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Old Oct 10, 2006 | 12:26 PM
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Okay, get 100 posts, move up to 'Prospect', get a little cocky and start answering a question here and there ... and now I have to post a DUMB one. Feel free to flame, I can take it [sm=boink3.gif].

Could somebody explain to me what PCIII is?

I tried a search but sooo many hits with people saying how great it is I can't find WHAT it is.

This is becoming too much like my first wife ... everyone has it but me !!
 
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Old Oct 10, 2006 | 12:28 PM
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Power Commander version 3. DAH!
 
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Old Oct 10, 2006 | 12:30 PM
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It's a power commander, basically it allows you to change the fuel and timing to your engine. It's a little box you plug into your bike so you can talk to it with a lap top. They have different MAPS based on what pipes-air cleaner or mods that you have made. In the old days you had a carburetor that you could change jets etc. The power commander kind of turns your fuel injection into a carburetor so you can make changes.
 
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Old Oct 10, 2006 | 12:32 PM
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Ohhhh Mannn! I can actually talk to the bike!

Thanks for the replies, now I can read up on Power Commander and go from there.
 
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Old Oct 10, 2006 | 01:38 PM
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http://www.powercommander.com/
 
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Old Oct 10, 2006 | 01:46 PM
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Also look at SERT (Screamin Eagle Race Tuner). There are lots of discussions about both.

I do some car tuning but haven't touched the bike. I know what will happen if I start to mod the bike! The same that happened when I started to mod the car. I got hooked and couldn't stop. We should have a support group for those of us that suffer that addiction.
 
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Old Oct 10, 2006 | 01:48 PM
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That wasn't a dumb question by the way.
 
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Old Oct 10, 2006 | 03:27 PM
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SEE NO such thing as a DUMB question
 
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Dumb questions are the ones you didn't ask but should have. LOL.


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Okay, get 100 posts, move up to 'Prospect', get a little cocky and start answering a question here and there ... and now I have to post a DUMB one. Feel free to flame, I can take it [sm=boink3.gif].

Could somebody explain to me what PCIII is?

I tried a search but sooo many hits with people saying how great it is I can't find WHAT it is.

This is becoming too much like my first wife ... everyone has it but me !!
 
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Old Oct 10, 2006 | 04:09 PM
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Default RE: Dumb question of the week ...

Thanks all, PCIII seems so common here that I felt "dumb" asking, but this is the reason I want to stick around this forum ... everybody seems like they are willing to help! [sm=hail.gif]
 
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