With paddles shifters there's no clutch. You got paddle on left, pull it and it goes 1 gear lower, pull paddle on right of steering wheel and it goes 1 gear higher. Its still very very easy to do ... but not completely as easy as CVT.
I think if they go away from cvt clutching you will see prices jump a lot. Also instead of the belt being the weak link it will be front and rear diffs, gears in the transmission itself. I don't know about you guys but I'd rather change a belt. I know grabbing gears would be badass though....
You think prices will jump? Pioneer price point is cheap... but it's not putting down the HP sport SxS are doing now either. I read on another forum some guy though Honda had patent for paddle shifting setups with tranny for ATVs/UTVs. Any truth to that ??
I desperately need to shift! I hate the CVT and the consistent rpm sound where there is no shifting. I consider shifting as part of driving fun. I think transmission is be more reliable than CVT but it will cost a fortune to repair if it gets wrong. POLARIS and other manufactures, hear me out I'm willing to pay extra for this feature.