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Boxer-Design Quick Action Throttle Adaptor.
This post lays out what I found when I came to fit the quick action throttle adaptor from Boxer-Design. Before I go into fitting the adaptor a few lines about the cost and quality of the item.
Price for the adaptor is €49.95, Postage is €21 which gives a total of €70.95. I paid with pay pal and the total price was around £62. A not inconsiderable sum.
The €49.95 cost of the adaptor is debatable. For me the quality of the materials used is poor to say the least. The website says it’s manufactured out of ABS plastic. It may be, but it’s not like any other ABS plastic I’ve seen. It appears to be very brittle and looks almost as though it’s been poorly cast, you can see the outline and what looks to be a poor infill of plastic. I’d say after looking at it that it was made down to a very low price.
The cost of postage though is just taking the piss. The adaptor comes in a box small enough to go through the letter box and weighs next to nothing. If it was to be posted in the UK I’d say no more than £4 (and that’s being generous). The problem lies in the box that it was sent in which was more than four times the size of the item and packed with German newspaper. Not very good at all.
Fitting the adaptor. The enclosed instructions are a very poor photocopy in German (why can’t they sort out a translation if they’re going to sell to other countries?). The photo’s are particularly poor, poor enough that they were of no use whatsoever.
To fit the adaptor I did the following -
1. Remove the screw from the throttle cover and lift off the cover from the top.
2. Slacken off the cable adjuster, I needed to slacken it all the way off to get enough slack for the adaptor - meaning none left if needed to slacken it any further.
3. Next I picked the cable out of it’s guide and released the nipple from it’s location.
4. Fit the adaptor to the throttle tube making sure that the tag goes into the slot.
5. Next I refitted the throttle cable
6. Now comes the interesting bit. Fitting the cover. The cover comes with a clip for the bottom and a clip for the top to replace the screw. There’s no room to fit a screw now with the thicker adaptor in place.
I got the top and bottom tabs lined up but pushing the cover home broke the bottom tab straight off. Then I noticed the indicator switch stuck tight against the cover.
After looking there was no way that the cover was going to go on and allow for the switchgear to work.
I checked the website to see if I’d ordered or received the wrong item.
I ordered the correct item according to the site - PE539/2 which is stated to fit the 2004 - August 2005 r1200gs. What I received was the PE539/2 but the packaging states Sept 2005 - 2007. So i guess that was my error in not checking the packaging correctly
So I’m not sure where this leaves me, do I have the right or wrong part? If they are different how is it that PE539/1 fits 2004-2007
After fitting I did try it, and it did shorten the throw enough to make it a worthwhile mod. I’m just very disappointed with the finish and postal costs of what is an expensive mod.
So the normal throttle is back on and I’ll continue to look around.
I have e-mailed boxer design with a link to this thread, and await their reply. It could be as simple as a packaging, labelling or website error. That doesn’t excuse the quality problems and postage costs.
Overall I’d say top dollar for a R&D item.
When I hear back from Boxer-Design I’ll post it up here.
This post lays out what I found when I came to fit the quick action throttle adaptor from Boxer-Design. Before I go into fitting the adaptor a few lines about the cost and quality of the item.
Price for the adaptor is €49.95, Postage is €21 which gives a total of €70.95. I paid with pay pal and the total price was around £62. A not inconsiderable sum.
The €49.95 cost of the adaptor is debatable. For me the quality of the materials used is poor to say the least. The website says it’s manufactured out of ABS plastic. It may be, but it’s not like any other ABS plastic I’ve seen. It appears to be very brittle and looks almost as though it’s been poorly cast, you can see the outline and what looks to be a poor infill of plastic. I’d say after looking at it that it was made down to a very low price.
The cost of postage though is just taking the piss. The adaptor comes in a box small enough to go through the letter box and weighs next to nothing. If it was to be posted in the UK I’d say no more than £4 (and that’s being generous). The problem lies in the box that it was sent in which was more than four times the size of the item and packed with German newspaper. Not very good at all.
Fitting the adaptor. The enclosed instructions are a very poor photocopy in German (why can’t they sort out a translation if they’re going to sell to other countries?). The photo’s are particularly poor, poor enough that they were of no use whatsoever.
To fit the adaptor I did the following -
1. Remove the screw from the throttle cover and lift off the cover from the top.
2. Slacken off the cable adjuster, I needed to slacken it all the way off to get enough slack for the adaptor - meaning none left if needed to slacken it any further.
3. Next I picked the cable out of it’s guide and released the nipple from it’s location.
4. Fit the adaptor to the throttle tube making sure that the tag goes into the slot.
5. Next I refitted the throttle cable
6. Now comes the interesting bit. Fitting the cover. The cover comes with a clip for the bottom and a clip for the top to replace the screw. There’s no room to fit a screw now with the thicker adaptor in place.
I got the top and bottom tabs lined up but pushing the cover home broke the bottom tab straight off. Then I noticed the indicator switch stuck tight against the cover.
After looking there was no way that the cover was going to go on and allow for the switchgear to work.
I checked the website to see if I’d ordered or received the wrong item.
I ordered the correct item according to the site - PE539/2 which is stated to fit the 2004 - August 2005 r1200gs. What I received was the PE539/2 but the packaging states Sept 2005 - 2007. So i guess that was my error in not checking the packaging correctly
So I’m not sure where this leaves me, do I have the right or wrong part? If they are different how is it that PE539/1 fits 2004-2007
After fitting I did try it, and it did shorten the throw enough to make it a worthwhile mod. I’m just very disappointed with the finish and postal costs of what is an expensive mod.
So the normal throttle is back on and I’ll continue to look around.
I have e-mailed boxer design with a link to this thread, and await their reply. It could be as simple as a packaging, labelling or website error. That doesn’t excuse the quality problems and postage costs.
Overall I’d say top dollar for a R&D item.
When I hear back from Boxer-Design I’ll post it up here.