[Curly]

Does anyone know whether adding downshifting functionality on the 959's DQS is simply a matter of software? Or is there additional hardware that would also be required?

Just feels like we are kind of getting the short end of the stick as the Supersport S and now 2018 Monster 821 both offer DQS +/-. Wondering if it could be a dealer-add via software flash one day.

 

[Rinzlr]

doutbful, tuneboy can flash it and have a autoblipper work or you can get a blipbox pro for it. My new bike is a '16 R6 and translogic makes a up/down qs system for it that works like a dream

 

[MrDucOhio]

Does anyone know whether adding downshifting functionality on the 959's DQS is simply a matter of software? Or is there additional hardware that would also be required?

Just feels like we are kind of getting the short end of the stick as the Supersport S and now 2018 Monster 821 both offer DQS +/-. Wondering if it could be a dealer-add via software flash one day.

I wish...

 

[DarR]

@Curly I can't speak about the Panigale's DQS down-shift but I have tested the new Monster's Up/Down DQS. Personally, I didn't care for the clutch-less down-shift feature at all as you have to close the throttle for it to engage. Perhaps it wasn't broken-in or my lack of familiarity which both may improve the effectiveness but, who know?
I just find that rev-matching is much quicker.
Like @Rinzlr mentioned, it is available in the after-market if you really want it.

 

[Angus1609]

check out the BSD blipbox

 

[Dingo]

from what I gathered @Angus1609 the blipbox does not actually shift the transmission, it only increases throttle during a down-shift... correct?

 

[DJ Shrug]

from what I gathered @Angus1609 the blipbox does not actually shift the transmission, it only increases throttle during a down-shift... correct?

As with any quick shifter (ie. blipbox), all it does is cut or add throttle based on what the shift linkage senses. If you don't put sufficient force into the lever (and the set thresholds are low/too fast), it might cut/add throttle but won't shift.



Drag racers use an air shifter, which supplements the shift lever and actually shifts the transmission automatically for consistency.