1200 Keyless Fuel Cap

It is buried underneath the tank, but you need the dealer to plug his 'puter in and reset the software for it to work.

Just a word of warning, they are temperamental - just been in the garage dropping 5 litres in I had in a can and it took 4 boot up/downs before it would open!

 

nsm3 was there mist in your garage?

 

It was p155ing down with rain and I had the door open, but I have found the ability of the cap operation to fail, to be very random - I always carry the allen key for the day it completely gives up the ghost!

 

I thought they had sorted all these faults? Was thinking of getting one!

 

You sure about that? Dealer told me it was plug and play, nothing to do on puter? No wonder the fucker ain't working on mine and that was dealer fitted...lol. I'll check back with him but I am sure he said no puter interaction was required.

 

It may have changed, but on my 2010 they had to "activate" it? That was 3.5 years ago.

 

Cheers, I am not doubting you (well not much), and would certainly explain why mine is opening and closing but not locking.....any excuse for a run out this weekend.

 

I fitted mine myself, and never had to have dealer do anything to program it.The connection however can be a real swine to get at, it's located under the tank near the headstock, someone said it was possible to get at it without lifting the tank, but it wasn't for me, it was well tucked away and tie wrapped securely to the wiring loom.

But on a positive note it's been faultless since day one, and been on for 3 years now. And I love the convenience. Watch the bugger fail now I've said that!!!

 

I've just purchased £44 worth of keyless (unkeyed) filler cap.
You own a motorcycle worth between £7,000-17,000; do you really leave it anywhere that £20 worth of lost fuel troubles you? If someone added something, then there is a big concern.
I'm always within striking distance of mine when I'm out n about.

I've gone to a standard, unkeyed, twist style.

 

The keyless cap works really well and is a useful convenience. The annoying bit is that the manual cap and the electronic cap are designed on different lines. It is not possible to combine bits of both so that you have a cap which unlocks automatically but can also be unlocked with the key in case of problems. It would have been so easy, at the design stage, to provide for both options together.

 

Perhaps my dealer said they had to activate it, to justify the £200 (ish) cost of the bleeding thing? Or it is possible I am getting confused with the heated grips? I was right about the wiring though

 

Yeah heated grips need to be activated by the dealer

 

When I was fitting the Termi to mine I powered the bike up after I'd fitted the ECU to see that it was recognised. I'd unbolted the tank and pulled it up bit to get access to the ECU and had disconnected the keyless cap. The dash came up with "Handsfree error" which seems to imply that it does have to be enabled.

 

It's plug and play.

 

Or plug &play/not play/play/not play....................

 

Derek, hands free error is to do with the sensor at the front for the key, it has nothing to do with the keyless filler cap.

The keyless filler definitely does not need to be enabled. I fitted my own one to my 2010, and have done so again to my 2012.

If you are finding it a bit temperamental, I would suggest putting the connector somewhere that you can get at it if needs be. I have mine secured by the brake pipes. Usually unplugging / replugging clears the contacts and its good for another 6 months.

Hope that helps.

 

Ah. The bike was new to me at the time so that's probably what I'd disconnected. Thanks John.

 

http://www.madcogz.com/MSTD1200s/wsm/en/home.html
Look under Wiring Diagrams - Table E2 - wire no. 30 (yellow)