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Booster plugs

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 3:08 pm
by SP250
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.?

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 3:44 pm
by The Teutonic Tangerine
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.

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 5:36 pm
by roadburner
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.

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 6:06 pm
by Al
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.

Al.

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 12:04 pm
by milleplod
I had the longer one (from Belgium) fitted to my K1200R-Sport - made a heck of a difference to low-speed running!

Pete

Fitting

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 6:13 pm
by Malj
The product data states fitting to be easy and only taking around a minute to install on r11** type bikes, anyone installed one?

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 10:14 pm
by Al
10 minutes to fit the short plug on the 1100s, its just under the seat.

Al.

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 10:20 pm
by andy griff
Biggest part of the job is undoing the body work . Actually installing it is less than 2 minutes.

Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 8:20 am
by ted
i put the short one on - im convinced it made a notable difference at lower revs

Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 9:44 am
by Motocod
Tempted to try one of these myself, although I'd be mindful of possible over-fuelling.

Re: Booster plugs

Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 5:02 pm
by Fw190
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

Re: Booster plugs

Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 8:31 am
by The Teutonic Tangerine
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)

Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 8:15 pm
by ted
i agree about using a bit more fuel, but its definitely smoother, so may be i'm just going faster on it!