Fitting A Kliktronic Gearchanger

[squirrel_hunter]

Popped round to Talan's today to give him a hand fitting a Kliktronic Gearchanger to his curvy SV. Took a couple of photo's along the way and thought this might be of interest to some...

For those who don't know a Kliktronic Gearchanger is basically an electronic ram that changes gear by moving the gear leaver controlled from a handlebar mounted button. Ideal if you are unable to use a standard motorcycle gear leaver.

So the process started with the removal of the standard footpeg and gear leaver assembly. The original leaver had been damaged and was to be replaced, but the new leaver needed modification.



The Kliktronic actuator attach's via a bolt to the end of the gear leaver where the toe peg is. So we cut the toe peg off and then drilled a hole for the mounting bolt.



With the lever prepped, the mounting of the actuator was fairly straight forward. The system is relatively plug and play. Kliktronic provide a machine specific mounting bracket and a universal actuator. For the SV the bracket mounts the actuator forward of the peg as for best operation it requires a 90 degree angle against the leaver.



Some modification was required to the bolt lengths, and once wired in only minor adjustment to the leaver/ engine mount and the actuator height was needed to get it shifting gear.



The system is controlled at the handlebar by a two button system. The Kliktronic design keeps the use of the clutch and so is designed to be mounted on the left bar. We cut a bit of the bar grip off to allow for mounting allowing thumb operation.



With the control installed, red for down green for up, the wire was fed back through the bike following the choke cable and alternator wiring routing to the control box that we mounted under the pillion seat.



The control box is fused and wired directly to the battery and accepts plugs from the switch and the actuator. There is an additional access point for ignition interrupts if using a quick shifter, but we haven't got one fitted here.



Finally an additional wire was required to be soldered into the ignition circuit on a positive feed to ensure the gear change can only happen when the bike is switched on. As I'm not a wiring expert and my soldering is far from the best we opted for the brown rear tail light wire. Though please suggest a better wire to go for as this is intended to be changed?



So with that the bike was fired up and after a bit of adjustment we had the system changing gear on the button. There is still a little more work to be done to prepare the bike for teaching on the Bike Experience but the main point of accessibility is now on and working.

If you would like to know more about Talan and the Bike Experience please take a look over here.

Nice work Steve!

+1. What stars you both are!

I presume the Klicktronic system works on some sort of 'push me pull me' hydraulic rig up?, ideal for peeps who have no lower limb feeling.

Wiring? usual feed for live when bike is switched on is sidelight or rear tail light so I reckon you're ok there.


Fantastic work and a worthwhile cause, again +1.

What Steve failed to mention is that is was also raining, windy and we were outside without any protection. Started to use an old tarp, but that got in the way, put up a garden parasol thing, but that got lift up out of the fixing and blown over. So it was braving the elements as well. Many thanks to Steve for a great job at the Kliktronic addition and for the other more routine changes to the SV like oil change, spark plugs etc. Now just need to sort out the leaking front forks!

[yorkie_chris]

It's a bloody waste to set that up without quickshifter. Does it have function inbuilt or is that another add on?

If you want to know what wires to cut into for quickshift and how then I will be glad to help.
Also if you want any fork work doing the same applies.

[squirrel_hunter]

Originally Posted by Teejayexc

I presume the Klicktronic system works on some sort of 'push me pull me' hydraulic rig up?

Yes, thats the basic of it. The set up pictured has the actuator in the rest position which is halfway between is maximum and minimum stroke.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

It's a bloody waste to set that up without quickshifter. Does it have function inbuilt or is that another add on?

I believe it has the function inbuilt. The yellow wire coming from the control box that is unused in our installation is listed as the interface wire for an ignition interrupt.

[yorkie_chris]

it could be for ignition or it could be logic trigger for a separate unit. I would have expected 2 wires TBH unless you are meant to feed that out to coil positives. Check in instructions.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

It's a bloody waste to set that up without quickshifter. Does it have function inbuilt or is that another add on?

If you want to know what wires to cut into for quickshift and how then I will be glad to help.
Also if you want any fork work doing the same applies.

Hi, it's not a waste to set it up without a quickshifter as the bike is being converted for paraplegic riders like myself. As I can't move from the chest down, I need a way of shifting gear, hence the Kliktronic Gearshifter. It would be nice to have Quickshifter in addition, which I have on my GSXR750K7 (plus a full Bazzaz system for mapping and traction control). However, as this is a teaching bike, then it's there to be abused and crashed and provide a pathway back into the saddle.

Cheers
Talan

[yorkie_chris]

I always worry with those power shifters, what happens if you mess up the shift. Probably nothing, but does it have the force behind it to damage things? With ignition interrupt you are pretty guaranteed a good clean shift. Just IMO anyway.

and it always seems a waste to me to have a trick function of something and not use it

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

I always worry with those power shifters, what happens if you mess up the shift. Probably nothing, but does it have the force behind it to damage things? With ignition interrupt you are pretty guaranteed a good clean shift. Just IMO anyway.

and it always seems a waste to me to have a trick function of something and not use it

The Kliktronic system has been tested and used by many disabled riders and others. The unit is powerful, and so long as you set the actuator up at the correct angle, they don't mess up. You simply pull the clutch in, hit the button and the gear changes. On my newer bikes it will change up without using the clutch, I roll off the throttle for just a fraction and it changes up no problem. I still need to use the clutch on the downshifts though. It is reliable and the only problem related to a clean shift will be if you are ham-fisted and can't co-ordinate clutch and throttle, but that applies to all riders, not just the ones who can't move their legs. Combining it with the Bazzaz system makes it even better, so I have 'practically' seem-less changes whilst keeping the throttle pinned.