Power Commanders?

Originally Posted by barwel1992

bloody hell, i bet you had the throttle wrenched back though ?

Honestly..? a little but 24-25mpg is bad, I wasn't expecting SV consumptin but thought I would at least get 35mpg, hopefully it will now with the new map, god knows who mapped it to begin with.

yeah thats is really bad lol

the worse i have ever gotten was 70 miles to 13litres on my MT-03 but it was the summer a was giving it some down the m40 (i think) from milton keynes after shopping in your wonderfull shopping center and then on to stratford down the fosse

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Do it yourself, take notes and don't forget to baseline it and you should be fine. Even easier than rejetting carbs.

You crazy? I wouldn't dare have a go without a sniffer, and only Dyno's really have them accessible. Damn, I find adjusting the trim pots a PITA and thats way simple.

Originally Posted by Bellerophon

So, would you agree that, if your (or my) bike is running ok and isn't lumpy anywhere in the rev-range then a PC isn't necessarily needed or required? The reason I ask is that I was talking to a bloke I know and told him what bike I now had. (W plate Aprilia Mille) His first words after finding out the bike were " you'll need a power commander on that thing before long". When I asked him why, he couldn't really answer me. I'm not a mechanical dunce but electronics go straight over my head - probably 'cos I don't "get" what is going on. Any ideas?

Discuss.

Ta.

I think with our Aprilia's its dead easy to get things set-up wrong. TPS, Bypass screws Co2 trim pots... If any of these are off then the bike will run pretty bad, or at least no where near as good as it should. So most people go out and get it PC3'd which does help but its only masking a problem (though there is a chance that the Dyno guy set's all this up before the Dyno set-up of the PC3...) so first get it set-up right then see from there. This is kinda why I aint got my PC3 attached yet, never mind set-up with a custom map... Im not certain I need it.

If you think it feels fine then I wouldn't worry at all! Its probably pretty close to right as it is. But if you are curious you could go to the local Dyno place, they could do some runs and let you know what they think.

Originally Posted by SUPERSTARDJ01

Yes, It would raise the power output of your bike. But the cost of the unit plus the cost of new exhaust, etc. may be more than you are willing to pay for the few extra horsepower you will gain.

TBH, unless your fuel is way off in the first place, you wont gain a great deal. Couple of BHP for the average bike id expect. But what you "should" gain is better throttle response, which should make the bike smoother and easier to ride.