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Just had an email from Motorworks about their EFI booster plug to smooth out the fuelling on R's and K's. £100 plus post.

Anyone tried them - do they work etc.?
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Don't know but I had one of these on an R1100S and it worked really well for about 1/3 of the price.

http://sol2.be/Accelerator/English/Features/index.html

You want to look for the Accelerator Module.
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I used one of the accelerator plugs on my k1200r cost about 30£ delivered, and made it a joy to ride around town, rather than a bucking bronco that it was before.
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I have one as featured in the link, there used to be two types, a short plug and one with a probe that could be positioned in the airflow, can feel the difference when fitted.

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I had the longer one (from Belgium) fitted to my K1200R-Sport - made a heck of a difference to low-speed running!

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The product data states fitting to be easy and only taking around a minute to install on r11** type bikes, anyone installed one?
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10 minutes to fit the short plug on the 1100s, its just under the seat.

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Biggest part of the job is undoing the body work . Actually installing it is less than 2 minutes.
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i put the short one on - im convinced it made a notable difference at lower revs
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Tempted to try one of these myself, although I'd be mindful of possible over-fuelling.
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Re: Booster plugs

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SP250 wrote:Just had an email from Motorworks about their EFI booster plug to smooth out the fuelling on R's and K's. £100 plus post.

Anyone tried them - do they work etc.?
you can buy the one from sol2 (see the link) and they are £30 ish, takes a few minutes to fit, does make a difference. I'm sure if you do a search you'd find plenty of comments.

http://www.sol2.be/Performance/ENG/Theory/page.html

in truth it's bit of a blunt tool that tricks the engine management into thinking it's cooler than it is; it does work though, if you change the air filter and exhaust as well as stock set ups.

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Re: Booster plugs

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Fw190 wrote:
SP250 wrote:Just had an email from Motorworks about their EFI booster plug to smooth out the fuelling on R's and K's. £100 plus post.

Anyone tried them - do they work etc.?
you can buy the one from sol2 (see the link) and they are £30 ish, takes a few minutes to fit, does make a difference. I'm sure if you do a search you'd find plenty of comments.

http://www.sol2.be/Performance/ENG/Theory/page.html

in truth it's bit of a blunt tool that tricks the engine management into thinking it's cooler than it is; it does work though, if you change the air filter and exhaust as well as stock set ups.

Ty
To clarify the last comment - it will work even if you don't change the air filter and exhaust - it is a blunt tool but does the job. Be prepared for less MPG (Mine went from 48ish to 45ish to the gallon)
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Post by ted »

i agree about using a bit more fuel, but its definitely smoother, so may be i'm just going faster on it!
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