AF-XIED for R1200 LC

[Deleted account 191119001]

Just asked the question would it not be easier to install a SAE connector on the power cables of the AF-Xied,s this way easy to connect and disconnect without having to touch battery area, so using optimate or other SAE pigtail makes removal really simple, reply below.

Hi Shaun,
I can't think of a reason why that would be a problem.
Mike

 

[Roger 04 RT]

Little off topic however just had a phone call from a mate who lives a fair distance from me, but bought a 1250 GS, actually one of the first sold through dealer, and installed a booster plug after riding 6000 kms to see if it made any difference, at 14000 kms he has removed it and said on the 1250 total waste of money, no difference at all, however when he had it on his older 1200 gs it worked well.

https://www.boosterplug.com/shop/boosterplug-bmw-r1250gs-766p.html

Booster plugs do nothing on any bmw bike with a working O2 sensor.

 

[Deleted account 191119001]

Booster plugs do nothing on any bmw bike with a working O2 sensor.

Will ask him later how his old bike was setup, gotta get out and ride now weather is nice.

 

[knutk]

Just asked the question would it not be easier to install a SAE connector on the power cables of the AF-Xied,s this way easy to connect and disconnect without having to touch battery area, so using optimate or other SAE pigtail makes removal really simple, reply below.

Hi Shaun,
I can't think of a reason why that would be a problem.
Mike

If I understand the question correctly, rather than charging through a SAE cable connected directly to the battery, the ambitions are to connect the SAE to the +12V and ground cables of the AF-XIED?

If that where the intention, it is a BAD idea.
The +12V for the AFXIED is tapped into the +12V powering the heather for the O2 sensor, and it is connected through the ECU.

Also, the cables are sized for drawing the low power requirements of the O2 sensor.
The end result may be a fried ECU.

 

[Deleted account 191119001]

If I understand the question correctly, rather than charging through a SAE cable connected directly to the battery, the ambitions are to connect the SAE to the +12V and ground cables of the AF-XIED?

If that where the intention, it is a BAD idea.
The +12V for the AFXIED is tapped into the +12V powering the heather for the O2 sensor, and it is connected through the ECU.

Also, the cables are sized for drawing the low power requirements of the O2 sensor.
The end result may be a fried ECU.

Hope this will make more sense Knutk, the idea is to put an SAE connector on the + and minus cables of the AF-XIED that normally go to the battery, that way the SAE connector can simply plug into the fused pigtail that is always connected to the battery, I hardly use my Optimate battery charger on the bike, so can just plug in the AF-Xied and unplug it like a battery tender, rather than having to unscrew the bolts on the battery, hope that makes more sense, and hope it sounds ok to do.

 

[Deleted account 191119001]

Booster plugs do nothing on any bmw bike with a working O2 sensor.

Just for update Roger, spoke 30 mins ago, and he said it worked really well at the beginning, smoothed out the throttle etc, however he had to take his bike to BMW and removed the booster plug twice, and was surprised the bike was running fine as if it had learnt something along the way, so once he had done his services. he put it back on thinking it was the booster plug that helped the ECU learn something, he then sold that bike with the plug on it, and got a 2015 wethead that he done nothing at all tweaking wise, and then said he had a brainfart and remembered the boosterplug, so decided to pop it onto the 1250, and result was cash in the bin, he is not a master technician but knows when his bike feels good or not, he always rides, and has always had BMW,s well because he is German.

 

[knutk]

Hope this will make more sense Knutk, the idea is to put an SAE connector on the + and minus cables of the AF-XIED that normally go to the battery, that way the SAE connector can simply plug into the fused pigtail that is always connected to the battery, I hardly use my Optimate battery charger on the bike, so can just plug in the AF-Xied and unplug it like a battery tender, rather than having to unscrew the bolts on the battery, hope that makes more sense, and hope it sounds ok to do.

Ok.
I based my answer on the AF-XIED in my possession, which is not the latest version. This model extracts +12V from the O2 plug, and the only external cable needed is a separate gnd. cable. If the newer ones connect directly to the battery my answer will be misleading, and I stand corrected

 

[Deleted account 191119001]

Ok.
I based my answer on the AF-XIED in my possession, which is not the latest version. This model extracts +12V from the O2 plug, and the only external cable needed is a separate gnd. cable. If the newer ones connect directly to the battery my answer will be misleading, and I stand corrected

Ta mate, had me worried for a moment, thought my idea had fallen through. however you are totally correct I only have a ground wire attached to battery so my idea has fallen through, back to planning.

 

[malcopopolo]

So...
Booster plugs on a 1200lc. Does the collective confirm that they work?


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[Roger 04 RT]

They don’t do a thing on an R1200 with O2 sensors connected. The booster plug introduces an error that the ecu quickly fixes. We hear all kinds of reports that things that have no mechanism of action work, this is like that.

 

[Roger 04 RT]

Ok.
I based my answer on the AF-XIED in my possession, which is not the latest version. This model extracts +12V from the O2 plug, and the only external cable needed is a separate gnd. cable. If the newer ones connect directly to the battery my answer will be misleading, and I stand corrected

AF-XIED gets its power from the O2 connector and must not be directly connected to the battery. Ground is directly connected at the battery and should not go through an SAE due to the sae’s Resistance.

 

[younger06]

What about the little thin black earth wires??

Sent from a U11

 

[Roger 04 RT]

What about the little thin black earth wires??

Sent from a U11

Connect it directly to battery negative terminal.

 

[younger06]

Connect it directly to battery negative terminal.

That's grand......... I thought I'd made a big mistake.

Sent from a U11

 

[Wierpig]

My 1250 is suffering from pre ignition.At dealers being "investigated" at the moment.Dont really trust them to rectify it but have to give them a chance.Its definatly pinking, not the normal 1250 fluttering noise they all seem to have just off idle.Would love to richen it up a touch but options seem very limited.Dont really want to go to H...top after recent revelations.Any suggestions?

 

[max7]

I opted to have my AF-XIED order sent via USPS - think I've made a mistake there! Beemerboneyard dispatched it almost straight away, but since then it's so far taken 5 days to travel from Blairstown NJ 07825 to New York JFK Intl. If you Google the same journey, that's 1hr 28 mins by road.

Just hoping USPS stick it on a jet plane from there and not on a Cessna 120 (via the North Pole). I'm in no rush, but it'd be good to get the parcel before petrol runs out

 

[Deleted account 191119001]

I opted to have my AF-XIED order sent via USPS - think I've made a mistake there! Beemerboneyard dispatched it almost straight away, but since then it's so far taken 5 days to travel from Blairstown NJ 07825 to New York JFK Intl. If you Google the same journey, that's 1hr 28 mins by road.

Just hoping USPS stick it on a jet plane from there and not on a Cessna 120 (via the North Pole). I'm in no rush, but it'd be good to get the parcel before petrol runs out

It,s Hurricane Dorian,s fault you will be told, in reality the tracking might have been ordered but Mike might have had to wait for it to arrive from Nightrider, mine was similar do not worry, however I did opt for the cheaper USPS.

 

[spoonz]

I heard that 2020 s1000r are coming with wide band o2 sensors as oem. Wonder if the gs is going to be the same and what it might mean for fueling.

Roger ?

 

[max7]

It,s Hurricane Dorian,s fault you will be told, in reality the tracking might have been ordered but Mike might have had to wait for it to arrive from Nightrider, mine was similar do not worry, however I did opt for the cheaper USPS.

Aye Sir. Luckily I'm in no rush for it - all things come to those that wait, or some such bollox

 

[Roger 04 RT]

I heard that 2020 s1000r are coming with wide band o2 sensors as oem. Wonder if the gs is going to be the same and what it might mean for fueling.

Roger ?

I’d have to think about how that could be modified. It would give bmw the ultimate flexibility to get fueling correct. They could choose closed loop operation at virtually any combustible AFR.

I run a wideband on my R1150.