Hi people, Really excited over new piece of kit for the scrambler, ( I know Sad bloke ). Looking at the plug, instructions and packaging it appears that these guys are a professional outfit supplying quality products. Nice touch including a few freebies .......the conversion table appeals to my anorak mentality. Will fit next week and test, ( a trip for urgent shopping required ). Downloaded the instructions specific to my bike. These guys have covered everything. I just hope that I am adding to the positive customer feedback soon. I have added a photo of the opened package as it arrived this morning. I will keep you updated following my ‘ shopping trip’. Mark
Fitting and test ride this Thursday ...... fingers crossed engine pulls smoothly at low revs. Can’t wait
Well I am blown away! I fitted the booster .....took 30 mins, removed the restrictive rubber snorkel from the air filter inlet, 15 mins ...... and the bike is transformed. At low revs ...... no more lumpiness and threat of stalling. Smoother throttle response. Pick up seems to have improved. Sounds better also. For such a small outlay and under an hour to fit , I still cannot believe the improvement. Let the bike run on idle for 20 mins so that the computer can do its stuff, then went out for a 1 hr bike ride which turned into 3 One happy scrambler owner !
nice to hear your happy with the improvement, I’d be interested to know if it affects mpg either way ?
It should not affect mpg as it only supplies a richer mixture at low rev and start up. Once bike is on the move it is bypassed. TEC on utube explain it a lot better than I.
Thing is you changed two things at once. I tried a BP on my 1200 Thruxton and it made not a jot of difference. PC5 and custom map however was a different story. And my bike didn't stall randomly anymore
Fitted the Boosterplug to my XE recently and there is a general improvement in smoothness from pickup and in the mid-range. Roads are a bit greasy to be pushing it all the time but the bike is less inclined to stall now, not that it was bad before. I'd already fitted a 2>1 V & H decat'ed silencer which eliminated the stalling issue pretty much and gave more oomph. The improvements with the Boosterplug in my case is definitely worthwhile so I imagine it's more advantageous with the standard set-up. Hope that helps anybody who's thinking about doing this.
I put one on my XC, and honestly can't say that I noticed much if any difference at all. As for as I can tell, it runs exactly the same as it did before in all riding modes. I am glad your experience was better than mine. For me it just feels like I tossed away a wad of cash to add a few worthless ounces of extra weight to my bike.
I tried one on my Bonneville a while back. Really wanted to believe that it made a difference and I'm sure that you convince yourself at first that it does but it honestly didn't. There is a lot of discussion about these on the R nine T forum with pretty much a 50 - 50 split as to whether they are the best thing since sliced bread or whether they are a total waste of money. The booster plug works by tricking the ECU into thinking that the ambient temperature is colder - because you've in effect moved the air temperature sensor - than it really is to force it to run richer (by around a temporary 6%). Some research seems to suggest that the ECU adapts and negates its' effect in due course anyway.
Booster Plug worked on my BMW XCH, and I was given it for free. Fixed the running hot, lean, ect. Mate has fitted one to his 700 XSR, definitely made a difference, noticeable from following him. Fitted one to my XE and fixed the bad hesitation, stalling off idle etc immediately. Stalling and not stalling is not a placebo effect.
The 50:50 divided opinions on this and the potential placebo effect is really interesting - mine has straight through pipes from the cat back with no baffles and had a real tendency to stall, such that I'd have to remember to compensate for it at low revs. When cold, the throttle would surge at idle and low speed too (just for the first couple of minutes after starting from cold). I fitted the plug and it seemed a little better, but several hundred miles later, I realised that there have been no stalls, it's definitely much stronger and torquier at low speed / high gear, and there's been no surging. I'm really pleased with it. I'm an expert on placebo effect - I have a Hilltop map on my Speed Triple RS which genuinely appears to work, despite the concept sounding like a total scam. Maybe I'm just gullible
I fitted one on my Ducati Scrambler, they were known for their snatchy throttle, it smoothed it out, but then I missed the snatchiness, it gave the bike character , so I took it off again, having ridden with it fitted for approx 3 months the difference was really noticeable when I removed it!.
Make of this what you will... https://www.triumphrat.net/threads/booster-plug-definitive-test-results.965565/
