Bought a booster plug and the destructions that come with it are a tad vague .... Is this the air sensor where it plugs in ?
Don't worry ... I've found it hidden well away from prying eyes ... Where do Ducati come up with these ideas ?
Best to plug it in somewhere that's very far away from your motorcycle. Booster plug, where do people come up with these ideas?
Bought it from Boosterplug.com direct. Turns out the AIT plug is located hidden under a foam pad right at the top front centre of the airbox. No pics as I was running out of my allotted man time in the garage. Not had it out for a run as its taken 4 hours to get the strada put back together. I can confirm the bike absolutely idles smoother. Sounds a bit quicker on the revs to. I'll take it on the bum-dyno tomorrow and report back.
It basically stops the 'lean burn' built into EU regulation engines. You get a lot smoother throttle as its not hunting for fuel especially in the inbuilt rev areas the EU test the bikes. The downside is you loose a slight bit of MPG. Booster Plug don't make the wild +40bhp claims others do, and their kit is very well made. My mates got one on his RSV-R and I've ridden it before and after installation and the difference in the throttle is night and day.
I have one fitted to my Scrambler It plugs between the airbox temp sensor and the ECU Basically it has an inbuilt thermister and uses that combined with the one in the airbox to tell the ECU the air temp - however it tells the ECU its 20'C cooler than it is. Downside on my scrambler - is outside air temp reads 20 degrees out - so yesterday at 4 am when i was out and it was 16'C it showed -4'C on display. That way the bike over fuels by about 0.4% (from memory I read it somewhere) and the bike runs smoother as its not hunting for fuel. Definately works on the scrambler to smooth out fueling - it seems to pull stronger - but i suspect thats more in my head as a result of the smoother running. I am normally sceptical of this type of 'tuning box' - but this one basically only adjusts the incoming air temp by a set amout - not like the cheap ones that have just a resistor - and as such do not vary with actual temp.
Well I took it out for an early morning run and I've not wasted my money. The bike in SPORT mode feels much better especially coming off / on the throttle. Not noticed much performance increase but I didn't buy it for that. I didn't use TOURING mode very much as I found it quite rough around 3-4k and again 6-7k but that's now gone. TOURING mode feels a bit faster but that may be because I don't use it that often. Didn't run it in any other mode. As I said before the idle (especially in stop / start traffic in both modes) is really nice now. Fuel consumption appears to be about the same according to the bike. So overall it's a thumbs up and worth the money just to smooth out the bike.
Well after a 70 mile mixed road run out all I have is praise for the Booster Plug. Does exactly what it says on the tin. If you don't like the Strada's lumpy throttle get one now !
