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electric shifting

12 Oct 2015 14:12
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hello people; I have not been working on my K1 in a while but does any factory bikes come with ES? I was pumping gas the other day and some sort of MC went by and the shifting was so fast it had to be electric.
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Re: electric shifting

12 Oct 2015 14:30
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jlat wrote: hello people; I have not been working on my K1 in a while but does any factory bikes come with ES? I was pumping gas the other day and some sort of MC went by and the shifting was so fast it had to be electric.
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Have you ever tried clutchless shifting? It's pretty damn fast.
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Re: electric shifting

12 Oct 2015 17:12
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I think Yamaha is the only company to market ES.
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Re: electric shifting

13 Oct 2015 06:52
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All of the sportbike makers are equiping their big bikes with quick shifters these days. As soon as the rider starts to move the shift lever the computer cuts the ignition for a milliseconed and the transmission makes the shift into the next gear. Some of the latest systems even help with down shifting.
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Re: electric shifting

14 Oct 2015 15:29
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Could also have been an air shifter.

kzzone.com/airshifters.html
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