Hey Budrow, I have a PC V on my Tenere which has been setup on a Dyno by Fred at Procycle Dyno in Brisbane. Fred run the Power Commander Support service at Serco the Aust Importers of PC products for over 5 years and is highly regarded for his skills. I waited 6 months for Fred to move back from Tassie to have mine setup as one of my good mates that worked with Fred advised me not to use anyone else.
From my experience with the PC V, you can mess with it all you want but your are wasting your time without having it setup on the Dyno. I was in Fred’s Dyno room when he set mine up and the increase, and in some ranges decrease, in fuel trim put into the final map could never be guessed.
When the PC V is setup properly it gives a good increase in torque in the low rpm range that I immediately noticed. Corners where I regulary down changed to pull out of quickly, I could run a higher gear without effort. I honestly cant say I noticed any increase in power higher up but am no longer worried about it running lean when I do rev it out.
Mine was setup on the Dyno with the O2 sensor eliminator attached but I later changed to the O2 Optimisor which has made it even smoother just off idle.
Fuel economy has only increased slightly, more likely due to riding a bit quicker over the time I have had the bike.
IMO your backfiring has little to do with the PC V and is more to do with the AGR system and running AFTM pipes. I run the AGR blanking kit from OTR (Off the Road) and have chucked all the factory AGR sysytem in the bin and plugged the hole in the airbox. A bolt in the rubber line does the same job, but I enjoyed throwing the AGR crap in the bin. They will always backfire a little regardless, most big singles with opened exhausts always seem to, but blanking the AGR system makes a noticable difference.
Above is only my experience with the PC V – I hope the info is of some use to you.
Is it worth the money? I love my Tenere and cant help messing with things so I would say yes.
My mate Gus reecntly had an opportunity to buy a PC V cheap and get my map to suit his Leo Vince pipes and DNA inlet, Gus reckons it he didn’t need it and couldn’t be bothered.
He is probably right!
