Quickshifter Problem!

Not on a speed but my mate had a similar thing in his S1000R the dash went mental for a bit. Turned out to be a loose battery connection!

 

Could be, not saying you're wrong, but if you get lots of warnings it's likely canbus throwing bogus, random codes because the battery voltage is too low or you have a spotty connection. I've seen this before, stuck a volt meter on my battery and it read 9.8V. High enough not to die, low enough that the canbus shuts down or goes nuts. Replaced battery, all was fine.

 

Hi Andybow

Has your QS issue been sorted out? I had the same issue with my Speedy RS - was riding at 80kph (50mph) in sixth when the same warning lights came on.

The additional issue I have is that the bike doesn’t start with the kickstand down (even when the bike is in neutral - not that the dash shows what gear I’m in).

The bike is only two months old so I’m going to take the bike back to the dealer first.

James

 

Are you holding clutch in when trying to start? If same as my 2015 still need to hold clutch in when starting in neutral ....... but will kill engine as soon as you select first if the side stand is still down - safe but embarrassing / annoying.

 

Took it back this morning and they spent an hour on it. Seems to be back to normal now. They said they played around with the gear position indicator without going into specifics. However, they also said that if it plays up again, they will need to fix or replace something.

I had always thought it was an electronics problem, given that the bike felt fine mechanically.

Here's hoping it doesn't come up again.

I'm in Sydney, Australia. There's only a few Triumph dealerships here and its a pain in the backside for me to get to where I bought the bike - which is a 50 minute ride across town.

 

Today when I was riding under hard acceleration the quick shifter didn’t want to change up into 5th during one run. And on another run it hit neutral, briefly, on the way to 5th. It reved very high then slammed into 5th. Maybe I didn’t pull up on the shifter positively enough because it never happened again.

 

Thats totally shitty man. Maybe mine will start doing the same, hope not.

 

Seems weird all these QS issues on the Speed. I have the 765 with QS and the box is really sweet. Full on never a problem but I have had a few rev ups due to my cock ups. This only happens when going steady or focused on traffic. If i linger on the gear lever the system doesnt like it and it all goes a bit out of sync.
On yours I wonder if the gear lever or selector drum is sticking/pausing for some reason especially if the 5th gear milled path in the selector drum is a tortuous one.

Just an idea,
What would happen if you unplugged the QS and rode it old style?
Surely this would prove mechanically that the box and clutch were right wouldn't it?
Then it's just a switch or electronic issue.

On my Honda, lazy shifts into 4th or 5th (can't remember) sometimes gave neutral and I put it down to the drum having to do a lot of work with multiple forks on that shift with insufficient force provided by the rider. Full on shifts the box was sweet so nothing wrong as such but a foible of the design.
Try different lever forces and see if it makes any difference.

 

Or a wetware issue.
It takes a while to get used to used to a quickshifter, without automatically using the clutch or backing off the throttle, which can cause hiccups/ issues.
Even if you think you're not doing it, muscle memory still can take over.

I had this issue when getting used to an airshifter on my race bike.
I would swear blind I wasn't touching either clutch or throttle, but the data logger proved me to be a liar
It took a while to stop it altogether....

 

I'm wondering if your problem Andy isn't about gear shifting per se but you have some background electronic or software issues.