General topics » Quickshifter

Ok, so I’ve had 2 months with the R1200 now and absolutely loving it. I’ve got to grips with the quick shift, albeit I have a query…

I get the ‘not using it for 1st to 2nd’ and all other up shifts are slick as anything under constant or progressive throttle. All downshifts are sublime when completely rolled off…

However, downshifting from 2 to 1st, sometimes it pops into neutral after about 1-2 seconds. Which can be disconcerting if you’ve just banked into a turn.

A solution I’ve discovered for this is when shifting from 2nd to 1st is to keep my foot pressed down on the gear selector.

My question is, is this normal or am I fixing a problem that shouldn’t be there?

Pete

My '17 has done that maybe two or three times in 40,000+ miles and , yes, it is quite disconcerting. I was having trouble with downshifts quite early in it's life and the dealer replaced the little box on the transmission input shaft and I haven't had any real issues since. I think some of it may be attributable to operator error, at least in my case.

Frank

The shift assist relies on a set of specific circumstances to be in place to work properly. I've had smooth 2 to 1 and 1 to 2 shifts...others were horrible. My guess is that it doesn't take much for it to glitch should the circumstances not be ideal when shifting.

Zitat von zer0netgain im Beitrag #3

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The shift assist relies on a set of specific circumstances to be in place to work properly. I've had smooth 2 to 1 and 1 to 2 shifts...others were horrible. My guess is that it doesn't take much for it to glitch should the circumstances not be ideal when shifting.

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Shifts are all fine, even the 2nd to 1st. It’s just that if I don’t keep my foot pressed on lever, it decides to sometimes jump out of first after a second or two. 1st to 2nd is always clunky unless I’m really pushing the pace in 1st.

I might mention it to dealer on its next service.

Other than that, it’s my favourite bike I’ve had.

It thought the manual advised only using it from 4 to 6 gears. I hardly ever use it now. Its too fussy. Works OK only if throttle is pinned open. But I rarely ride like that.

The quickshift on my 1250rs work surprisingly well, although it is a little abrupt in 1 to 2 and 2 to 1, but reckon its probably more me than the bike.
Having said that try not to use it too often as my old vfr750 objects if I forget to use the clutch after riding the RS most of the time.

Zitat von L2RKE im Beitrag #6

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It thought the manual advised only using it from 4 to 6 gears.

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Zitat von RugbyPad im Beitrag #5

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. It’s just that if I don’t keep my foot pressed on lever, it decides to sometimes jump out of first after a second or two.

I might mention it to dealer on its next service.

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I never use it downshifting. Prefer to match revs and clutch
Upshifting mine works like it should

Thanks Lee, I’ll mention it when it’s in for service.

Really jstclair?

The downshift is my favourite part of it (except the occasional 2 to 1 hiccup obvs).

Pete

Zitat von RugbyPad im Beitrag #12

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Really jstclair?

The downshift is my favourite part of it (except the occasional 2 to 1 hiccup obvs).

Pete

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Zitat von RugbyPad im Beitrag #12

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Really jstclair?

The downshift is my favourite part of it (except the occasional 2 to 1 hiccup obvs).

Pete

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Jstclair, to be fair. If I’m downshifting into a corner I’m already scrubbing speed anyway so I’m not closing the throttle just to downshift. Clearly all done before starting the actual turn.

Then just steady throttle until getting back on throttle again out of the corner.

It’s a lovely experience with the QS.