BMW R1200GS Fuel Pump Bypass Cable

[Burnszilla]

Originally Posted by Apachezulu

Ordered mine...pump failed last evening on my wife's first pillion ride....
The OEM bypass cable sold at our local dealership here costs 3 times as much!!

Are you saying the fuel pump controller costs three times as much as the bypass cable or that the dealer is selling fuel pump bypass cables like the ones I make?

[Apachezulu]

The cables like the one you make costs 3 times as much at the BMW dealership here in Singapore.
Now don't you go upping your price you hear??

[Burnszilla]

Originally Posted by Apachezulu

The cables like the one you make costs 3 times as much at the BMW dealership here in Singapore.
Now don't you go upping your price you hear??

I had no idea the dealers were making them. I'd like to see a photo of it.

[Apachezulu]

I'll try to take a picture for you on my next visit. Which will be the next few days I hope.

[cjstora]

Originally Posted by Burnszilla

It works via the side power socket it you wire the socket thru a fuse to the battery. The fuel pump is about 7amps and will trip the 5 amp canbus side seat socket. Most folks rewire that side socket directly to the battery so they can power their heated clothing.

I bought one of these bypass cables to see if the FPC (or FPE BMW seems to want to call it now) was faulty. I'm not working on the bike, someone else is. They tell me that when they plug the cable into the accessory socket and hook it up as instructed, the bike will start and idle for a few seconds, at which point the fuel has shut off and the bike stalls out again. Before the bypass cable was connected, the bike was getting no fuel at all and wouldn't even start. I didn't think to ask what accessory plug was being used to power the pump. Think it might be a case of the Accessory circuit sensing the overload and shutting off that accessory circuit? I've been told there are no fuses (2005 R1200GS) and that the bike's circuits are electronically controlled, with the bike shutting off circuits with anomalies, then rechecking that circuit on restart to see if the anomaly has cleared. That was probably as clear as mud.

[tricepilot]

I received this cable at the speed of light within a few days of placing a PayPal order.

Customer service: top notch/highly recommend this guy

[Chinpunk]

Couple of weeks ago I ordered a cable for my bike from Steve , he sent it out immediately with the Post Office. Couple of days pass and I am wondering were is my cable at.Contact USPS they say they dont see anything on their shelves etc etc
Waited nearly two weeks and after calling back and forth still they cant find nada.
I contacted Steve explained to him the situation and he immediately sent another piece no questions asked.Now in my life I have met shitty and good people and Steve definitely falls in the latter.
Just wanted to give my proper thanks and respects writing about it in this forum.
And I would like to encourage inmates who will not try to cut off their mouse cable and attach it to the tender, to check out his stuff and support these kind of businesses.

Cheers!