After a shocking amount of dithering, I have installed the AF-xied fueling device and Beech’s Beefy 31mm Suspension Riser Plates™️and done a brief familiarization ride.
Preexisting Issues:
Handling - I love the freight train stability of the stock K1300. But on spirited rides on unfamiliar twisty roads, the need arises regularly to tighten your line mid-corner or to rapidly initiate or reverse a turn. The K bike is not terrible at any of that, especially for its considerable length and girth. But, it’s not great either. Install of Brother Beech’s 31mm rear ride height raising suspension plates completely eliminates this problem. Direction changes, reversals, line changes, trail braking... The bike now feels like a slow-steering Superbike rather than like a slow-steering sport touring bike. I have no noticed any loss of my much cherished stability. Install was easy. I cleaned the dog bone and re-lubed all the needle bearings while I was down there. It’s a low-mile (5,600) 2015 bike and the bearings were fine, but I agree with whoever said BMW loves to save money on grease.
Fueling - these bikes are mapped too lean to run right. Period. The manufacturers are likely going to be forced ever further down this snake hole to appease moronic European bureaucrats set on appeasing Greta Thunberg. The high point of motorcycle fuel injection driveability was probably a couple years ago. When braking into a corner on closed throttle, the system shuts down injection altogether as revs drop below about 3k, creating a massive spike in engine braking. As you let off the brakes and begin rolling on the throttle, the pickup from closed throttle is way too snatchy. And if you need to close the throttle again to tighten you line, the ON to OFF throttle transition is just as bad. It’s just too lean at small throttle openings. Enter the AF-xied. There’s tons of information out there on how this device works, so I’ll describe the install and riding impressions. The install requires removal of the gas tank because the connector for the O2 sensor is perfectly hidden behind the upper frame rail where it turns from mostly vertical to mostly horizontal. Basically inboard of your right knee. Open the connector, plug the male end of the AF-ied harness into the female end of the OEM connector and vice versa. Route the grounding wire up to the battery negative post. The actual little box for the device has about an 8-10” pigtail and snaps together with the one on the rest of the AF-xied loom. I mounted the little thumb-sized box to the upper right side of the oil tank using 3M Dual Lock tape.
Anyhow, the snatchiness is gone, the bike fuels very cleanly from any rpm, the OFF/ON/OFF transitions are completely smooth at all rpms. I was expecting the system to take longer to unlearn its trim maps before any difference would be noticed, but it was immediate.
In short, both mods are transformative. It’s been a long time since a mod I’ve bought had zero downside, zero disappointment. Both of these fit that description.
Well done, Beecher.
Preexisting Issues:
Handling - I love the freight train stability of the stock K1300. But on spirited rides on unfamiliar twisty roads, the need arises regularly to tighten your line mid-corner or to rapidly initiate or reverse a turn. The K bike is not terrible at any of that, especially for its considerable length and girth. But, it’s not great either. Install of Brother Beech’s 31mm rear ride height raising suspension plates completely eliminates this problem. Direction changes, reversals, line changes, trail braking... The bike now feels like a slow-steering Superbike rather than like a slow-steering sport touring bike. I have no noticed any loss of my much cherished stability. Install was easy. I cleaned the dog bone and re-lubed all the needle bearings while I was down there. It’s a low-mile (5,600) 2015 bike and the bearings were fine, but I agree with whoever said BMW loves to save money on grease.
Fueling - these bikes are mapped too lean to run right. Period. The manufacturers are likely going to be forced ever further down this snake hole to appease moronic European bureaucrats set on appeasing Greta Thunberg. The high point of motorcycle fuel injection driveability was probably a couple years ago. When braking into a corner on closed throttle, the system shuts down injection altogether as revs drop below about 3k, creating a massive spike in engine braking. As you let off the brakes and begin rolling on the throttle, the pickup from closed throttle is way too snatchy. And if you need to close the throttle again to tighten you line, the ON to OFF throttle transition is just as bad. It’s just too lean at small throttle openings. Enter the AF-xied. There’s tons of information out there on how this device works, so I’ll describe the install and riding impressions. The install requires removal of the gas tank because the connector for the O2 sensor is perfectly hidden behind the upper frame rail where it turns from mostly vertical to mostly horizontal. Basically inboard of your right knee. Open the connector, plug the male end of the AF-ied harness into the female end of the OEM connector and vice versa. Route the grounding wire up to the battery negative post. The actual little box for the device has about an 8-10” pigtail and snaps together with the one on the rest of the AF-xied loom. I mounted the little thumb-sized box to the upper right side of the oil tank using 3M Dual Lock tape.
Anyhow, the snatchiness is gone, the bike fuels very cleanly from any rpm, the OFF/ON/OFF transitions are completely smooth at all rpms. I was expecting the system to take longer to unlearn its trim maps before any difference would be noticed, but it was immediate.
In short, both mods are transformative. It’s been a long time since a mod I’ve bought had zero downside, zero disappointment. Both of these fit that description.
Well done, Beecher.