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On supersports, yea they make sense because they dont shift as easy as dirtbikes do. Even still, i dont see the need. You can do the clutch trick on sportbikes too.
I think the QS is worth about a bike length per shift in a tar drag race.
With every advantage exploited, I thought being able to hold the throttle on the stop and “feed it gears” might be desirable. Especially on the start, and especially on long start straights with 250Fs.
I suspected they might not be legal in MX.
Certainly not alowed in some classes of road raceing. Historic and “Stock” classes for obvious reasons, and even specifically banned in a Sumo Road Race class I was looking at.
Would love to run a quick up on the ktm 450. Only thing I cant figure out is how to make a linkage rod for the shift lever. there has to be a linkage rod like a superbike rear sets for the sensor to attach so when pulling up the sensor gets squeezed. I suppose you could drill a hole thru the shift rod very close to the fulcrum and mount the sensor to a fixed point above it as long as it will be able to cover the whole stroke of the shifter in both directions, hard to do without a linkage system
should only be around 250$ for a decent stand alone universal push or pull sensor system.
there is a huge benefit to running a quick shifter, ease of use in stress, less fatigue and less wear on parts. also id like to have it reverse shift as it just makes more sense that way.
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I have a Starline, and a Healtech. They both use a “piezo” washer on the gear lever and work perfectly.
Just an example:
Please go out on a track and shortshift while in an corner and use the "clutch trick"
Lets see where you and that front wheel end up.
Or go down the starting straight head to head with another likewise bike but without qs, let's see who gets to the next corner first.
Although, on an Mx bike, naah..
From what i remember it cut the revs for a fraction of a second to remove pressure. i also seem to remember that reliability was abit of an issue....
Do you ride or race in spain/Europe?
I sent a msg to star lane the other day and haven't heard back yet. ill see if the DEP one is still available
I have bought, but not yet fitted, a Healtech unit for my Husky FS450.
Cool, maybe we meet one day!
I'm racing the catalan open 600 this year (small series) first season racing. Switched from mx last year but I do pretty decent times on my old 600 in contrast to how much time I have ridden.
1.56 catalunya 1.44 valencia
If I'll find a little more speed (read get a better bike/setup
Stock forks and only got 111@rear wheel so I can't outpower modern 600s even in the slipstream,and beating a trackdayguy on a 2016 moto2 angel nieto bike on catalunya was hard work, those bikes are like rockets!!
Headed for circuit Calafat next, can't wait!! that's the bad part with roadracing, can't afford to ride 2 days a week ? not even once a month during winter?
Worked good but was a little sensitive, probably just needed software tuning..
I suspect the no linkage “piezoelectric” set up operates on a narrower range than the typical sports bike set up with the sensor on the linkage.
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