This weekend I fitted spots, a Unifilter and BoosterPlug (while one is there, just do the lot!).
I did not expect a lot from the BoosterPlug but was pleasantly surprised.
Once the tank is off fitment is a cinch.
1. Remove the cable from the AIT sensor on the air box cover
2. Plug in the BoosterPlug into the AIT sensor and
3. the other end into the cable that came out,
4. Run the BoosterPlug sensor to the front of the bike - mine lies in the channel above the lhs indicator.
Make tidy and close up. I hid the BoosterPlug inside the frame - out of harm's way.
Like I say, I didn't expect too much. This is a KTM 1090 and it likes above 3000 rpm.
What the BoosterPlug did do is to change the character of the bike just a bit. What I didn't like previously was its nervous nature. It is almost as if it is highly strung. Touch the throttle and it jumps. Go under 3000 and it baulks, chain chattering away. Don't ride in 6th under 100km/h. This highly strung nature is good when you are racing (Ready to Race!), but what if you want to ride normally, or lane split?
What the plug did was to make the bike grow up. Gone is that twitchy, nervous nature. Suddenly it is more secure, adult, assured. It still goes like clappers and might even go better in the lower half of the rpm range, with more oomph from 3000rpm on - almost if the slight flat spot is gone.
What surprised me most is what the BoosterPlug did with the bike at lower rpm. Previously one could feel the ignition of every cylinder, then nothing, then the firing of the other cylinder and so on. Now the engine feels more like a river flowing, smoother, with a more even progression from one ignition explosion to the next.
Now one can ride in 6th where only 5th was previously possible, without the feeling that the motor is labouring or the chain clapping.
The bike is much more forgiving when dropping below 3000rpm.
Pulling away at 2000rpm and shifting early into 2nd and 3rd is without effort. I don't have to worry about what the bike is going to do - I can just ride. Also, I don't have to check the dash to know to gear down should the engine go below 3000 rpm. It now forgives you, and you can either ride it there, or gear down one without the anxious feeling about what pistons or chain will be doing once you overstep the line.
Now the 1090 still goes extremely well, but it is just much more assured, confident of itself, knowing what it is and what it can produce.
I am sure that it will make a huge difference on the dirt and during technical riding where you don't always want to rev high or check the tachymeter.
PS. I only tested in Sports mode - it will be interesting to see what it does in street and offroad mode, but I am sure it will be more of the same.
Like I said, BoosterPlug made my 1090 Adventure R grow up. This is a bike I can now ride confidently. I am duly impressed.
Topic: KTM 1090 Adventure - Who's got one? (Read 2550 times)
