Booster Plug

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  1. Lint

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    What in the actual fuck are these criminals selling? A $.10 set of resisters to fool your bike into thinking it's freezing cold and so it dumps tons of fuel into it?

    I saw this on Facebook and it appears our planet is inhabited with absolute knuckle dragging, mouth breathing, blithering idiots!!!! They say the have sold 15,000 of these things. I may never buy a used bike again!!!!

    http://www.boosterplug.com/shop/frontpage.html

    There needs to be a law that of you put one of these on your bike, you automatically lose your license.
     
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    You've only just noticed them? They have been selling them for years.
     
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    These have been for sale in HD Botiques for years. HD calls them "Framulators".
     
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    My moto must hate me.

    "Your Bike will love you for it."

    Unleashing dood could have saved thousands of bux with one of these from the beginning.
     
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    I recall there being a post on one of the VFR forums about someone complaining about how their catalytic converter burnt up after putting one of these on their bike. I think it was Candyred who schooled them about it.

    I think AM has a point, could have saved tons of wasted thread post if knucklehead had used one of these rather than the German ECU!
     
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    Just proves you can market and sell anything to "humans" whether they have the money or not.
     
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    Well, none of the old Chinese guys I know have bought any. IMO, OOTV should not be calling you names. Drifting serves to kind of sum things up.
     
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    If they are dumb enough to buy it, deserve all they get.
     
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    Thanks, I had time to ask most of the rest of the old Chinese guys. They didn't buy any either. I skipped the one's that have Harleys. Known iconodules I'm afraid.
     
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    These units are money for crap, it's about 10cents worth of components and just messes with the ECU
     
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    This is a fairly old post, but in case it helps anyone, here goes;

    I can't speak to how effective they are on a VFR but I have owned two other bikes and fitted a Booster plug to both. One was a 2003 Triumph Sprint ST 955i and the other, a 2012 BMW R1200R Classic. The plug made a difference at low revs around town. Smoothed things out a bit and prevented cutouts on the Triumph and to some extent on the BMW. The latter runs v lean so stalls still occasionally happen. Still have that bike. Yes, they are over-priced for what you get but they are not snake oil and do make a difference. You can read more about what they are actually doing here:
    https://www.boosterplug.com/shop/cms-how-it-works-full-version.html

    Were there noticeable gains in speed/acceleration?...not really, but the fuel to air ratio seems to have been helped as the pull on both bikes was smoother and just seemed to have been assisted by the plug. There were no negative ramifications to speak of. Did the plugs change the bike dramatically, No.

    A PC 5 or Rapid Bike will likely set you back a LOT more and given what the VFR engine is capable of and the bikes overall power to weight ratio,...the booster plug might be a better investment. I have no experience with either of these two technologies so maybe they are great. Can't say - defer to those who can and have never brought any of these bikes to a track and I believe both the PC and RB tech is s'posed to shine there more than around town.

    I'm in no way affiliated with the manufacturer of the booster plug, just trying to set the record straight as somebody who has experience using one on two bikes. May even try one out on my 8th gen. VFR, but as somebody already remarked (here or in a sibling post), Honda build such a stonking good engine...I don't have much of a need on the 2015 VFR, because it has so far never cut out and just Hondas-along. It is a heavy bike so I'd be surprised if anything made a huge difference to that bikes overall performance low down or higher up the rev range.
     
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    Do you have any data or is this all seat of the pants?
     
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    seat of the pants
     
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