The Yamaha Road Star Warrior Forum

So I was reading about Power commander coming out with a PC4 with supposively a hell of a lot more tuning features on it but all I saw was a model for the 09 Warrior. Anyone bought one of these yet and if so how does it compare to the PC3?

-Pat

Thanks for setting me straight, 5 is what I meant, 4 is what I typed..... ***. Any Idea if they have any noticeable advantage over the 3's??? Thanks Warpig

+1 the Warrior won't use all the features of the PCV.  A couple members recently bought one but we don't have any updates from them yet.

I used to stop in at Santa's joint in North Pole every October and have XMas letters sent to all the kids, pick up gifts etc.  I was at the airbases and the slope and a few other places around the state for the month of October every year thru most of the '80's.  Post-mosquito pre-snow Octobers were the best, but I had a good time every year.

akpat16:

So I was reading about Power commander coming out with a PC4 with supposively a hell of a lot more tuning features on it but all I saw was a model for the 09 Warrior. Anyone bought one of these yet and if so how does it compare to the PC3?

-Pat

 PC-V work great even on 02 warriors (CDI not TDI) like mine.  They are plug and play without having to do the "perfect install".  They are also about 1/2 the size of the PC-3.  They have 10  cells instead of the 9 like the PC-3 have so the maps are different, but you can put in a PC-3 map manually.  They also have several other features like auto-tune that would require O2 sensors for our bikes, but it would be a real time tune.  There are also several other functions that they have but are really for the sport bikes such as gear and rpm tuning.  FuelMoto will get you one for $292 delivered and pre-mapped in a couple of days if their prices haven't changed.  You can go the FuelMoto site and read up on what they can do, but I was advised not to install the accel pump utility as it could make our bikes run worse by the fuelmoto salesman unless I knew exactly what I was doing.  I have nothing but great things to say about them and their service.  Bike runs a lot better now and the PC-V removed all the flat spots with just a pre-loaded map.

Sounds like its pretty nice, but l really cant see the need to switch between maps since I just recently got my PC3 tuned so perfectly to my 05 but it definately sounds like something I might look into in the near future since I just bought a 08 Warrior motor off a guy in Anchorage who totalled his bike out and sold me the motor and drive for next to nothing with only 1100 miles on it. Love my 05 but always wanted to build one from the ground up and I think the 102 is gonna be a good platform to start with and probably go with the PC5 on that one.

Hey Arizona, yeah funny thing, the santa clause house is still in full swing, In fact my sister worked there all through high school. 80's were a little before my time since Im an '86 but I will have to agree though post mosquito pre snow is the best I don't know if any other place in the world can compare to how it gets here, sure its brisk but I'm telling you stuff you already know anyway. Hey come to think of it, thats what I'm riding in right now, never put the bike away till 1st snow (1st snow that sticks) made it to mid october last year. Not so sure I'm gonna get that lucky this year.

I guess I haven't scanned those old pic, they were before digital obviously, so for those wondering what the heck we're talking about, I stole this from the net: http://www.santaclaushouse.com/default.asp in case you want to send your kids a Santa letter.

akpat16:

Hey Arizona, yeah funny thing, the santa clause house is still in full swing, In fact my sister worked there all through high school. 80's were a little before my time since Im an '86 but I will have to agree though post mosquito pre snow is the best I don't know if any other place in the world can compare to how it gets here, sure its brisk but I'm telling you stuff you already know anyway. Hey come to think of it, thats what I'm riding in right now, never put the bike away till 1st snow (1st snow that sticks) made it to mid october last year. Not so sure I'm gonna get that lucky this year.