Trident Trident 660 Quickshift And Normal Shifting Issues

I have a quickshifter on my Daytona 660 (kindly donated by Youles in Manchester at no extra cost). It's my first experience of a quickshifter. Here's what I find..

Going from 1st to 2nd can be clunky unless accelerating hard, which I rarely do off the line, so I use the clutch.

From there on up it works best if the throttle is wound on rapidly, the quicker the better. Gentle acceleration, again, gives a clunky change. This isn't surprising considering the whole point is to give more speed asap, if you're dawdling then why would you need to quick shift? So when used as intended I find it works very well and I love it and I can't see me tiring of that burst of speed.

I haven't mastered smooth clutchless down changes yet but I'm sure that's down to me and not the quickshifter. I'll get there.

From your description it sounds like something isn't quite right, but I don't know if it's you or the quickshifter. If your Triumph dealer has taken the bike out and proclaimed it's ok then it could be your riding style.
As a test, on a straight section of road, from a standstill, use the clutch for 1st to 2nd, then wind it on hard and bang it up through 2nd to 6th, as you keep accelerating and don't throttle off until 6th gear. It should be pretty smooth, with just a tiny blip as it goes into each gear.

Good luck.

 

O'H boy i hope this is not another thing i have to look forward to on my 660. I don't rely on the quick shifter and use the clutch. Fifty years of using a clutch and i don't think i would do it any other way. But at present my bike is as smooth as i would like. But only 400 miles so far. I feel if i get any problems the bike will go back and be repaired correctly or my money refunded. Lately my love and faith in the brand has diminished a little. Not because of the bike but the spares situation

 

Of course you don't have to use it. I've been riding for 45 years so it still feels slightly wrong not to use the clutch for shifting up and sometimes I even forget the quickshifter is there. But when I do use it it's amazing.

 

Just to say that the Triumph quickshifter is generally regarded as one of the best on the market, and I certainly found the one on my Tiger to be smooth as silk - both up and down and in all gears.

 

I love the Shift Assist but throttle position has an effect. On up changes the throttle needs to be calling for more revs and it needs to be closed, or as near as on down changes. I do not use it 1st to 2nd or 2nd to 1st due to the large ratio differential.

My totally analogue Ducati with no shift assist will silently up shift as fast as the Striple. It’s just a matter of perfecting the technique.