Manually adjusting PC II

[dale55]

Can I just manually adjust the buttons for low/mid/high rpms on my PC II to see if I can achieve better gas mileage/power? If I do how easy is it to return it to where it was when I started?

Dale

[cactusjack]

PCII or PCIII?

You can save your current map to your laptop. Then you can dink around with the buttons and if you screw it up, you can reload the map you saved and be back where you started.

[dale55]

Originally Posted by cactusjack

PCII or PCIII?

You can save your current map to your laptop. Then you can dink around with the buttons and if you screw it up, you can reload the map you saved and be back where you started.

Might be a III. Is it easily removeable from the bike, or do I have to "uninstall it" by removing the tank etc.

Thanks!

[macmac]

Gotta be a PC III if it is a Power Comander at all. Does it have a USB Port? You can't adjust it if you take it off.

I sort of question what it IS.... Get a good ID on the part, they are not stock either, and we can't guess well til you ID what ever it is you got.

[cactusjack]

Originally Posted by dale55

Might be a III. Is it easily removeable from the bike, or do I have to "uninstall it" by removing the tank etc.

Thanks!

They are easily removed, but as useful as a rock if it's disconnected from the bike, unless you want to remove it and not use it any longer. They come with a USB cable to connect the unit to a laptop/pc. You also need to have Dynojet's software installed on the laptop/pc in order to talk to the device.

[dale55]

It is a III. It does have the software and the USB. Do I just unplug it from the bike and connect it to my computer and download the current map? I do not have a laptop so I will have to bring the PC to the desktop.

Thanks

Dale

[cactusjack]

Originally Posted by dale55

It is a III. It does have the software and the USB. Do I just unplug it from the bike and connect it to my computer and download the current map? I do not have a laptop so I will have to bring the PC to the desktop.

Thanks

Dale

I don't know if that will work. You need to power the PCIII while it's connected to the computer. How are you going to do that? You can also start the engine while the PCIII is connected to the computer and view real time info from it.

Or, you can take it to a Dynojet affiliated shop and have them dyno tune the bike for you.

[macmac]

Cj is correct... This is one reason I won't have any usb supported devices for anything. I don't have a lap top and I don't really want one.

If your not a geeky PC guy, get the thing off, and get a TFI stupid manual fuel modual. It's under the KISS method. Keep It Simple Stupid, my style of things. Not callin you any names.

You get 4 screw pots on the device and get ti fiddle with just 3 of them.

First numba 4 is set to 9 O Clock, then numba gets set up alone to best rpm, then for a few test rides you dial in pot numba 2 and yer done pot 3 seldom is needed.

No PC's No USB's, no dyna tune expences, it can't forget, which i think yours has. No stinking softwear, which IMO belongs on a woman, and no head aches....

The so called Best is a head ache, unless yer a geek. Evidently your no geek

[dale55]

Originally Posted by cactusjack

I don't know if that will work. You need to power the PCIII while it's connected to the computer. How are you going to do that? You can also start the engine while the PCIII is connected to the computer and view real time info from it.

Or, you can take it to a Dynojet affiliated shop and have them dyno tune the bike for you.

I think it has some way of connecting a 9 volt battery to it to power it for setting it up on a home computer.

[cactusjack]

Originally Posted by dale55

I think it has some way of connecting a 9 volt battery to it to power it for setting it up on a home computer.

Ah, well that may be. That's a lot of work to have to disconnect the fuel injector plugs and haul it into the house, but if you don't have a laptop, you don't have many options. I hope you get it figured out.

[dale55]

So it sounds like I do have to disconnect a bunch a stuff. Oh well. Guess I will live with it. It runs great, I just would like to get more than 35-37 mpg.

Thanks for the help CJ!

Dale

[cactusjack]

Originally Posted by dale55

So it sounds like I do have to disconnect a bunch a stuff. Oh well. Guess I will live with it. It runs great, I just would like to get more than 35-37 mpg.

Thanks for the help CJ!

Dale

Actually, 35-37 MPG isn't too far off from I would consider "normal" for the Nomad. I think I averaged 37.something over the 3.5 years and 52,000 miles I had my Nomad. I'd get better mileage under some conditions, worse under others, but the overall MPG was about 37.

[macmac]

With my mods and the first ever TFI I get 42/44 as currently set up, and before set up another way I was getting 46/48 if I rode carefully.

Personally I wouldn't give a plug nickel for a PC III. I am no PC guru in the first place, which is my primary reason, but then one occasions the PC III forgets and I would be upset if I were 300 miles or more from home and that happened.

I have lived with me 59 years so far, and am not happy whith myself much when I am upset.

If I ever bought another Nomad and it had a PC III, the first thing I would do is take it off and buy a stupid fuel modual I can deal with in my head. Then I would gather up all the data, and BS that comes with a PC III and sell it for 1/2 price used.

This is nothing against the PC III really, but that sort of device is just not my cup of tea... Because I don't drink tea I guess. I like beers

[Blueraven]

Well macmac, for someone that says they have nothing against the PCIII, you really do slam it. I know i have had problems with it but I will get it figured out. I do like computers, so , the PCIII is my cup of tea.

Anyway, the PCIII needs to be powered by 9V battery with the supplied adaptor. If you don't have one, then it will NOT work off the bike. The bike supplies power to the PCIII when RUNNING and connected to a laptop is the only way to see the maps. Call up a dealer and they (like mine did) probably will give you an 9v Adaptor and help you out.

[tonik]

Originally Posted by cactusjack

They are easily removed, but as useful as a rock if it's disconnected from the bike...

Just got mine a few weeks ago, they come with a power adapter and a 9V battery if you want to haul it into the house to program. About half way down the page, 12 bucks.

http://www.powercommander.com/powerc...ent_parts.aspx