I’m thinking of putting a quick shifter on my DVT, I have an Arrow exhaust fitted and just love the sound. Which is best, value for money easy to fit , I’ve read the Healtech is easy to fit but don’t know anyone who has one ,Anyone got one , any advice ? Cheers
Given that quickshifters were originally made for race bikes and (often) are designed to work at the higher end of the rev range under load, what is the point of having them on road bikes, especially adventure/touring type bikes? I have never owned a bike with a quick shifter, but on every bike I have had, it has been possible to do clutchless up shifts and I really can’t see the advantage for road use.
The main benefit if you get one that works well is laziness, smoothness of shifting with a pillion on etc. It just isn't the case with the Multibox... which I found shifted OK most of the time, with frequent missed 1>2 and 5>6... there was no downblip and so was up only, and caused a breakdown when the earth wire decided to have an off day... on the way to Thurso from Lincolnshire, causing a ride in three trucks home and immediate turnaround and return to Scotland in the car... since then I've been a bit off them...
I have the Rapid Bike one, downsides, you need the RB Evo module as well as its not stand alone plus sides, you get the fuelling sorted by the RB Evo module, quick shift is plug and play and very adjustable you can choose to have either QS only or QS and Blipper if that floats your boat. I went for just QS, after a bit of tuning with pre-load, kill times etc, it is very smooth, it covers pretty much all the rev range, being clunkier at lower speeds, my Pillion can tell the difference between, using the QS, normal clutchless and full clutch changes, QS is smoother according to her. QS is not just about saving 10th second here and there, its just a different way of unloading the gearbox to allow a change.
