Healtech Qse

Yes. It was not a good experience.

Failed earth caused a breakdown on Scottish trip, wasn't smooth and only officially did upshifts. Thrown in bin.

 

I put one on my Monster, it’s been fine.

 

I have one on my recently purchased 2015 1200S DVT, upshift only but it's very smooth and actually I'd say better than the oem fit on the 1260S, which itself hasn't been reliable, it's now on it's 3rd QS, fortunately both replaced under warranty.

 

Hi Sam,
Do you have a recent 1200?
I have been looking at a Healtech Quickshifter Easy iQSE-1 and wondered if it would work well on a 2014 Monster 1200S.
Is it good for down as well as upshifts?
Thanks

 

It will still cut the ignition on downshifts but the gearbox is normally unloaded anyway for downshifts. On a part throttle downshift, it will let the gear go in, but of course, can’t rev match as there is no blipper, so it won’t be entirely smooth.

 

Thanks for your replies folks,

I like the idea of a quickshifter, as a friend I ride with on a BMW XR loves it as the change is very slick.
However I am not too sure an aftermarket one on a lumpy L twin, that wasn't originally designed to work with one, would be the same...
From what I have read and seen on Youtube it seems that it would work ok at full throttle but less so at round town speeds.

 

Can’t say I’ve ever used it at round town speeds. They are easily adjusted via their app on your phone though.

It is upshift only. Not really tried it on downshift as no autoblipper.

Not great between 1st and 2nd but maybe I should adjust it. Personally I like it, had no problem with it. I use the clutch in busy traffic without even thinking about it. Only use the Quickshifter when I want to ‘shift quickly’.

I’ve got one for my Multistrada, just not got round to fitting it yet.

 

Each to their own but I don’t really get why you would need one for road riding and changes at part throttle. All a QS does is momentarily unload the gear train so that another ratio can be engaged without coming off the throttle. If you are not flat out chasing lap time, wouldn’t you just ease the throttle slightly and snick another gear?