Was flicking through BiKE magazine at lunch today.  Noticed in the new gizmo's section a  quick shifter for sale (not cheap - about £250 i think).  Anyway, it says it works by shutting the revs slightly for smooth gear changes. I do this normally when acclerating anyway - but not when stamping down the gears.  Will this allow clutchless down shifts too?  Will they be smooth?  Does it only work under hard acceleration/decelleration?  Or would it work at cruising too?

Just thinking of ways to help my shit wrist tendons to last longer.

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If your wrists ache after doing a bit of cruising D6, you need to change your lifestyle!

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I hear they do 500cc mopeds these days

LOL - nothing wrong with the Suzuki Burgman.  My instructor rode one when teaching me.

But what I meant was when I commute - i dont use clutchless shifts (or when in town centres) as the revs aren't rising fast enough for it to be smooth. Would this be okay for gentle acceleration (like when pulling off from lights - but in a 30 zone) so I dont need to use the clutch?  And also teh same for braking.

That way I can reduce the amount of times I actually need to use the clutch - and prolong my wrist.

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My bike USE to have one.
It messed with the electrics and only problems I've had with the bike was because of this.
It only works when your flat out too, and its to stop you using the clutch or rolling off.

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Ta for that.  No point then.  I use clutchless when falt out already anyway no problem.  It was just at low revs I wondered if it worked.

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buy an automatic

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Triples are the future, baby!

For road riding, a QS won't give you much benefit over clutchless upshifting.  On track, the benefit is that you keep the throttle wide open when you change up, rather than the quick back-off in normal cluthchless upshifting.  This also allows you to upshift when cranked over without upsetting the bike.

Martin

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http://www.pirate-racing.net

It won't help with your wrists (maybe you need to swap hands every now and again to even them up ) but aftermarket rearsets can really help to smooth out a clunky gear change. I was also suprised at how much a new chain made for much smoother drive and gear changes.

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Rearsets do improve the gear changes and there's nowt like a new chain to freshen the bike up.

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Triples are the future, baby!

Gotta go and collect my new rearsets from Citylink tomorrow. WTF do they not deliver parcels in the evening when everyone is at home????

Not everyone is a chavtastic sloth who spends all day sat in front of the tv watching their mates on Jeremy Kyle, skinning up, drinking Special Brew and generally wasting their pathetic life!

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daytona63:

Not everyone is a chavtastic sloth who spends all day sat in front of the tv watching their mates on Jeremy Kyle, skinning up, drinking Special Brew and generally wasting their pathetic life!

 

Admit it, you're jealous 

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Triples are the future, baby!

Yep i wish i could afford a shell suit and white trainers too!

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I wouldn't call myself chavtastic but working from home does have benefits

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I've not got the self discipline to work at home. Too much time playing games and surfing to do any work

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Triples are the future, baby!