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Congratulations to the guys at Virginia International Raceway, to Wayne Rainey and to the MotoAmerica staff for putting on yet another great event: The Yamaha Superbike Challenge of Virginia on May 13-15, 2016.
Everyone had a blast. Anyone who loves two wheel action shouldn’t miss any of the MotoAmerica events when they come to your area.
Enjoy some of our inside footage below.
. . . and be sure to check the MotoAmerica site for more information: MOTOAMERICA
The MotoAmerica Calendar
Click the appropriate links below to buy tickets for this and any of the races on MotoAmerica’s 2016 Motorcycle AMA|FIM Road Racing Schedule:
Stunning Announcement: Jorge Lorenzo has signed with Ducati for the next two MotoGP seasons!
Ducati Press Release:
Jorge Lorenzo teams up with Ducati in MotoGP for 2017 and 2018
Ducati announces that it has reached an agreement with Jorge Lorenzo thanks to which the Spanish rider will take part in the MotoGP World Championship in 2017 and 2018 aboard the Ducati Desmosedici GP of the Ducati Team.
Lorenzo, born in Palma de Mallorca on 4 May 1987, has won five world championship titles throughout his racing career (250cc in 2006 and 2007 and MotoGP in 2010, 2012 and 2015).
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Yamaha Press Release:
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces that its partnership with Jorge Lorenzo will be discontinued at the close of the 2016 MotoGP season, when Lorenzo will move on to new racing challenges.
Since Lorenzo joined the Yamaha Factory Racing Team in 2008, Lorenzo and Yamaha won three MotoGP World Championships (2010, 2012 and 2015), clinched 41 race wins and have been on the podium 99 times out of 141 races contested.
Yamaha is extremely grateful for Jorge‘s contributions to its racing successes and looks forward to sharing more memorable moments during the remaining 15 MotoGP rounds of 2016, their ninth season together.
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. wishes Lorenzo the very best in his future racing endeavours and reconfirms the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team‘s full support on his campaign to achieve his fourth MotoGP title.
Having already reconfirmed Valentino Rossi for 2017-18, Yamaha will announce the future Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team riders‘ line-up in due course after securing the services of the second rider.
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With these press releases we have confirmation of all of the rumors . . .
We’ll post more information as it trickles in . . . we would love to know more about the drama behind the scenes at Yamaha that led Lorenzo to make the jump to a new and notoriously defiant ride.
Dominion Raceway – Virginia’s New Race Track for Motorcycle and Car Enthusiasts is Opening Soon!
One of the offices for We Ride Motorsports is located close to this track. Let us know what you need. With advance notice and quantities permitting, we can deliver your gear (track or street) direct to the you at the track. Save on shipping costs on the big box items like bodywork (Optimal Racing, Armour Bodies), Bursig Stands, Exhausts (Arrow, Akrapovic, M4, Yoshimura), Slipper Clutches, etc.
If you are like us (trackday junkies/motorcycle fanatics), there can never be enough race tracks in your area. For us, a track located about 45 mins equidistant from the capital of the US (Washington, DC) and the capital of the Confederacy (Richmond, Virgina) is a huge attraction – like a honey bee to honey.
Also, if you’re like us, then ever since rumors began circulating about the construction of this new racetrack – particularly one that boasts a road course, oval track and drag strip – you’ve been eagerly awaiting news about whether or not it would make it to completion. (Despite the best of intentions, many potential tracks never make it to fruition.)
For approximately two years, We Ride Motorsports has been sniffing for status updates on social media and at motorcycle events.
At about this time last year, it seemed that progress had halted and Dominion Raceway would conclude as a pipe dream. Later, construction resumed and We Ride Motorsports joined in with the almost palpable cheers of motorcycle and car trackday junkies on Facebook, Twitter, motorcycle forums and other social media. But, until recently, we remained unsure whether we would ever see this Thorton, VA track completed.
In order to put our skepticism to rest, on a windy day in late March, We Ride Motorsports took an impromptu motorcycle ride down to Thorton, Virginia in order to see first hand if the Dominion road course would be ready ahead of the upcoming track season.
Soon after our unscheduled arrival at the site, the good folks at Dominion Raceway obliterated any skepticism and shot to the top of our “cool peeps” list when one of the guys from Dominion asked,
“You wanna ride the track? . . . Go for it”
This author’s jaw dropping with incredulity, but already starting the bike and clicking into first gear . . . :“Heck yea!!!!!”
Thanks to the guys at Dominion for allowing We Ride Motorsports the honor of being one of the first to ride the Dominion Raceway Road Course! (Unfortunately, we didn’t know beforehand that we would actually ride the road course so we didn’t bring the GoPro – we could only take off the bike video and pics of the track.)
Speaking of “cool peeps”, we would like thank Edwin Pardue, General Manager of Dominion Raceway. He took time out of his busy schedule to answer some questions posed by some of our customers and social media followers. We placed the questions and answers at the bottom of this blog post.
After lapping the road course multiple times and cruising the property , we can confirm that all three of Dominion’s race tracks – the Oval Track, the Drag Strip and the Road Coarse – are almost complete. We can attest that the road course will prove technical and fast. With both compact and long sweeping turns, this track is going to a blast to ride.
The Dominion Raceway road course should be complete just in time for the first trackday weekend scheduled with Team Promotion – **the TPM event was postponed and will be rescheduled for sometime in the near future**. We have ridden with Team Promotion and they are a fine organization:
If you’re like us, you are dying to ride Dominion Raceway’s road course! We’re sure you’ll find this track well worth the trip down Interstate 95. The track is easy to locate – just off exit 118 on Interstate 95 – when its completed you should be able to see it from the highway.
We’ll see you there!
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We’ll paraphrase below the answers to questions that we posed to Edwin Pardue, General Manager of Dominion Raceway:
Will the track be ready by 4/23/16 ahead of the first scheduled track day?
The plan is to be ready by that date absent any unforeseen weather related or other issues. In construction, one can never completely anticipate unforeseen issues that may lead to delays.
Do you plan to pave or lay stone in the paddock areas?
Once the facility is complete, the paddock will be paved.
Do you plan to put electricity in the paddock area?
Yes, there will be 25 pedestals with multiple outlets.
There are concrete barriers located around the road course and at the bridge. Do you plan to keep them in their current locations?
The concrete barriers were actually designed and developed specifically for Indy Car Racing. We were pleased that we were able to pick up such high quality equipment from the guys that ran the Grand Prix of Baltimore. We will not place the concrete barriers any place where we would not normally put the guardrail. The track is still under construction so many of the concrete barriers may not be in their final intended locations.
Around the road course there appear to be runoff points that slop significantly downward – this may be an issue for vehicles that run off. Do you plan to fill these areas to allow for level runoff areas?
The track is not completed yet. Let us finish the track first before we start answering questions about runoff. You’re looking at a house under construction and hoping that the roof won’t leak. Of course it’s going to leak. You have to look at the house after it’s completed.
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The NEW! 2016 “Gen 4” Annitori QS Pro Quickshifter is a sophisticated fully digital electronic device that eliminates the use of the clutch from the shifting process. This means smoother and seamless shifting that helps you to become a quicker and safer rider.
You gain more performance than virtually any other upgrade you could add to your machine . . . for the price of a rear tire! – Satisfied RL Quickshifter customer
Have you ever thought about the number of steps and the amount of time and attention that it costs to shift gears on a motorcycle? You have to roll off the throttle, pull in the clutch, kick the shift lever to the next gear; and release the clutch, while simultaneously reapplying the throttle.
All of these steps not only cost you in time and attention, they also upset the motorcycle chassis by causing the motorcycle to shift back in forth during the drop in throttle and gear change lurching. In a straight line you will lose speed. In the middle of a turn you lose traction and control of the motorcycle.
The NEW! 2016 “Gen 4” Annitori QS Pro Quickshifter increases your speed, reduces your times and minimizes the potential for danger by removing the out of control and lurching element from your street and track riding and freeing your attention to focus on what’s ahead of you.
“This is the closest you’ll get to a paddle shifter on a motorcycle!”
How Does The NEW! 2016 “Gen 4” Annitori QS Pro Quickshifter Work?
The QS Pro Quickshifter is a microprocessor controlled device that uses “Strain Gauge” sensor technology. This technology is now regarded as one of the most important components to any high performance motorcycle. Strain guage shifters are used by virtually all of the world’s top racing teams today in MotoGP and World Superbike. Until now this technology was extremely expensive and unavailable to anyone but factory race teams. We are just now beginning to see them included stock on the most exclusive and expensive motorcycle brands.
In the RL Quickshifter , the Annitori engineering team’s sophisticated software package has succeeded in making this same exclusive technology available to everyone without the cost.
What About the Stock Clutch?
Your stock clutch set up will remain unchanged and will still be very useable.
In fact, for shifts from 1st to 2nd on a typical 600cc bike at 18000 rpms you don’t really need to utilize the quickshifter . . . a normal clutched upshift is all that’s necessary.
However, under “spirited” riding on the street or typical ideal track conditions at the higher speeds, when precise control and speed counts, you will definitely feel the difference. You’ll be glad that you upgraded to the RL Quickshifter!
“I don’t know why I didn’t buy one of these a looooong time ago. I can say I will never own another bike without one!” –Kevin, GA – USA
Valentino Rossi Will Tackle the Hillclimb on his Yamaha YZR-M1 MotoGP bike at the 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed
Fresh off of the spectacular performance witnessed in Qatar, Valentino Rossi has been confirmed to appear at the spectacle of speed in the UK – “The world‘s largest automotive garden party”.
PRESS RELEASE
Gerno di Lesmo (Italy), 31st March 2015 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP‘s Valentino Rossi will make his Goodwood Festival of Speed debut on June 28th to celebrate Yamaha Motor Company‘s 60th anniversary.
The nine-time World Champion will race at the Dutch TT Assen on Saturday the 27th of June before flying to the UK to attend the event, where he will be joined by Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd Executive Vice President, Takaaki Kimura.
Rossi was a fan of the legendary festival before receiving an invitation from Goodwood Festival of Speed owner Lord March and looks forward to tackling the iconic Hillclimb on his Yamaha YZR-M1 MotoGP bike on the Sunday.
The 1.16-mile Hillclimb is the event‘s main attraction thanks to its technically challenging course, which rises over 300ft, putting the skills of the world‘s best riders and drivers to the test.
Race fans and motor enthusiasts will be delighted to see Rossi‘s name added to this year‘s line-up of famous past and present riders.
2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed – Valentino Rossi to Appear
This year‘s theme, ’Flat-Out and Fearless: Racing on the Edge‘, perfectly matches with the 36-year old Italian‘s relentless riding style and lies fully in line with Yamaha‘s 60 year‘s worth of racing DNA.
Over the last six decennia, Yamaha has left a huge footprint on motorsports. Its drive to excite people with sheer pace and performance is not only reflected in the company‘s motto, “Revs Your Heart”, but also in its Kando philosophy, the Japanese concept of thrill experienced when coming across something of immense value.
Valentino Rossi said:
I‘m very happy to attend the Festival of Speed at Goodwood this year. It will be my first time at Goodwood, but I know this event pretty well. I have read so many stories about the Festival and I have also seen many videos. The atmosphere looks great. This event has the power to gather so many drivers, riders and motorsport VIPs and it is a great opportunity to have fun together. I’ll ride my Yamaha YZR-M1 to celebrate Yamaha Motor‘s 60th anniversary, but I might also drive a few cars… I would like to thank Lord March for inviting me to the 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed. I am sure it‘s going to be an incredible day and I look forward to being there!”
Lord March said: “It‘s terrific news that Valentino Rossi will be making his Festival of Speed debut this year. He‘s the most successful premier-class Grand Prix rider in history and will be an incredibly popular figure for the growing number of extremely passionate and knowledgeable motorcycle enthusiasts that join us every year at Goodwood.”
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Ticket information is available from www.goodwood.com or via the Goodwood Ticket Office on +44 (0)1243 755055.
EDITORS‘ NOTES:
Staged every summer since 1993, the Goodwood Festival of Speed is ; set against the spectacular backdrop of Goodwood House in West Sussex, UK. Over 600 cars and motorcycles spanning the phenomenal history of motoring and motor sport take part with some of the most legendary figures from the sport as well as international celebrities regularly attending. Highlights of the 2015 event, which takes place on June 25-28, include the Moving Motor Show presented by the AA in association with The Telegraph, Forest Rally Stage, Michelin Supercar Run, Goodwood Action Sports, Cartier ’style-et-luxe‘ concours d‘elegance, Aviation Exhibition and Bonhams auction.
For all Media enquiries about Goodwood’s Festival of Speed, please contact Jamie O‘Leary or Gema Bernaldo de Quiros at the Goodwood Motor Sport Press Office:
The new 2015 Yamaha R1 | R1 M is touted to be the new standard in sport bike performance on the track and on the street! If you are picking up one of these up from the dealership then, first of all, congratulations!
Secondly, you probably want to scrap that stock exhaust ASAP.
Arrow has just released this new full exhaust that’s on par with the industry changing performance that this new Yamaha brings to the table . . . and this new Arrow full exhaust is ready to ship today via We Ride Motorsports!
Want to know where to watch the 74th annual running of the Daytona 200 motorcycle race – it’s running live on FansChoice.tv.
FansChoice.tv to Live Stream the 74th Daytona 200 on Saturday
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – FansChoice.tv will provide live streaming coverage of the 74th Daytona 200 on Saturday at Daytona International Speedway, sanctioned for the first time by the American SportBike Racing Association (ASRA). Motorcycle fans can go online at www.FansChoice.tv and watch the historic motorcycle race free of charge.
The Daytona 200 will be a 57-lap race on the 3.51-mile road course showcasing riders aboard 600cc sportbikes battling for a purse of $175,000 with the race winner also being awarded a Rolex Cosmograph Daytona.
Qualifying for the starting lineup for the DAYTONA 200 will take place on Friday, March 13 with the race going green the following day at 1 p.m.
The DAYTONA 200 is America’s most historic motorcycle race with the inaugural event being held on the sands of Daytona Beach before the race moved to Daytona International Speedway in 1961.
More than 50 riders have entered the race including five former DAYTONA 200 champions Danny Eslick (2014), Josh Herrin (2010), Steve Rapp (2007), John Ashmead (1989) and Dave Sadowski Sr. (1990).
Reserved grandstand tickets for the DAYTONA 200 are $45, unreserved grandstand/infield tickets are $45 and unreserved grandstand tickets are $35. Kids 12 and under are free in general admission areas.
Fans can stay connected with Daytona International Speedway on Twitter, Facebook, Instagramand Pinterest for the latest news all season long. Fans can follow the latest on DAYTONA Rising, the $400 million frontstretch renovation at the “World Center of Racing” by using #DAYTONARising on Twitter or visiting www.daytonarising.com.
We are keenly interested in the improvements made by Wayne Rainey andMotoAmerica, the new face of road racing in the United States.
Their decision to add the comic and extremely knowledgeable personality Colin Edwards to the broadcast booth is encouraging for the future of road race broadcasting in the US.
In case you need a reminder of just how easily Colin Edwards can liven things up in the broadcast booth, take a look at our previous post: Colin Edwards Being . . . Colin Edwards.
However, our next question is, “What Happened to Scott Russell?”. The consensus here is that Mr. Daytona was doing a superb job broadcasting road racing.
What do you think? Do you think that Russell was doing well and that he should continue to broadcast road racing in some capacity?
Colin Edwards Completes the MotoAmerica Broadcast Team
Colin Edwards to Liven Up the MotoAmerica Broadcast Booth
Christy Lee talks with MotoAmerica President Wayne Rainey
MotoAmerica Announces TV Talent
Jonathan Green, Colin Edwards and Cristy Lee Set For CBS Sports Network Shows
COSTA MESA, CA, FEB. 26 – MotoAmerica, the new home of AMA Superbike racing, has announced its lineup of talent for CBS Sports Network’s coverage of the 2015 MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North American Road Racing Series. The team will be led by veteran race caller Jonathan Green, who will be joined in the booth by analyst and two-time World Superbike Champion Colin Edwards. Noted motorsports TV personality Cristy Lee will round out the trio as pit reporter for the nine-round series that gets started at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, April 10-12.
The team will be led by broadcasting veteran Green, one of the world’s leading motorsports broadcasters with more than 20 years in the sport as producer, presenter, reporter and commentator. Green is one of a handful in his field who has covered both two and four-wheel motorsport from Formula One to MotoGP and World Superbikes to Indy Car.
“I am honored and excited to be part of this new era for the sport and wholeheartedly believe in what Wayne [Rainey], Chuck [Aksland] and the team are aiming to do over the coming seasons,” Green said. “I am delighted to be part of this excellent broadcast team. I’ve known Colin Edwards his entire career and have covered his World Superbike and MotoGP efforts as a reporter, commentator and presenter. Over the years we’ve become great friends and he is without doubt the most popular and charismatic racer in the world of motorsport. I can’t wait to help bring his insight of the sport that he loves so much to the fans.
“I’ve also worked with Cristy Lee many times before and she is a consummate broadcast professional with an unrivaled passion for motorcycles,” Green added. “I will be putting all of my well-known energy and enthusiasm into the job of helping making MotoAmerica the best National championship in the world and I can’t wait to get started.”
Edwards has been racing motorcycles since the age of four with a career that started in motocross before the Texan made the move to road racing. After a successful AMA Superbike career, Edwards moved to the world stage where he competed for eight years in World Superbike – ultimately capturing the World Superbike Championship in 2000 and 2002. Edwards then moved to MotoGP where he had a successful 12-year career at the top level.
“I’m very excited for this new adventure with MotoAmerica,” Edwards said. “I’ve always been a little vocal during my career and a big part of that is wanting people to feel like they know who I really am. Since retiring and looking forward to this new chapter, my plan is to continue being vocal so you all will know what’s really going on out there. I’ve got a little experience in this area and look forward to getting the ball rolling. See ya in COTA.”
Lee is a lifelong motorsports enthusiast, an amateur road racer and a broadcaster with 10 years of experience as a pit reporter in motorsports ranging from motocross to off-road trucks to AMA Superbike racing. She is also the host of the Barrett-Jackson auto auctions and the show All-Girls Garage.
“I’m really excited for a new road racing series with MotoAmerica,” Lee said. “I’m ecstatic to be part of this new series and be in the pits once again, as I have been for the past couple of years. I think it’s a great, fresh start for the series. I’m excited for the new class structure as well with the combination of Superbike and Superstock racing together in two different classes. I think it will bring a lot more exciting racing to the table for the fans. I’m thankful to be on board and working with Jonathan Green and, of course, Colin Edwards. I think we’re going to make a great team and overall it will be a great season. I couldn’t be happier.”
All MotoAmerica events will be telecast on CBS Sports Network, as part of a multi-year agreement between Torque.TV and CBS Sports Network. Extensive digital coverage of the MotoAmerica Series, including event highlights, features and other content will also be featured on http://www.Torque.TV.
The 2015 television schedule will be released at a later date.
About MotoAmerica
MotoAmerica is the new North American road racing series created in 2014. MotoAmerica is an affiliate of KRAVE Group LLC, a partnership that includes three-time 500cc World Champion, two-time AMA Superbike Champion, and AMA Hall of Famer Wayne Rainey, ex-racer and former manager of Team Roberts Chuck Aksland, motorsports marketing executive Terry Karges, and businessman Richard Varner.
For Sale! All New! The Annitori QS Pro Quickshifter is Shipping Now!
“I don’t know why I didn’t buy one of these a looooong time ago. I can say I will never own another bike without one!” –Kevin, GA – USA
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The All New 3rd Generation – “GEN 3” – Annitori QS Pro Quickshifter is now on sale at We Ride Motorsports – but it’s not a revision of the old model – it’s a completely new product!
The Annitori QS Pro is regarded by many as the most technologically advancedquickshifter available. The new model is not an update nor a software addition to previous versions. It boasts a completely new engineered and bulletproof design that uses the absolute highest quality electronics and offers riders unprecedented capabilities – newly engineered to insure durability and eliminate issues found in earlier designs.
Take a look at some of the Annitori QS Pro Quickshifter’s new features and capabilities below:
100% Strain Gauge Technology
Motorcycles designed to race at the highest level of motorsports competition such as MotoGP and World Superbike rely on strain gauge based shifting. The Annitori QS Pro eliminates all of the problems associated with outdated mechanical switch based designs by using this same optimally designed Strain Gauge Technology – the same technology used by Valentino Rossi, Marc Marquez and other professional racers.
Easy Installation – 100% Plug-n-Play
All wiring and connection configurations are exclusively designed for your specific year make and model of motorcycle – so there’s no need for cutting, hacking, nor splicing – insuring that this can be one of the easiest to install upgrades available for your sport bike.
“The Vault”
The “Vault” empowers you to store your settings and to quickly and easily retrieve them for different tracks, different bikes, and different riding situations.
Smartphone Setup Capability – Convenient
The Annitori QS Pro Quickshifter empowers you to use your own cellphone to communicate with your quickshifter and change its settings – eliminating the cumbersome need to hook up to a computer each time that you want to adjust your settings. The QS Pro uses the latest in electronic communication – the Android / Apple / Windows based NFC (Near Field Communication) – to allow riders the most convenient means to change any of the quick shift settings. Right from the smartphone in your pocket you can do ANYTHING you wish with your settings – anytime you wish!
Completely Adjustable Kill Time
You asked for it, and Annitori came through! The new and improved Annitori QS Pro Quickshifter now affords you customized kill times – you can tune the kill signal to your specific bike and unique riding scenario.
Fully Adjustable Tuning
The Annitori QS PRO is fully adjustable allowing you to tune it to exactly what your motorcycle needs! Again, you asked for this, and Annitori made it happen!
PUSH, PULL and BOTH Shift Direction Settings
Unlike other quickshifters, the new QS Pro enables multidirectional shift settings – PUSH, PULL, or BOTH direction settings. With the QS Pro there’s no need to be restricted to only one shift direction choice – plus, there aren’t any limitations associated with not being able to turn off the unused direction. Now it’s all in your control.
Unlimited Adjustability Due to Flexible Directional and Timing Settings
Other quick shifters give you the ability to change a single setting, but you are then stuck with that setting for BOTH your shift directions. With the Annitori QS PRO you can set you sensitivity and kill time specifically to PUSH, and then have completely DIFFERENT settings for the PULL shift direction – or vice-versa. The all new QS Pro lets you choose your set up – with seemingly endless capabilities.
100% Digital Design Affords Unmatched Reliability and Tech Support
The Annitori QS Pro’s engineers made the new quickshifter completely digital. They created a proprietary algorithm and exclusive intelligent software insuring unparalled reliability and, because its proprietary, technical support is no problem.
100% Stand Alone design
The QS PRO does not require any other product in order to function. It is 100% self-contained and 100% self sustaining. So there are no issues with the interface, communication or interference. Your bike can be a MotoGP bike with every option on the planet, or a stock bike fresh of the showroom floor – the QS PRO attaches and works exactly the same without any other products needed.
Durable Completely Sealed & Weatherproof
There are No LEDs to burn out, no buttons to fail, no openings or external add-ons to potentially compromise the shifter over time. Riders asked for durability, the Annitori QS PRO offers that and then some . . .!!
Thanks to YouTube’s ds15na for providing the above video.
More about the Annitori QS Pro and how it works
The Annitori QS Pro is a sophisticated fully digital electronic device that eliminates the use of the clutch from the shifting process. This means smoother and seamless shifting that helps you to become a quicker and safer rider.
“You gain more performance than virtually any other upgrade you could add to your machine . . . for the price of a rear tire!” – Satisfied Annitori Quickshifter customer
Have you ever thought about the number of steps and the amount of time and attention that it costs to shift gears on a motorcycle? You have to roll off the throttle, pull in the clutch, kick the shift lever to the next gear; and release the clutch, while simultaneously reapplying the throttle.
All of these steps not only cost you in time and attention, they also upset the motorcycle chassis by causing the motorcycle to shift back in forth during the drop in throttle and gear change lurching. In a straight line you will lose speed. In the middle of a turn you lose traction and control of the motorcycle.
The Annitori Quickshifter increases your speed, reduces your times and minimizes the potential for danger by removing the out of control and lurching element from your street and track riding and freeing your attention to focus on what’s ahead of you.
“This is the closest you’ll get to a paddle shifter on a motorcycle!”
How Does The Annitori QS Pro Quickshifter Work?
The Annitori Quickshifter is a microprocessor controlled device that uses “Strain Gauge” sensor technology. This technology is now regarded as one of the most important components to any high performance motorcycle. Strain guage shifters are used by virtually all of the world’s top racing teams today in MotoGP and World Superbike. Until now this technology was extremely expensive and unavailable to anyone but factory race teams. We are just now beginning to see them included stock on the most exclusive and expensive motorcycle brands.
In the Annitori Quickshifter , the Annitori engineering team’s sophisticated software package has succeeded in making this same exclusive technology available to everyone without the cost.
What About the Stock Clutch?
Your stock clutch set up will remain unchanged and will still be very useable.
In fact, for shifts from 1st to 2nd on a typical 600cc bike at 18000 rpms you don’t really need to utilize the quickshifter . . . a normal clutched upshift is all that’s necessary.
However, under “spirited” riding on the street or typical ideal track conditions at the higher speeds, when precise control and speed counts, you will definitely feel the difference. You’ll be glad that you upgraded to the Annitori Quickshifter!
“I don’t know why I didn’t buy one of these a looooong time ago. I can say I will never own another bike without one!” –Kevin, GA – USA
***We received the following email from another satisfied We Ride Motorsports’ customer:
“Thanks for the quick delivery of the . . . Quickshifter. I installed it on my Ducati 1198 within a couple hours of its arrival. Bottom line: the quick shifter functions flawlessly! Installation instructions are complete and easy to follow and required only the removal of the Ducati’s left side fairing . . . Back-shifting to lower gears using the clutch as usual is no different than without the quick shifter installed. However, shifting to higher gears with no clutch and the throttle open feels very smooth and seamless and requires only a positive press and release of the gear lever. So far, I am extremely pleased with this product and appreciate your offering it for sale.”
KD Jenson
-Emailed from K. Jenson on 6/5 – Thanks for the email and keep riding! Let us know if you need anything else for your Ducati 1198!
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“One of the best bang for your buck improvements to your motorcycle / sport bike has just been improved.”
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RECENT UPDATE:
The new shipment of quickshifters has arrived! Feel free to order today with confidence for shipping within 1-2 business days!
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