rtw
Junior Member
I have a 2006, which is basically stock (except for fork coils).
Just ordered he PC V. Around $275. Seemed reasonable.
I made this investment after deciding that I like this bike enough to keep it for a while (I hope). I really like this bike, except...
I am hoping the PC-V will reduce the "catchy throttle", which is now the only thing that really annoys me on the FZ6.
Here is the update for the archive
- The installation was a breeze. About 15 minutes. The most time consuming part is removing those darn panel liners to get the tank up. All wiring, etc. interface to computer, was fine. I used a Mac Air with VMWare. Perfect.
- I used the maps from the DynoJet set. They have an "all-stock, all gear" map, which is on my bike now
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The difference is clear right away. The bike is clearly better. The throttle snatchiness is not entirely gone, but it is probably 75% gone. Not as smooth as my dirt bike, but much nicer than it was.
The surprising part is the difference in power at low RPMs. I felt this bike was fine, but a little pokey off of idle, and if I did a WOT at low RPMs the response was slow, with a deep wah-wah-wah sound until about 6,000RPM, when it would come alive. Now, the power for acceleration at low RPMs is *much better* and this improvement is consistent up until the power band. I.e. this mod has definitely stretched out the power band of this bike. This is a very nice, surprising effect of this mod.
To summarize, I wish the throttle on-off was still a little smoother, but it's perfectly good now. And, I still need to do the throttle body sync. The overall change is the bike is significant, it's now a better bike. Worth the investment.
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A couple of other observations:
The "zero map" thing is confusing. Some folks have claimed that a zero map changes the performance of the bike. But a zero map should make no changes to the stock EFI outputs, so I don't see how it could change the fuel *except* for the disconnected O2 sensor. I.e. isn't a zero map the same as disconnecting the O2 sensor on an unmodified EFI? If so, how much difference could that make?
I have not ridden it enough yet to say anything about MPG. However, in looking at the maps, I don't see how it could result in the dramatic reductions in fuel economy that others have stated. The maps I am using show delta in most throttle-rpm combinations of a *few percent*. In some ranges (low RPM and 15-30% throttle) the maps *reduces* the fuel inputs. So, I am optimistic but we will see
Finally, others have asked about PC III maps and the lack of maps for PC V. The new PC software has a import utility for PC III maps, so if you can find the right PC III maps, you can use them with PC V.
Thanks all for the suggestions/help.
Cheers,
RTW