Has anyone got any experience with fitting one of these from Motorworks? If so, has it been reliable and was it relatively easy to fit? My third OEM one has just failed on my ‘08!
Alternative fuel strip
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MWH
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Seems quite pricey. BMW introduced a new "upgraded" strip a couple of years ago for the same kind of price but you get it all ready to fit.
Not heard from anyone that's fitted the new one so not sure if it is any better.
Be interested to know about them and this.
Not heard from anyone that's fitted the new one so not sure if it is any better.
Be interested to know about them and this.
I bought what looks like 3xactky the same item from here last year for €125
www.fuelsensortech.com
It is still working perfectly.
Fuel Sensor Tech / Fuel Strip for BMW bikes
We had developed an alternative fuel sensor for BMW motorbikes. This sensor may be used in several models of the Germany Brand as r1200gs/adventure k1200s/rt/gt an more. Visit Fuel Sensor Tech
www.fuelsensortech.com
Have now fitted the new style strip which was fairly straightforward. It clips straight back into the OEM cover and the four colour coded wires to solder on the OEM connector that goes on the fuel pump housing. It can be calibrated dry or with fuel in the tank - I tried both ways with a GS911 and both worked just fine. Time will tell….
MWH
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What did you use to insulate the solder joints?
MWH
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Cool, gonna repin my ecu to standard and ditch the float conversion as it hasn't worked for me and probably go down this route. I use the trip which is OK with a full tank but if I put a tenner in I lose track. Have got to 300 miles and put 28 litres in so had another 50 in there before running out. The range function is something I miss as it was pretty accurate when the strip works.
MWH
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Is the range display pretty accurate?I bought what looks like 3xactky the same item from here last year for €125
It is still working perfectly.Fuel Sensor Tech / Fuel Strip for BMW bikes
We had developed an alternative fuel sensor for BMW motorbikes. This sensor may be used in several models of the Germany Brand as r1200gs/adventure k1200s/rt/gt an more. Visit Fuel Sensor Tech
MWH
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I'm pretty careful so all the pin swapping was OK, I routed the wires carefully but it just never worked properly. If I fill up it goes to full then slowly down to about 2/3 on the gauge then never really moved from there. Once it went from 2/3 to empty then back to 2/3. Range was claiming 400 miles despite having ridden 250 or so!
I took my float out (fitted to fuel pump assembly)to measure the resistance and just have a check on stuff. Float measured 3.8 ohms to 88 ohms so it's fine. I did notice though that the float arm rests on the bottom of the tank and reads 78 ohms, at its highest it reads 5 ohms.I've bent the float arm so it clears the bottom now and made sure the fuel transfer hose isn't in the way. All to no avail as I'd already repinned the ecu back to standard. Should've tried the bending first lol.
I took my float out (fitted to fuel pump assembly)to measure the resistance and just have a check on stuff. Float measured 3.8 ohms to 88 ohms so it's fine. I did notice though that the float arm rests on the bottom of the tank and reads 78 ohms, at its highest it reads 5 ohms.I've bent the float arm so it clears the bottom now and made sure the fuel transfer hose isn't in the way. All to no avail as I'd already repinned the ecu back to standard. Should've tried the bending first lol.
I had a Motorworks fuel strip fitted to my 2011 R1200R by Mark Holden in Bromley a couple of weeks ago. Thus far it is working perfectly, it's such a bonus to have the range showing again.....he said he had fitted lots of them and hadn't had any complaints yet.
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