Further reason for increased rider confidence during cornering is the fact that the throttle position doesn't have to be disturbed every gear change (especially tricky when on the limit of tyre grip and wet track surface). This is more difficult to do without the quickshifter as the throttle has to be shut off every gear change upsetting the front to rear balance of the bike and loosing any finely tuned throttle position setting. Good examples of hard acceleration with severe lean angles (on U.K. circuits) are Mallory Park's Chicane and Gerrards, Brands Hatch's Clearways and Surtees and Thruxton's long fast sweeping curves.

Combining the advantage of the faster corner speed and increased momentum carried on to the straights with the gain of up to 2.5 metres per gear change. (say 10 - 25 up-shifts per lap), it becomes clear that a saving of up to 1 second/lap is possible.