DCT Parking Brake

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Paige

Discussion Starter · Dec 14, 2015

Lever and parking brake. So that's like a bicycle, one brake each hand?

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Yromulus

· #2 · Dec 14, 2015

A Honda rep at the NEC show said that the parking brake was "out of comfortable reach" so people transitioning from a regular manual to a DCT wouldn't slide down the road if they forgot they didn't have a clutch. A bit like the first time you drive an automatic car after using manuals for years and skid to a halt when you go to change gear...

So I guess they aren't expecting people to use it when in motion. I wonder if the parking brake has different pads that might not like being regularly used...who knows?!

Jonathon O'Reilly

· #3 · Dec 14, 2015

Yromulus said:
A Honda rep at the NEC show said that the parking brake was "out of comfortable reach" so people transitioning from a regular manual to a DCT wouldn't slide down the road if they forgot they didn't have a clutch. A bit like the first time you drive an automatic car after using manuals for years and skid to a halt when you go to change gear...

So I guess they aren't expecting people to use it when in motion. I wonder if the parking brake has different pads that might not like being regularly used...who knows?!

On some pictured is looks like the parking break piston connects directly to the brake cable. I guess this is to save weight but I doubt it has any more stopping power than required by a handbrake.

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anotherbiker

· #4 · Dec 15, 2015

Seems like it's a much bigger parking brake lever than on other Honda DCT bikes, which is odd as I would say this one is more likely to be dropped than the others due to the likelihood of it being taken off road!

iSlanderYT

· #5 · Dec 15, 2015

Its out of reach, you have to take your hand off the handlebar to reach it properly.

Nessuno

· #6 · Dec 15, 2015

So the whole lever is the parking brake and the extra bit is a latch/lock?

Juha

· #7 · Dec 15, 2015

Nessuno said:
So the whole lever is the parking brake and the extra bit is a latch/lock?

Yes. Watch this video starting at 3:40 min.

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Nessuno

· #8 · Dec 15, 2015

Juha said:
Yes. Watch this video starting at 3:40 min.

Thank you sir. So the pic in OP is in the 'parked' position.

anotherbiker

· #9 · Dec 15, 2015

Still looks like it's a bent/broken lever waiting to happen in a drop if you ask me... I wonder why they changed the design from the other DCT bikes. I guess if it does break on a trip then it's not essential to get it fixed before you get home... just don't park on a hill.

JasonWD

· #10 · Apr 13, 2016

Now I'm wondering if it is possible to put a proper rear brake lever on there...

DCTFAN

· #11 · Jul 3, 2016 (Edited)

AT Easter Egg?

Little known fact, not even mentioned in the owner manual.
The parking lever has four lock positions.
Each click is stronger than the previous position in succession.
Just squeeze harder and lock in.

Svendus

· #12 · Mar 5, 2021 (Edited)

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AT-Dragon

· #13 · Mar 5, 2021

Svendus said:
2020 CRF1100 DCT Left Hand Rear Brake Modification

G'day Nice People's, Here is a link to my 2020 Honda CRF1100 Africa Twin Adventure Sport ES DCT Left Hand Rear Brake Modification. I had done the same previously to my 2017 AT DCT. Hope you enjoy. Peter.

www.africatwinforum.com

@Svendus
You might want to watch the dates on the posts, that question you answered was from 2016. This forum just brings up “relevant” threads and doesn’t sort them by the dates they were posted. So it will dredge up things even from when the forum was first started and the AT community was full of questions that have now become more “common knowledge “..
Not to mention by members that may no longer participate here..

Svendus

· #14 · Mar 5, 2021

@AT-Dragon

All right Sorry missed the date. there are a lot off posts on this subjeckt

ShifterTorque

· #15 · Apr 5, 2021

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just did some changes to a non dct clutch lever and now it is a parking brake lever😉

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Svendus

· #16 · Apr 5, 2021

ShifterTorque said:
just did some changes to a non dct clutch lever and now it is a parking brake lever😉

nice a spare honda oem part type handbrake lever for a Honda NCX DCT or Crossrunner VFR 1200 DCT cost over 500$ in Sweden 5700 sekr.

ShifterTorque

· #17 · Apr 6, 2021

€28,- @Aliexpress.....

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Ridingbling

· #18 · Sep 19, 2021

ShifterTorque said:
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just did some changes to a non dct clutch lever and now it is a parking brake lever😉

Ridingbling

· #19 · Sep 19, 2021

I need this mod in my life, do you have any other information on how this was done, or a part number that you ordered for the lever?

GR8ESC

· #20 · 4 mo ago

ShifterTorque said:
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just did some changes to a non dct clutch lever and now it is a parking brake lever😉

I have some of those levers on my DCT, but what part did you order or modify on the parking brake? The part that the parking brake locks into is a different thickness and shape from the OEM version. I tried to use the left hand lever, but it's for clutch and not a DCT. Thanks.

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