Power commander questions

Thanks for the above comments guys 


Right, successfully rode to work this morning, nothing seems amiss. It was a short (15min) ride in the cold so not ideal conditions to test out a mod so I can’t be 100%, but it didn’t really seem much of an improvement. Can’t say I noticed better fueling low down and at one point I even thought there was a new flat spot that I’d not felt before!

So maybe I need to try a few maps. I tried the 05-06 Akras with baffles in, stock base map map. I have Leo SBKs with baffles in, standard airbox, and the previous owner told me the bike hadn’t had the Akra map flashed on at a dealer. Maybe he was wrong? Either way, I can experiment with a few maps.

Anyway, I have to assume the PCIII is working and just needs a different map in the meantime before I can get it dyno mapped. Also when I arrived at work my pipes weren’t glowing red hot like they do 9 times out of 10 (sooo cool in the dark!) so I suspect it’s not so lean any more.

To summarise – PCIII – good, seems to work, map needs work.


Now! Onto the quickshifter…. I’ll point out to start that I’ve never tried clutchless shifting before so I’m not in a great position to comment on the subject.

I didn’t detect (though didn’t do specific tests) any cut in fueling when upshifting…. And when I tried shifting without a clutch (at >50% throttle, I think….) the gear shift just didn’t budge! I managed it once but that might not have been the QS, I’m not sure.



So, I don’t think the QS is working yet.

My first thoughts on the cause :

1) it’s a pull, not a push (original owner set it up on race shift?? – need to email him)
2) the quickshifter is broken
3) I’ve got it installed incorrectly. Will take pics later and post them up
4) I need to activate it/calibrate it. It’s a Cordona quickshifter – will the PCIII software talk to it?? I’m going to email them to ask, their website isn’t that useful….

Reading through your thread guys...... this just confirms my worst nightmares about getting involved with ECU's, maps, electronics, combining incompatible software/hardware etc. etc.

Oh, in the old days motorbikes were mechanical things made out of bits of steel and aluminium and I understood how it all worked. I could take apart any piece of an unknown bike or mechanism, pull it apart into it's constituent parts, and understand it so when I put it together again I could DIY it in the future, or improve on it, or mend it when it broke.

So now, I try and keep up with the times. And I was sort of thinking about looking for a second hand quick shifter cos I like the idea of seeing what it's like, but now I just think - fook I don't know about all the above stuff Twisted Jester knows, I don't have a fooking PC even. (I have a Mackintosh which is non compatible for this kind of stuff).

I'm fooked.

I'll have to pay some specialist to do all my work for me at great cost and I'll be a redundant person who knows fook all and just rides the finished bike. I don't want that.

Am I just old and past it?