hello, i am thinking of adding a power commander. is it worth the expense? are the gains noticeable. my 01 has an Akrapovic slip-on and a K&N filter. otherwise stock. thanks Robin
It certainly helps smooth out the throttle response, but don't expect miracles on power increase. I have K&N and a Yosh slipon and use one of the canned maps for the PC. For full benefit, expect to drop an additional $300+ for bike specific dyno generated map.
I have one with a TBR pipe and K&N. Right now I'm running a prepackaged map from Two Bros. I had it on the dyno before K&N and PCII and was getting 103 HP at the rear whl. and I would guess, for what it's worth I'm getting near 108 now maybe. I noticed a difference but not a huge difference. Now I talked to a cycle shop that makes custom maps and the guy said that with my set-up he could probably get near 120 HP at the rear wheel out of it since I was running 103 prior to the mod. This is at the expense of $300 per map he make and take about 2-3 hours to do. I'll probably get it done some time after the Holidays, hopefully. Maybe with whatever I get back from taxes, if they give me that much back!!!! Either way, I got mine for just under 200 on eBay directly from Dynojet Brand new with warranty. Good luck. Expect to drop $500 between the PCII and a custom map for exceptional gains. Good luck.
