The Yamaha Road Star Warrior Forum

I received this email from Dynojet Researech in response to my inquiry:

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Thanks for the info Arizona. Mine is all done with the Perfect Install, but that is great info for new installations.

Where's the best place to buy, price and with knowledge that we'll for sure get the new warrior version? I've shopped around a bit and looked through the forums but I want to be sure to get that version if possible.

Best price I have managed to find was at http://www.morepoweracing.com/ij4ws83573888/Engine/2002-2008/Road-Star-Warrior-2002-2008/p-70-17218-26824-26973-27168-40323/  Good luck

dhousedog:

Best price I have managed to find was at http://www.morepoweracing.com/ij4ws83573888/Engine/2002-2008/Road-Star-Warrior-2002-2008/p-70-17218-26824-26973-27168-40323/  Good luck

Ditto. Got mine from there too.

Thanks, Ari. Luckily, I haven't done the perfect install yet.

I've asked DynoJet a follow-up question to get the answer for those of you asking about how to know if you're getting the newest model when you buy on-line, and is there a part# change to indicate the TPS plug upgrade.

I bought my PC3USB in early 2004 as model# 1020-0078.  I've checked my unit and it does not have the TPS plug so I'll be sending it back for updating. 

Now, this could be meaningless but as we all know the current partl# is and has been for some time 403-411 HOWEVER this doesn't mean much because googling both part#'s returns the same information for the same PC3USB.  It could be that one part# is for dealer use and both are the same exact identical unit.  So I asked DynoJet if this part# difference specifically indicates the TPS plug improvement which does not need perfect install.  I also asked how long ago the TPS plug was added, it might have ben awhile ago.

Those of you who want to buy a PC3USB and want the most advanced unit, hang in there I'll post their response for you.

Those of you who have a PC3USB and want to know if its the newest model, look at your bike and notice if the PC3 came with a complete TPS plug, or if you added a couple wires to the existing TPS wires.  If you added wires, you can either do the perfect install or you can remove the PC3USB and ask DynoJet to update it with the TPS circuit and plug instead.

It would be nice to know if anyone already has the PC3USB with complete TPS plug, who of course did NOT do the perfect install, and if they have verified that their set-to-zero-throttle idle is rock-steady when tuning, and on up the throttle% scale is also rock steady when tuning.

Finally, I do NOT know what will happen if you have a new TPS plug version and do the perfect install anyway. 

That's all I know for now.

I just purchased mine about a month ago and it was just plug and play. Everything seems to be okay. Bike runs like a charm and changing maps while running seems to be good. 0% throttle seems correct and throttle position all the way through seems correct and steady with the readout.  Did not have to do perfect install. Don't know if this helps?

Yes it does help to confirm there is no need to do the perfect install for the newest RS Warrior version of the PC3USB.

EXCELLENT!

Alberta Warrior:

I just purchased mine about a month ago and it was just plug and play. Everything seems to be okay. Bike runs like a charm and changing maps while running seems to be good. 0% throttle seems correct and throttle position all the way through seems correct and steady with the readout.  Did not have to do perfect install. Don't know if this helps?

i am sooooooooooo glad i brought this up earlier. thanks  arizona warrior for taking the time and rersearching this...... my throttle %is rock steady...and the accelerator pump feature is pretty cool so far...

OK this should answer all the questions.  Lets just say that Jan07 the new version with the TPS plug became available and for awhile both versions shipped under the same part#.  Now just the version with the TPS plug is shipping from Dynojet.  You're on your own so if you buy from a vendor see if you can get a straight answer but they probably don't know about this upgrade.  Here's the response:

Okay, I'm not real smart when it comes to these things-as I do not have one yet.  If I buy this new version with the TPS plug I do not need to do the perfect install?  Is that true?  If that is the case, how hard is it to install one of these?  I have been dreading doing the install for a while, but feel that I could have some fun with a PCIII and new pipes.

In case helpful the revised installation manual for the Warrior PC3USB on the Dynojet website covers the new model and shows the TPS plug:

http://www.powercommander.com/downloads/403/install/411/eng403-411.pdf

But don't rely on just looking at the manual that came with your unit, lay eyes on your bike for the existence of the TPS plug to avoid confusion.

The unit with the TPS plug is now plug-and-play as far as connecting the wires.  The install manual has pictures:

http://www.powercommander.com/downloads/403/install/411/eng403-411.pdf

Anyone who can read and use a screwdriver can install this newer PC3USB to a Warrior.

That being said, the unit then has to be adjusted to match your mods.  There's plenty of help on this site and it helps to have a laptop so you can be at your bike in real-time.  There could also be nearby members who can stop by to help out, you'd have to start a new topic and ask around.  Finally, a good pro dynotune is beneficial so actually you can install the unit and leave in on zero-map so it'll do nothing yet, then ride it to a tuner and let them hassle the tuning. 

davidd:

Okay, I'm not real smart when it comes to these things-as I do not have one yet.  If I buy this new version with the TPS plug I do not need to do the perfect install?  Is that true?  If that is the case, how hard is it to install one of these?  I have been dreading doing the install for a while, but feel that I could have some fun with a PCIII and new pipes.

I just bought one a week ago from Dennis Kirk and upon examining it Scawein discovered it's the one they considered plug and play but NOT the newest one with the seperate TPS (perfect install) plug seperate.  Another interesting thing I noticed was that on the package it made mention of 411 but also said something like "410 for 411" as if the model number had changed.  A year and a half sounds like a completely unrealistic timeframe for DK to have this in stock so I'm not sure what to think of that.  Did they mention what the turnaround time is if you send it in for conversion?

Excellent thread. Thanks for taking the time to research it for the rest of us.