advanced motorcycle skills course in a heavy downpour with my NC750X DCT expecting to learn a fraction of what you just demonstrated. I would love to come to the Northwest corner of the GREAT U.S. of A. to meet you. I work with someone that claims he used to ride with you. Be Safe!

Thank you for the information on the dct transmission they are very miss understood technology I have one in the nc700x platform and the more I ride the more I like it thanks again for the installation.

Thank you very much Bret for these valuable DCT tips!!!

Geez the whole thing was fine. I’m not looking for a Hollywood production. In fact I have unsubscribed to many who went total Hollywood and added 20 minutes of fluff. Thanks for keeping it real.

After 20,000kms of DCT and over a thousand off road, this video teaches more and more. Thanks Bret and looking forward to meeting you in Kenya

Thank You for shearing Important knowledge for a DCT owner 👌 but one finger on the front brake can also make miracles on slow maneuvers. We fully agree about missing the left handle hydraulic back brake for more control we had that on our 2017 XADV 750 and it was quite nice actually 👍 a left handle manual mode “Clutch by Wire“ should also be nice, and it might be something for the Honda developers in the future❓ it could be sold as an extra combined with a smart electro hydraulic parking brake.

Another cool vid! Excited to see this channel progress!

This explanation is spot on with my experience using the AT DCT. The rear brake is like a clutch, putting pressure on removes power from the wheel to the ground. The biggest difference is as you noted - the power still loads up at the wheel. Excellent explanation!

Thank you so much for DCT content! Great tips! I have DCT version since 2016 and i would say it helped me a lot to ride better than i actually could when i had very little offroad experience. And now i feel like its limiting me when i'm trying to ride more technical tracks. But now you're saying quite the opposite thing! haha I think I'd better go and practice more on my DCT. I also struggled a lot in sand with DCT. rear wheel starts so soft and i kept digging holes when other guys kick 2nd and lunch themselves from sand without so much problems. And get stalled on uphills and downhills is such a pain as AT immediately goes in neutral and hand brake is so week and cannot always hold the wheel (even after adjusting the cable). But i love my DCT anyway. Zero major problems with bike. It's funny though. I ride mostly with GS guys and in the beginning when i fail and fall they kept saying my bike is crap and I'd better to change to GS. Now when i succeed where they cannot they say something like: "of course, its DCT, its easier".

Your value add to any adv rider is so much and your content is so helpful and applicable that the quality of the video isn't really a big deal. Thank you once again for an awesome video with lots to learn for me.. say hi to Christina from me and hope to you the next time you're down here. Cheers :-)

Love brets riding videos especially now he’s on a Africa Twin 👍

Excellent video my friend. 70000 on my 2016 in Chile touring SA. You are spot on with your video. Wish I were younger. 74 now and stiff

I think on road covering large distances is where it would work well for me. Especially toward the end of the day. Just roll on, roll off and let the bike do all the work. Definitely a serious consideration for the all day everyday rider, I think. Certainly opened my eyes to real possibilities for this. Happy travels

I am only half way through the video, But it is amazing! Thanks! Super good DCT specific tips. Can’t wait to try!!!!

I have a DCT Crosstourer and I was looking for left hand brake option. Honda please take note. Also love these videos. Thanks Bret!

Hello Bret. Happy that you have a new project. All the best for it. I have a Africa Twin Adventure Sports DCT 2018. I think that most of the things you mentioned about the shifting points were fixed on the 2018/2019 throttle by wire. There are some kind of sensors that read better the throttle. For me 95% of the time it shifts when it should on Sport 1 and 2 the modes that I ride most. For the other occasions the paddle shifts are there. I use manual with gravel mode On and traction control off when going out of tarmac. I wish some day you have the chance to try the throttle by wire versions and see the differences. I will for sure practice the advices you gave. Who knows if some day I will be able to throw around a bike that weights around 250 Kgs. For all of those that are on fence of choosing manual or DCT, give a try on it. Bare in mind that a 10 minute test ride will not be enough to understand. Best regards and rides for all. P. S. : I wouldn't mind lending you my bike to see the differences between the DCT versions, but we are far from each other. I live on the beautiful Madeira Island Portugal that for the 6th time won the prize of Word's Best Island of the World. You can see, on my just launched channel, some of my weekend rides with friends.

As always the best video out there on the AT from the God of big-bike-off-road riding. A biiiiiig hug Bret and Christina, and a happy Christmas too!

Great video Bret! I just bought my AT DCT yesterday from South Bound Honda. I told the manager that I watched this video and it sounds like he knows you!

Thx Bret. Your videos will do a good job when I take mine offroad for the first time. Dont have loose rocks like that around Berlin though...

Great video. Been riding my DCT for about 1 1/2 years off road and on. Still nice to learn. I find the sports modes delay the shifting but still find the manual mode best in technical and downhills. Thanks

Really enjoyed your DCT series, Bret. I can now see the benefits so would consider that option.

great video, I have 120k miles on two DCT's. I have done 3 BDR's, many 1000 mile days. It would be very hard to go back to clutched bike.

I have DCT, i totally agree on all points you have mentioned

Congratulations! Top vídeo and tips! Thank you so much! África twin adventure sports 2022 DCT Araras - São Paulo - Brazil

Always enjoy your videos, very informative and excites me to eventually get an Adv bike

Nice Bret, thanks for that Informative technics on Rough, Muddy & Gravel roads... i am X ADV Owner since 2019 here in my Country, Philippines.

I loved the video. I am a beginner rider and I was wondering if a DCT will fit for me, now I know considering my skill I have to keep in a MT for a while! Thanks for this video!

Watching Bret casually push bikes over is always great.

Your bike does have slope sensing built in to better manage shifting on hills, but it is far from perfect. The older DCT versions without that input were noticably less intuitive in that way. And the lastest models with full IMU spectrum inputs and improved traction control, are another step better. Keep rolling that DCT. They really grow on you. Hoping for lighter ADV bike with the DCT some day.

Thanks for the DCT tips. I am in my 60's and will never ride an area like you are in but will try some fire roads. I have the ATAS so more top heavy than the standard. I think your tip's are helpful for some on road issues too such as slow tight turns. Mine is a 2018 and I have put thousands of dollars into tons of aftermarket stuff so I would loose a lot if I tried to sell it but if that was not the case I would probably go with a much smaller and lighter bike for off road use.

Love it! So nice to see someone ride these bike how they were meant to be ridden. Look forward to more of your vids.

Crikey. The man is a nut, I’m afraid I can only live vicariously through KZfaq on some of those maneuvers (including the helmet-to-hat transition…). Have to say, excellent quality video and instruction, lots of pointers to be grateful for. Thanks!

I'm also a DCT rider and your tips in this video are extremely helpful to me. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Thanks for this video ❣️

Outstanding. Thanks so much for doing this! If you get an opportunity to try a 2020+ model, you may find the IMU connection to DCT makes technical riding in auto quite a bit nicer. I've ridden a 2016 and on my 2020 it's a whole other creature. Also, for anyone else just getting into this, if you need power for a particular obstacle and you know it's coming, you can still use the paddles in auto mode to force it down a gear or two. It will try to shift back based on your shift mode (I use Sport II) but the delay may not matter, as you might be past the obstacle at that point. And of course on a 2020+ the IMU will prevent the shift if the bike is climbing, descending or leaned over.

Interesting driving by the brake, thats just what I have always done with my Jeep rock crawling, I will have to give it a go.

Great video. The content is king. Cristina did a great job.

Always great to watch these videos

You have some great useful information and recommendations on your channel, excellent keep up the good work, new sub 👍🏽

Holy crap, the first person I've found on an Africa Twin that doesn't have a crazy thick accent I can't understand. Subbed!

That helmet to hat switch wow! LOL. You videos are the best! Informative and not condescending as others on KZfaq! Thanks

Right on!! I appreciate the tips. I have a manual AT but might go DCT next time. Cheers!!

Loved this - second time watching it. Not sure I'll buy a DCT, but you've at least made me consider the proposition. I will definitely test ride one, when I'm closer to buying:)