At what point on the street to you have the throttle at 100% at redline
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Quick Shifter. how does it work?
- Thread starter BondJamesBond
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At what point on the street to you have the throttle at 100% at redline
Haven't you ever seen a vid where the rider is so happy about how fast they can shift with a qs..i havent tried one so ill reserve judgement but i cant help but think how fast you can shift without one too! now downshifting with electronics is something I'd like to try someday
1) I periodically do with my 95hp beast!
2) you don't have to be at redline to shift quickly without the clutch
3) I frequent the drag strip so I wasn't necessarily referring to street
You are missing the point
The point of the quickshifter isn't so you can shift without the clutch, its so you can shift without releasing the THROTTLE. Clutchless upshifts are possible on all vehicles with fully synchronized transmissions like we have in our motorcycles. A quickshifter minimizes the reduction in engine power to allow a smooth shift without requiring user throttle input.
You don't need this for vehicles on the street, but if you do track days and may want one - some of them are user configurable for the RPM required to activate them. Example: on my track bike, a CBR600RR, the quickshifter doesn't do anything when shifting below 8000 rpm, to prevent stupid fuel/ign cuts while simply moving the bike around normally. Once you're above 8k revs, moving the shift lever to shift up a gear causes the cut out.
I don't know about OEM quickshifters but mine is not really useful except for full throttle upshifting (like on a straight away), when I am short shifting to optimize a particular set of corners not at full throttle I still use the clutch to make sure its smooth.
You don't need this for vehicles on the street, but if you do track days and may want one - some of them are user configurable for the RPM required to activate them. Example: on my track bike, a CBR600RR, the quickshifter doesn't do anything when shifting below 8000 rpm, to prevent stupid fuel/ign cuts while simply moving the bike around normally. Once you're above 8k revs, moving the shift lever to shift up a gear causes the cut out.
I don't know about OEM quickshifters but mine is not really useful except for full throttle upshifting (like on a straight away), when I am short shifting to optimize a particular set of corners not at full throttle I still use the clutch to make sure its smooth.
Ultimately you don't "need" anything for track days, but having a quickshifter can help you focus on other things.
In my case I bought a used fully built racing bike that came safety wired and with all the goodies because it's by far cheaper to go that route if you want a track day toy than to build one yourself. I entertained club racing but decided I don't want to start out in the 600 class...or as CVMA people refer to it - the meat grinder class.
Theres nothing wrong with the "600 class". You'd start as a novice/rookie and work your way to an amature then earn your way to pro. Only 600's are allowed in novice/rookie and that's the best place to start.
Theres more 600's in the 1000 class than there are 1000's
Wut
I don't agree with this statement, I use mine at 5,000rpm at 5% throttle and it is very smooth. Of the bikes I have tried, the MV Agusta (tried it on demo day this past summer)seems to have the smoothest, just like "butter".
Wtf are u talking about lol
N3WMAN
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It's really cute that you guys thought I was talking about whatever tiny silly series you race in up here.
http://www.cvmaracing.com/
Real clubs don't have 1000s racing with 600s, and yes, the supersport class has the most crashes because it has young people trying to get noticed and make a name for themselves.
Lol
So you race at CVMA? Is this club the only acceptable one to race at in North America?
Real clubs? Lol
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