Hi folks, I just bought a Ducati Supersport S yesterday. I never used quick shifters before and I am struggling to apply them. They are enabled since the label is shown on the dashboard. But I cannot move the foot gear lever without pulling the clutch. Do I normally also have to apply something else than just using the levers in order to use the quick shifters?? Best, Phil
Yep....it make sure they're high...the ecu might (I guess) have a minimum shift speed....I think my rsv4 is 7k...
I did, and I've read it, but it just says how to enable/disable it, not exactly how to use it though.
Don't worry. If its off (for whatever reason) you won't be able to shift up (no matter how hard you try) as the gear box will he loaded.
Use the quick shifter (no clutch) under acceleration, the harder you're accelerating the better. The Supersport S also has the auto blipper for down shifts, use this, once again for clutchless down shifts but with the throttle shut off. It's a great system, the more you use it the better acquainted you will become.
Hi Phil, Congratulations on the bike. I too am learning my way around this at the moment. Over twenty years' worth of conditioned reflex to release the throttle on upshifts, and blip it on downshifts, is very hard to overcome but I find the quickshifts are smoothest when I FORCE myself to not change the throttle input at all; just kick the shifter, nothing else. Just use the clutch for pulling away from stationary. There doesn't seem to be a minimum revs requirement, but I find it is smoother with a few revs on the dial. I've been trying to keep the revs down durning the first few hundred miles so there is a bit of conflict between wanting revs for a smooth gearshift and keeping the revs down for running-in. It also seems to work better under acceleration rather than constant throttle. I am slowly getting the hang of it and unshifts are very smooth indeed. I haven't quite got the downshifts to work with the same creaminess.
Surely the dealers should be going through all this during the handover of the bike, simply asking if the new owner is aware with how it works should be part of the familiarisation process at least?
In fairness Metropolis did a good job explaining it to me and that was on top of a half day test ride on their demo bike where I got to play with it first. My post above is mostly about my personal experience adapting to it.
