You brake and off throttle and usually then downshift the gears as you normally would to slow , but no clutch . You will still use your clutch as normal ride needs ie; example , you plan to slow to either stop or as you come down the gears nearing slow traffic to slow trickle , as in through that traffic . So the quickshifter is used as a ride (racers ) tool to allow quick seamless upshifts and the auto blip feature allows the rider to concentrate on steering , throttle and brake control while down shifting and decelerating to any point of speed . You can be cruising along , say your mate passes you , you can then clutchless downshift 1 or 2 gears , open throttle wide and pin the throttle and keep feeding gears to accelerate , no clutch used to upshift and give chase , as example .
You do not have to use the quickshifter , the clutch can still be used normally ( normal riding ) at anytime the quickshifter is activated . The quickshifter is designed to facilitate seamless upchanges , and the auto blipper assist effective downchanges for racing type modes of riding , like when you are riding that clear winding road , no traffic . The only thing to remember really is the quickshifter always needs a partial open throttle ( accelerating ) ( usually around 3,000rpm + ) to work efficiently . Anytime you want you can grab the clutch lever as normal and you would not know the quickshifter was enabled .
