A while back I bought a used Ducati Performance Powershift which is basically a rebranded Starlane quickshifter with a load-cell but only just got round to fitting and road testing the thing. Toddler and non-understanding wife means little to no time in the garage! For context the unit picks up power from the rear brake 2pin superseal and the ignition cut is actually done through the OEM side-stand 3pin superseal. Negative is connected to the battery. This is where the un-amusing fun begins: Engine off and on max sensitivity it will signal a cut as the green light flashes and I can hear a click from the unit Bike running up on the paddock stand in 6th and there is no noticeable rev drop when looking for 7th Multimeter hooked up to the plug that sits between the OEM sidestand and the loom and it confirms there’s a voltage change with a test signal so I guess it is doing a cut Out on the road in desperation and on the throttle it does nothing Tried longer cut times but no joy I wonder if this is a generational thing in the sense that the ECU doesn’t understand the momentary cut in the same way as say later (or earlier?) Ducatis. Could be a bad unit. Attached the Ducat Performance Powershift manual in case anyone has never seen one. Happy days….or not.
Hmmmm, I had a Starlane dash/quickshifter on a previous race bike (GSXR1000K7) and the thing inserted itself in the coil inputs, interrupting the ignition signals. Worked a treat. Not sure about your side-stand ignition-cut but in theory should be no issue. Only thing I can offer is the strain gauge switch needs room to “breathe”, lol. By that I mean, if you pre-stress it cranking up the gear-change linkage it ain’t gonna like it. So “softly-softly” when nipping up the sensor. Good luck, it’s good gear so I’m sure you’ll sort and love it.
From lots of googling there seems to be the suggestion that it works >5k rpm but I find that a bit odd as the sensor has no input into it as to engine speed. Maybe the gearbox reacts better to the cut time?
Long story short and from many outings on the 999, I can’t get the bloody thing to work! It does appear to be working with all the static tests but no joy out on the road.
I had the older quick shifter on my 999 and I think (its a while ago) that it used the side stand to cut the ignition during its cut cycle. On my 996 i used the power commander and shifter to have a little more controlled cut cycle.
