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Quick Shifters
Shift Gears Without Clutch Throttle Wide Open
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Quick Shifter for Suzuki GS1150 (85) First Short Outing:
Worked pretty good and was openly impressed.
We looked at the Dynojet, HM, Bazzaz and Healtech Second Larger Outing:
quick shifters. Our initial concern was putting a piston Many issues with missing shifts and cutting out
device on the gearshift linkage on a older bike. randomly while accelerating.
While the price range varied between $400-$1000 we This was upsetting but we were using the default
opted to test the Healtech which we felt might be setup, so opened an Android phone, downloaded the
closer to everyone’s price range. The Healtech QS Healtech App and synced with Bluetooth with the
QuickShifter is priced under $400. Healtech box on the bike. We could see revs and
First Look: noted there were are “large number of options” to fine
There are two unique things about the Healtech, one tune. The HELP menu is excellent! The software is
that it has advanced electronics and two, there is no excellent! So we had no problem quickly adjusting 3
piston type mechanical shifter required for the components, noise filtering, sensor threshold and cut-
gearshift. But there is a ring device that goes on the off delay, which made dramatic improvements.
shifter mechanism that transmits movement of the Result:
shift arm to the electronics. There was some concern putting a quick shifter on an
Installation: older bike that certainly vibrates more than something
The instructions are excellent and the install was newer. However we finally got it running 99% perfect.
fairly simple. It just required some basic And everyone working on this were enormously
understanding of general electronics and that happy with the exhilaration in accelerating hard and
supplied wiring would be needed to run from the open throttle shifting...much faster, much fun!
shifter to the iQSE central unit and then onto the
coils, so yes there is some wiring that is required to
get there, not quite so plug’n
play, but not overly difficult either.
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