Any 600cc with quick shifter?

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gsxr guy said:
If shifting is so difficult for some perhaps they should just go automatic. The whole point to a quick shifter is to go faster in a straight line that is all.
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It's not that it's difficult to shift, it's that on longer rides it gets tiring. You're right about the purpose of it is to shift faster but it does have other perks.

If I was to buy a quick shifter it would be to make touring easier, the quicker shifting is just an added benefit.
 
Not once on rides lasting from 4 days to 2 weeks have I thought "ah man, this shifting thing is really getting annoying".

EDIT: Actually, there was once. I rented a chopper in Florida for 3 days and that thing had the heaviest clutch. I had to left the damn foot lever with my whole leg and almost use two hands to squeeze the lever...over exaggeration, of course, but that bike sucked to shift with. Any normal bike though?
 
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SWH said:
It's not that it's difficult to shift, it's that on longer rides it gets tiring. You're right about the purpose of it is to shift faster but it does have other perks.

If I was to buy a quick shifter it would be to make touring easier, the quicker shifting is just an added benefit.
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WTF? If you need a quick shifter to alleviate stress on your left hand while doing longer rides... you really need to hang up your keys and sell your bikes. They're a track orientated option, plain and simple.

It's not a big deal at all to simply roll off the throttle for a half second, click the shifter into a higher gear (*WITHOUT* pulling in the clutch) and away you go back on the gas.
If you can't do that without a quick shifter, you need to evaluate your riding skills and take some courses to improve them.

I'm curious though -- can you please explain to me how you find pulling a clutch lever on the highway once or twice an hour more tiring than controlling your throttle for the same amount of time?

You mentioned touring as the primary reason for needing one -- isn't most touring done on highways? Why would you need a quick shifter there? Makes about as much sense as wearing mukluks in the high desert.
 
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BigEvilDoer said:
It's not a big deal at all to simply roll off the throttle for a half second, click the shifter into a higher gear and away you go back on the gas.
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That's how I shift most of the time, but why not make it a little easier if I can? I'm not saying I'm going to get one, and I'm not saying it's worth the price (which is why I don't have one.)

Also since when does touring have to be mostly done on the highway?
 
I have a QS on my street bike and it's pretty nice ripping through the gears going warp speed every once in a while but I still use the clutch 50% of the time. Just had one installed on my track bike, we'll see how easy it is to set up.
 
BigEvilDoer said:
WTF? If you need a quick shifter to alleviate stress on your left hand while doing longer rides... you really need to hang up your keys and sell your bikes. They're a track orientated option, plain and simple.

It's not a big deal at all to simply roll off the throttle for a half second, click the shifter into a higher gear (*WITHOUT* pulling in the clutch) and away you go back on the gas.
If you can't do that without a quick shifter, you need to evaluate your riding skills and take some courses to improve them.

I'm curious though -- can you please explain to me how you find pulling a clutch lever on the highway once or twice an hour more tiring than controlling your throttle for the same amount of time?

You mentioned touring as the primary reason for needing one -- isn't most touring done on highways? Why would you need a quick shifter there? Makes about as much sense as wearing mukluks in the high desert.
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^^^ Agree 100%
 
SWH said:
Saying it's not useful for street riding isn't true. It reduces stress on your hand on longer rides. But that is the only real benefit.
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It is true - You can upshift without a clutch so there is no stress in your hand.

I just got one for my street bike but I only did it because I can and want, not for any practical reason whatsoever
 
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Is it just the wrong bike for what you want to do?
 
QS sounds badass on a street bike. even if it's a unnecessary for street riding, it just sounds so cool.

if i ever rode a supersport i would definetly get it.
 
ZX600 said:
It is true - You can upshift without a clutch so there is no stress in your hand.

I just got one for my street bike but I only did it because I can and want, not for any practical reason whatsoever
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Squid.....
 
dina said:
QS sounds badass on a street bike. even if it's a unnecessary for street riding, it just sounds so cool.
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It does sound cool when you are wide open which is rarely practical in the GTA. Now if you put a QS on one of the screaming old 4 cylinder 250 cc hondas, you would have the time of your life (are there any of these bikes being ridden in the GTA?).
 
It "sounds cool" whether you're WOT or not. I regularly use it at just 4-5K, part throttle while accelerating away from a light.

It's interesting that so many so-called enthusiasts have such a ****** attitude toward quickshifters. How many baubles and trinkets do we all put on our rides that serve no particular purpose other than pleasing the owner and/or being "cool"?

Geez, half the reason I ride is because it's "cool": When you ride other guys want to be you and their girlfriends want to be with you.. :P
 
You want it because it's cool? Fine.

You want it because of a poorly rationalized justification that you're trying to infect other people with? Why don't you take a seat over there.
 
TwistedKestrel said:
You want it because it's cool? Fine.

You want it because of a poorly rationalized justification that you're trying to infect other people with? Why don't you take a seat over there.
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Just offering an opinion based on first-hand experience and clarifications to untruths being spouted here.

People often modify things their rides, sometimes with things that have a distinct purpose (e.g. a frame slider) and sometimes with things don't (e.g. a tail tidy.) Unless the guy is putting sparkly bar-end tassels on his ZX10R who the **** cares what he does or why he does it? Why be an emotionless ****ing robot and state-as-if-fact "Not required for on-street usage. Ergo, do not install"?
 
Is anybody here saying "do not install"?
 
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His question was about usefulness, go read his first post, we answer accordingly.

No one said don't install, I even said I got one for my street bike and I have one in my race bike.

It's interesting to see that the majority of guys saying that is not useful for street are the ones with QS on their race bikes.
 
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