Motorcycle Quick Shifter Explained!

[@BlockheadMoto]

What do y'all think of motorcycle quick shifters? I'm a fan!

[@spskinner1]

I like the quick shifter! I will eventually add it to the bike, but it was an add on which was slightly annoying.

[@jasonsanderson9385]

Definitely cool!! Great Mod, Dyno jet PCV I noticed you can add on. QUESTION could you get quick shifter on your 131? Or is it only for sport bikes? RIDE SAFE

[@oldhead_]

Your how to videos are helpful..Looks like you’re enjoying that mt 10! My mind is made up on that vs the 09 already..I’m too big for the 09..you decide which one to grab yet Block?

[@SocalMotoMo]

2021 MT09 comes with a "Quick Shift System". Up & down. I'm excited to have this feature. The 2021 have finally arrived here in So. California

[@mariocandela2133]

Be great when they have one for the Pan American.

[@Cool-as-ice]

I had no idea what quick shifting was. Your video was super clear about it, no time wasting. Thanks brother.

[@duder280z]

Said it before, I'll say it again. That bike sounds freakin fantastic!

[@peter10245]

Somebody also doing the Engine Sounds with his Mouth while watching ? I did. It was good Fun. Life is good :-).

[@chrismoody1342]

Love the sound of that Yami. I clutchless shift a lot on my ZX6R. Most people trying clutchless shifting back off the throttle too much. It’s a barely perceptible flick off the throttle when you got the technique down. I will say it’s not as fast as an electronic quick shifter though.

[@zoomorphic3317]

ZX6R has a quick shifter bud

[@isosta2373]

ZX6R has a quick shifter though?

[@chrismoody1342]

You two don’t know much do you. You should refrain from commenting when you know nothing.

[@AdaMoto83]

That MT10 sounds fricking awesome. Effortless shifting sounds good to me! 👌🏾

[@robinvincentagustin2647]

Thanks for explaining it sir. It really helps me to understand what quick shifter is. By the way. I'm from Philippines and planning to buy r15 v4. Just sharing😅✌️

[@lovepeace3015]

Quickshifter seems like it's taking out half the fun of riding motorbike. Love the clutch and throttle combos

[@gixxerbrah4100]

it’s not like you can’t still do that

[@elcemuziq8514]

Might as well get a scooter..

[@ulysse892]

"seems like" ? I bet you have not tried it yet :)

[@SlySourApple]

@@elcemuziq8514 Nooo definitely not

[@willclayborn1220]

It’s quite the opposite

[@thomastuorto9929]

I've done clutchless on a couple of my HD'S in the past when getting on them. Also for emergency braking/stopping.

[@zegrimreaper5452]

another amazing video Blockie!!

[@ecrusch]

That's kind of like an early model DCT. My new Honda shifts automatically like a champ, or, I can use the paddle shifters. It's awesome. You have to ride & Review one Block. That bike really "Get's It" though.

[@phoso29]

Damn...love that sound! Grrrrr-Grrrrr

[@Faction89]

Your bike sounds amazing.

[@Flopo101]

Woowww….your bike sounds like an 8 cylinder car.!!! 😮…..sounds awesome.

[@kyleharris5133]

Quick shifter on your FXLRS?

[@TRZZY-qf9jc]

So do you only use the clutch for downshifting when having a quick shifter?

[@cowboykram]

Nice explanation! Wondering if it works with a big V-twin?

[@kevinclaes4143]

What would happen if you stand still on first gear with quickshifter and you just give gas without holding ur clutch would it stil shut ur bike down? Or would you be able to just keep riding?

[@Firestorm637]

Do Harley’s offer quickshifter aftermarket kits

[@jayewe8399]

I'm wondering this as well

[@RollinThundervlogs]

Love the videos dude! Love the sound of the MT-10! I did have a question about editing, what software are you using, and how do you manage to blur out certain things on screen? Keep up the great content! 🤘😝🤘

[@dawsonfeucht3998]

would recommend premiere pro for editing. its kind of overwhelming at first but you can do almost anything in it, including bluring

[@Messiahwalter]

Thanks Man, good, clean video ...

[@JS-fb6ww]

So are you doing anything with your left hand or your left foot? I'm getting my first Ducati Super Sport and I have no idea how shifting works or quick shifting works and I have nobody to teach me and nowhere to learn before I get the bike

[@KMaC-wt9lr]

Think that it would really only help for a track day, street riding would likely = more tickets. 👌🏍👌

[@huskytheclown8239]

My cousin is trying to talk me into getting a Honda rebel with a dct for my first bike are they good

[@JamesAyton]

That bike must be a dream to ride

[@MyHumboldtLife]

Hey Block, I'm assuming that MT10 had a Cat delete. What mid-pipe and exhaust is installed? It sounds great!

[@steikio1]

Question: so once I install this quick shifter what if I want to or need to simply just shift regularly by using the clutch. Will it still activate?

[@H20-town610]

Are you preloading the shifter with auto-shift at each shift?

[@mohamedabdalnaem9776]

Since I'm early,, how you doing blockhead, have a nice day😉.

[@anthonypelosi3779]

Harley-Davidson America !!!

[@johnnysprocketz]

After I installed a quick shifter on my cbr1000, I was winning so many street races I quit my day job.

[@Firestorm637]

No missed shifts also with quickshifter

[@2022streetbobwheelies]

seems very convenient

[@vincenttarquini8637]

I like it!

[@guagua8268]

Kinda like rev matching in a car

[@bobbyc3076]

Cool

[@LetsTryThis10]

Isn't that kind of a automatic gearbox or shifter?!

[@LARGO125]

So it's basically a DCT that you shift with your foot instead of your thumb and finger.

[@YGT_Quazzie]

I love batman...im glad you asked

[@BaggerBro]

weird.

[@YGT_Quazzie]

@@BaggerBro the only weird thing is that you ride a roadking instead of being a busabro🤡🤡

[@JS-fb6ww]

You want us to like and subscribe. Why? You don't reply to comments. You got to earn those likes and subscriptions

[@BlockheadMoto]

I reply to plenty of comments, but it’s impossible to reply to all of them 👍🏼

[@yorickcouteau1960]

So its like having an automatic bike lol

[@BeaverPelt66]

unless your racing you are taking away the joy of riding a motorcycle - not for cruisers unless you have arthritis .

[@chrismoody1342]

I am my own quick shifter. BwaaBwaaBwaa.

[@AceGoodheart]

I'm so frustrated with the MT-09 group on Facebook. Twice I asked why my bike isn't quick shifting. I've never used quick shift before. Some used 🤣 emojis others told me I had to turn it on in the settings. NOBODY told me I still have to shift the gears with my foot. I was thinking the bike did that automatic as well. Thank you for this video. Now I can FINALLY try out my quick shift.

[@TheFlamingCookie]

Bruh

[@AceGoodheart]

@@TheFlamingCookie I used quick shift for a few rides but I much prefer using the clutch. More fun.

[@patrickgoldenbridge1891]

so you thought it was manual??

[@AceGoodheart]

@@patrickgoldenbridge1891 No, at the time I thought quickshift would be like an automatic. I had it turned on but when I would ride it it did not switch gears. Finally I found a KZbin that explained how quickshift works. You don't use the clutch but you still have to shift the gears. Me being completely new to motorcycles I had no clue. Needless to say, after using it a few times I still prefer shifting with the clutch. It just feels right and it's more enjoyable.

[@patrickgoldenbridge1891]

@@AceGoodheart I meant to say automatic. But I also thought it was like an automatic.

[@boystoyz8922]

Quick shifters were designed for racing, to allow you to shift without having to lay off the throttle for a quick second. A great addition along with the electrons on the bikes of today. I once had a 5 speed chevy blazer and the clutch went out on it. I rigged the clutch switch so I could crank it up without having the clutch pressed in. I drove that blazer for 5 months with no clutch using speed shifting. The old days way of quick shifting.

[@jessecole8370]

What happened after the 5 months? Does it work the engine harder?

[@mellow8309]

How did you start moving in first lol

[@boystoyz8922]

@jessecole8370 No I finly got it fixed and sold it. K5 blazer, purplish n blue

[@crawlercrew874]

Omg! That bike sounds soooooo damn good.

[@sharul1709]

Which bike is that ?

[@chazarkansas1366]

@@sharul1709 pretty sure yamaha m10

[@WhatsReal401]

Appreciate it for showing us exactly how it’s used

[@demisx]

On my 2023 Ducati Panigale V4S it’s called Quick Shifter Up/Down. Works very smoothly both ways.

[@millinutz]

How much lazyier can one get. I have a 93 WideGlide and would never think of missing out on a part of what makes biking to be what it is. Any way I would be scared of falling asleep if I had nothing to do while riding. Come on now, if you wanna maschine that does everything for you, get a Tesla and sit in it with the windows open.

[@danmancino22]

Not about being lazy. It's about being faster. Of course I wouldn't put a quickshifter on an old non performance bike

[@millinutz]

@@danmancino22 in that case, my adversion to such gadgets must be because I am in no way a performance bike fan. It is the journey to there, and not the arriving there, that keeps me a biker.., now for over 40 years.

[@millinutz]

Keep motorcycles to what they are. Mechanical maschines and don't make electrical computers out of them. A study once showed that about 80% of roadside breakdowns are of an electrical nature. That's why I ride only the oldies, I can do my own mech. roadside breakdown without having to hookup a Laptop.

[@jonathanhernandez6412]

Can you put a quick shifter on a cruiser?

[@pizzapartymike6427]

Long time subscriber, been watching since your 883 days. Just sold my 883 yesterday and am picking up a 2021 Ducati Monster with the quick shifter, this just randomly showed up as suggested! Blockhead FTW!

[@BaggerBro]

ya know Block..... My Roadking has had a quick shifter for some time now lol .... just sayin

[@millinutz]

my Vespa 125 scooter also has a quick shifter... but the Italians call it an automatic clutch. So, moral of the story is.., who needs a Bagger, or an MT when you can have a Vespa.

[@pacopetepnw3434]

BaggerBro, Do your channel or it did mot happen. XD ;)

[@BaggerBro]

@@millinutz its all good dude, you got to start somewhere ...

[@BaggerBro]

@@pacopetepnw3434 you want to edit for me ? lol I sure don't.

[@pacopetepnw3434]

@@BaggerBro Right! Too true, Love seeing you on the vid's. ;)

[@SocalMotoMo]

After reading your comment section for this video, I do believe you do very well if you made an ONLY FANS page for the sound of that MT10 🤭

[@movingforward6099]

Nice video ,never had a quick shifter. Wish my 2015 concours 14 had it and auto blip and cruise. thanks for the info, next bike for sure. Cheers!

[@ziyadhashem797]

nice video and nice explanation as usual, thank you and hello from Iraq

[@crawlercrew874]

And will it work on my Harley?

[@AP-wu1rv]

So are you still going up in gear yourself with your foot right just without the clutch ?

[@AndrewB416]

Quick shifting is pretty awesome. I've gone one on the MT-09 and it makes a huge difference getting up to speed on the highway. There's no way I could shift that fast with my hands!

[@WFO.Ian.30]

Damn bro. Was riding my new to me k6 gsxr for the first time today. (Came from a v twin Honda). Was shifting with the clutch my first pull. Brought the wheel up when I grabbed 2nd. Figured out I could quick shift it, but was letting off throttle. Quickly discovered it’s less jerky at high rpm so continued shifting with clutch in the lower rpm’s. But I didn’t know you could stay on the throttle. Will have to try it tomorrow.

[@THEmomentumJUNK1E]

Great video! Might i say, Blockhead, that your skill in downshifting with the clutch is absolutely sublime. Youre some kind of engineer? One of the small minority of people that understands. Few people know this. In order for a manual gearbox to move the engagement collars past the dog tooth rise plane, the relative torque direction between the gearwheel pair needs to cross over. Up or down change can still be effected without crossing over, thanks to the Synchro-brakes. When that is done you will have a "thunk" on the gear change. People who fully understand how manual gearbox mechanism works will avoid the thunk by manually crossing over the torque direction and pushing the lever inside the cross-over. So thats when on your down shifts you pull the clutch and the revs drop a bit, then you blip them up, crossing over where the rpm would have been in the departing gear, also rever ready, as the blip crosses over the departing gear rpm you slot the lever into the lower gear.

[@livelovebarf4735]

Basically it becomes an automatic transmission. Cool feature

[@matttay9937]

Naturally... we now need a video about auto-blipping. Just saying!

[@devnullbit]

Have MT-09 SP do I need to enable or turn on ? Or is it just ready to be quick shift? Definitely a change in muscle memory..

[@Firestorm637]

Both my bikes have quick shifters. Love it. Keep the throttle wide open

[@wakatipi]

i don't see any point unless you riding the bike and reading the book at the same time. completely useless stuff but hey. some are so bored they will do anything ...

[@Scott_G]

61 (going), 64 (going), 66 (going), 70 (going), nothing...(gone) LOL!!!

[@hawaii5084]

What ever happened to being apart of your machine. The feel of connection when driving a car with manual transmission. Majority will opt out their automatic car and choose the stick. For me having quick shifter on you bike is the same as having an automatic transmission car. I rather prefer to be in control on my motorcycle a lot more thrilling and exciting in opinion.

[@frankp.9655]

Hi, I was Wondering would this Item be Available to be Put on Most Bikes....Is this Something that I can do myself to my Bike... I Have a 1999 Honda VFR800FI INTERCEPTOR...

[@llUltraXll]

what motorcycles have a quick shiftier because ive been looking at motorcycles

[@rocketman3776]

Can you put mid sets on a MT-10?

[@youmustbethistall5861]

I've noticed that the closer you get to Mexico, your gauge readouts become blurry. And in the background of my mind, I hear "Epa! Epa! Andale!"

[@lostintheclouds8719]

So how do you down shift and where’s neutral?

[@jasonpatterson2143]

Quick shifter is a poor mans DCT. When they get it closer to the automotive worlds DCT, then we'll have something.

[@JMKRider]

Bring back the FXDR with 131

[@rhl2macwan]

I hope I see a video from you about that Honda DTS I believe that’s what’s it called… I think

[@damiongibson7107]

My only question is do you use the clutch to downshift like you normally would without the quickshifter?

[@saml5658]

Great video have to test ride my cousins new bike thanks for the info.

[@carle.9324]

You can downshift ,,,,on the 2023 anyway. Panagile V2

[@yummyzerg]

The yellow wheels are so bad... why did Yamaha color the rims! black would've been perfect.

[@chrisdadigger1018]

I’m not sure I’d ever want a quick shifter. I hear that at slower speeds it can be clunky

[@jonS-42]

That mt10 sounds amazing

[@AraiAllastair]

I'm a new rider and I had no idea this was a thing. I was watching imKay and I was so confused how he was shifting gears

[@vincek6613]

RSSV should be changed to ride fast, weave in traffic. Not as catchy but more realistic

[@jakebasa1517]

No one: Absolutely no one: Blockhead: so many peacocks 🤯 🤣😂

[@AP-wu1rv]

What part of Florida you from btw I’m also from Florida 🙌🏼

[@Cece_Unknown]

do it down shift

[@JS-fb6ww]

2. 79 for a gallon of gas! what year was this video made and in what country is it made.

[@musicmonk9976]

🤯🤯🤯 Been riding my XSR9 wrong

[@acoitheadventurer1001]

QS sux in traffic jam.

[@vizz5595]

Anyone know the exhaust they’re running on that mt-10

[@Al-qazirMohMonel-hm8fw]

How about down shifting you still need to use clutch?

[@mojomanmurph1925]

Next lesson while be quick braking.

[@DunePanda]

i thought it was a bunch of pixies who cut the fuel so the tension is off the gear and it can be shifted up........now auto blipping on the other hand is just something out of gandalf's grey sack of tricks and magic!!!

[@senainn7166]

So just buy automatic bike 😂

[@normandegeorge6526]

Where was this video filmed?

[@ttrguy9952]

My Triumph Tiger 1200 XCX has the quick shifter. Mine is up and down and smooth as silk at any and all speeds! Great video! 🙌👍👌🤞✌😁

[@minpinracing8462]

This is amazing technology

[@EricStockhoff]

BMW have shift assist pro for up-shifting and down-shifting, no clutch … But not all model come with it

[@greenrush4313]

can u still use the clutch?