The pair control valve solenoid does nothing more than to
help with control of emissions. The solenoid when activated will pump fresh air
into the exhaust port via the clean from the air box to lean out the exhaust
emission. To insure that it’s working correctly follow this quick guide to
testing.
When performing your rear brake service you must take the time to inspect every aspect of the brake assembly including your worn out pads. The pads are your first tell tale indicators of how your caliper pistons are working. Pads unevenly worn or at a slight angle could indicate an issue with the rotor which in his example may need replacing, always be sre to inspect the rotor at every service. But not all issues with uneven pad wear are the direct result of a bad rotor which brings us to proper piston functionality.
Often times the pistons is the major culprit of uneven pad wear due to the buildup of brake dust, dirt and debris. Combine all this with water from rain, puddles and washes and you've now created a crusty past build-up on the surface of the pison that gets rock hard over time slowing or possible freezing free movement.
The piston is held in by a thick rubber O-Ring. Aside from holding the piston in place it also acts as a restrictive barrier keeping in the brake fluid and brake pressure. If this rubber seal was to fail you could expect to see brake fluid on your entire rear braking system and rim. To help extend the life of the rubber O-Ring seal and assist with fluid motion of your pistons, i find it a good idea to run a small amount of high temp lube to keep things sliding smoothly and assist with harmful element resistance.
At any rate it's always good to stay on top of your brakes and inspect them every 2-3 thousand miles or at every oil change interval.
After being raped consistently by high labor prices for only a few minutes of work I finally made the decision to man up and perform my own services.
This decision at first requires a small initial tool investment. A good socket set, some front and rear stands, a manuel and perhaps a little bit of time consisting of YouTube researching and you're on your way.
Once you get the fear out of your mind with a few successful services under your belt you'll soon find that the benefit outweighs the initial startup cost over time. In my 8 years of wrenching on my own bike I've learned a few tricks on how to perform this service fast and with essentially no mess and in this video tutorial I share them with you.
What are the 3 buttons for, how do I used them, and should I be messing with them. All very good questions.
There are many who believe that the three buttons on the PCIII do absolutely nothing and the gains when tampering with these buttons are purely psychological. On the other side of the spectrum you have those special individuals who believe that these buttons work, but tinkering with them, specifically your air to fuel ratio, should be left to a trained professional sitting behind a dyno tuner. I have to disagree with both and believe that Dynojet knew exactly what they were doing when placing these buttons on the face plate for the consumer to tinker with on the fly. No one knows your bike better than you and just like you know or feel when there is an issue, you will also notice when there is a performance gain despite what other may say.
For those interested in adjusting your PC III blind and on the fly I'm including the directions below for you review and knowledge. For those interested in the sweet spot that I found to work best for me, take a looks at my YouTube tutorial and pay close attention to the level adjustments for each and make your adjustments accordingly. When performing these adjustments blind and on the fly take note that with each minor adjustment, you're going to need to take your bike out for a tet ride to see what works best for you.
-With the ignition off, hold down all three buttons on the Power Commander III unit.
-While still holding down the buttons, turn on the ignition and start the bike.
-Release buttons. The light(s) should show up in the last place they were left, by default the center two lights.
-Select the range you wish to adjust: Low, Med, High by pushing the corresponding button once, (these ranges are determined by taking the bikes RPM limit and then dividing it into thirds).
-At this point holding that button down will move the lights down (leaning out the mixture).
-Pushing the button repeatedly will move the light up (richening the mixture).
-When the two center lights are lit up this is the “0” setting.
-After making your adjustments wait 20 seconds before turning it off. This allows the settings to be saved to memory.
This can be achieved in a few ways but none is more simpler and straightforward then adding a second fan.
In this video tutorial I walk you through the steps I took to add
a secondary fan to my bikes radiator to keep the bike extremely cool during blazing hot summer time
rides. With the addition of a manually controlled switch to operate both fans at my will, rather then waiting for the ECM's mapping system to figure out were running hot I now can keep my bike in the sweet spot for cooler rides and best performance gains.
This diy tutorial is a 40 minute project that will allow you to incorporate a manually controlled toggle or rocker switch to switch on the bikes cooling fan when you want.
In a typical condition, the fan is electronically controlled by the mapping program within the ECM and is switched on when the coolant temperature reaches 225 degrees within the radiator. This high heat condition greatly reduces performance and makes street riding practically unbearable at times if riding in especially high traffic condition or where stop and go is present.
This mod will allow you to cool the bike when you want
while still retaining the same 225 auto kick on it was designed with.
A side from the FI indicator and codes being thrown other indicators may be a sudden loss of power or complete engine stall during your ride.
There are many reason why you may be thinking about
purchasing a Power Commander. Increased horsepower, fine tuning your racing
machine, addition of some aftermarket parts or maybe you just want to dive
deeper into your knowledge. ALL ARE VERY GOOD REASONS.
As for me I recently purchased a new motor with 1,600 miles
on it. With my previous bolt-on mods of a Yoshi Exhaust and K&N Air filter
this made my new engine run lean, thus making the exhaust piping extremely hot (more
to it than that but you get what I'm saying). With heat pouring out from the
piping this made street riding unbearable. In fact the heat was so bad that it
began to warp my cheap Chinese fairings and discolor/bubble my paint.
Now, don't get what I’m saying about heat confused. The
pipes were heating up due the lean condition, not the engine, the engine ran at
its normal operating temp and never overheated. The only way to richen out a
lean condition is with a fuel manager such as a PC3.
2020 UPDATE
For those of you looking to download a map for your motorcycle Dyno Jet has updated their website and you must NOW register in order to see any maps. Once you have registered with the site, log in and go to https://www.dynojet.com/tunes and put in your bikes information in the 5 boxes located just under the picture titled "Tunes" and click go.
Your bikes maps should populate and under the downloads column you should see
the maps for you modifications. If you see login in this section then you are
not logged in and must do so.
For my 600 folks looking for a map you will find it under
"Power Commander" dropdown AND NOT "Power Commander III
USB". The pages are limited to only 10 maps per view and there is a total
of 3 pages, so if you don't see your map on the first page be sure to go
through all 3 pages.
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In this tutorial I show you exactly what tools you need to complete and engine transplant, how to
prep your bike, important lessons learned and some good takeaways to remember
before you get started on the removal and installation of your old and new
engine.
Stay tuned for part 2 where I show you the actual removal and installation process and point out key factors that you need to see and understand get your new or replacement motor out and in.
Tools
and Products Shown:
In this video I provide some helpful tips that you should perform when receiving
your used crate motor. Never take for granted that just because the engine came fully package and secured in a concrete casing that everything is hunky-dory.
This day marks a sad moment for the chemist after I blow some transmission gears while commuting to work on the 105 freeway. I was really hoping to bring you guys a celebration video
of my bike finally reaching 100K mile milestone. I'm going to miss the look on people's
faces when telling them I have 98K on the odometer with the original motor.
But not to fear, you can't keep a good mechanic down I always say and the chemist always has a backup plan in the works that brings new life to my K5 GSXR. Can you say motor swap!
See the donor bike and working engine: https://youtu.be/8l6ZFCkrBGk
In this tutorial I show you how to identify faulty or bad exhaust gaskets. I also walk you through the step on how to remove and replace each gasket with little to a little to no effort method. If you are experiencing a heavy exhaust order then this video may be a solution to your issue.
In this video I demonstrate the process I take to clean my motorcycles throttle bodies. Some key takeaways here are make sure to take your time polishing the walls of the throttle body, especially around the area where the butterflies close. The primary butterflies should never perform a complete seal when in the closed position, there should be a small gap around the radius of the silver and gold butterflies. This small gap when closed allows for a clean idle.
You also want to clean the edges of the butterflies thoroughly taking caution not to add to much pressure as to bend the rod holding it in place. This job can be done without removing the secondary flies just as i did but it takes a bit longer to get your rag and finger down in there.
Make sure to use
throttle body cleaner and NOT carb clean, each is made for its own job and you
don't want to damage parts because you were to cheap or lazy to get the right
stuff.
In this tutorial I demonstrate how to perform a compression test on your 2004 - 2005 Suzuki GSXR 750 and 1000 models. While the bike used in this video may not be the same as the one you currently operate the methodology pretty much applies to every sports bike.
For those that are following who do own this make and model the Suzuki service menu suggest a 10% accepting tolerance range from 160 PSI. Good readings should range from 150 to 160 PSI. 145 is acceptable but you're nearing the area of replacing the rings.
When performing this test, you're going to want to make sure that the needle no longer moves before stopping the test.
In this video I discuss all the things I see wrong currently with high end helmet audio systems such as Sena or Cardo and why I feel they suck as an all in one audio solution. Crack open this video and see what your missing out on.
Why
Helmet Audio Sucks!
If your riding in cold temperatures and your hands are frozen solid to the point where your unable to move through your controls smoothly I highly suggest you pick up a pair of the Venture heated glove liners to get you through the cold seasons.
A quick product review of the icon urban tank bag and what
you can expect a few months down the road after your purchase. See if the cost is worth the purchase.
A quick review on the Joe Rocket Phoenix 4.0 riding gloves.
Great summer time riding glove that offers superior ventilation for cooling off
your hands. But the longevity of the product will only last you one summer
season.
Summertime is here guys, it's time to strip back those
layers while still maintaining safety. The icon 29er glove offers premium
protection while staying cool in the summertime rides. I'm so impressed with
the longevity of this glove for the price point that I went ahead and bought
myself a second pair. If you looking for summertime glove I highly suggest
purchasing the icon twentyniner a glove. You won't be disappointed.
Before making your purchase of any protective riding pant you want to ask how the seller just how easy it is to upgrade the protective body armor. As I found out the hard way, these little details matter or you might find yourself cutting and sewing something in just to make the upgrade work.
The Joe Rocket Ballistic 7.0 water proof over pant is a great protective
piece of riding gear but upgrading the foam hip armor to a CE certified armor
require some technical knowhow and something Revzilla should be informing their
customers upon purchase.
I just recently upgraded my Joe rocket atomic 4.0 riding
jacket back protector with the force-field Pro k light CE level 2 back armor.
This armor offers superior protection, light weight, and great cooling/ventilation
over the stock non rated foam back protector which by the way offers no CE
rating.
While this protector is slightly smaller than the foam
insert that the jacket comes with, i must say it fits spot on and has
eliminated the snagging issue of the jacket catching under the back side of the
helmet while in the riding position. At $79 shipped I feel it was well worth
the money for all the protection benefits you receive. After all you can't put
a price on safety, only the amount of money it will cost to fix broken bones.
The Joe Rocket Ballistic 7.0 over pant is by far one of the
most full featured 3 season protective riding gear on the market offering the
most bang for your buck. I've been searching for some time looking for a
protective over pant that offered all of my key must haves, and I believe I
have found it.
Product Features:
- *Heavy duty 630 Hitena twill nylon outer
- *100% waterproof *Height adjustable CE rated knee protectors
- *Removable high-density hip padding
- *Removable waterproof liner
- *Two-way leg zippers
- *Melt resistant material on lower leg area
- *Sure Fit adjustable waistband
- *8” zipper for jacket attachment
I have to say though if you’re looking to wear this pant in
the summer season think again. Weather temperature for this pant will cover you
from the low 40's range (with rain insulator in) to the high of about 80
degrees (insulator out). Check out the video and see for yourself.
Why pay extra money for something you can fix on your own that will give you the same results in the end. This project only take 30 minutes of your time and cost about $3-5 dollars total for the purchase of some glue sticks. The color of your final product is up to you.
For demonstration
purposes I chose to use a clear stick of glue, which dry’s a milky white color once set. The
blue tape that I'm using is nothing more than painters tape and the hot glue
gun was purchased from my local craft store. Using a smaller glue gun makes getting into those tight corner spots a lot easier. The final shape and
overall look is purely up to your design skills. In this
tutorial I give you the basic idea and didn't really get to crazy with making a pull tab, but this can be made as well with a little extra effort.
Have you ever wondered why your hands go numb during your long rides? This could be because you need to increase the weight of your bar end.
In this video tutorial I show you how to modify an aftermarket LED Headlight
Lamp to function as a high beam when you motorcycle or cars wiring does not
allow control of this function.
If blue is not the color of your choice, not to worry the halo comes in many different colors to choose from. During my rides in heavy traffic, while I'm lane splitting, I just click on the flashers and cars jump out of my way as now I'm more easily seen coming up on their rear. I've even had a gentleman in a car roll up on me and say that the flashing light was a good idea because it caught his attention giving him the opportunity to move aside so I could pass. I can't say enough positive thing about these lights. Watch the video and pick yourself up a set and see for yourself.
Looking to pick yourself up a set of these awesome fog light for your motorcycle, car or off road vehicle. Use the Amazon image link below and choose from a wide selection of LED colors and styles.
Thinking about purchasing a MOSFET double R, also known as the regulator rectifier. Well in this tutorial I provide a quick
overview of what you get when purchasing the Super kit FHO20AA mosfet regulator
rectifier from RoadsterCycle.com
In this video I quickly provide a review of the Arashi Semi-Free floating wave rotor I purchased from eBay distributors from China.
In this video I show you how I replaced my dried tired and worn out OEM speedo
cluster bezel with an cheap aftermarket chinese clone purchased from eBay.
In this video I show you how to install and program the 12
O'clock Labs Speedo DRD S1 (speedo healer) after replacing your OEM sprockets
with larger or smaller aftermarket ones.
12
O’clock Labs Speedohealer Install
This installation is very easy and requires very minimal tools and skills. I also add a few bonus tips on how to adjust and set the engagement point of the clutch should you just want to learn how to perform this on your own.
The Shoria lithium-ion battery is said to offer better battery life and additional cold cranking amps to turn your bike over even after sitting for a few months.
In this video tutorial I will explain the differences between your normal lead acid and the new Shoria lithium-ion battery.
In this tutorial I show you the type of LED headlight bulbs I purchase from eBay to give me the most amount of visible light and clarity from my bikes low and high beam headlight. I paid $49 shipped for a set of H7 and $49 for H4 LED 80
watt 1600 lumens with drivers.
A quick product review and demonstration of the 3M scratch remover
system and see what it did for my gas bikes gas tank after receiving many scuff and scratches from years of removing and reapplying my tank
bag after getting on and off my bike.
In part one of this tutorial I discuss the characteristics of the Icon $120 magnetic motorcycle backpack/tank bag and compare it to a lesser quality cheap eBay or Amazon special backpack of similar size and offerings. Later in this two part series I will show you how to convert this bag into a versatile "magnetic" tank pack for both on and off the road.
Looking to make your own tank pack, use the Amazon image link below and choose from many styles of bags to create a tank pack that works for you.
In part 2 of this series I show you how to make a removable magnetic
protector that will add a protective layer between the backpack and your motorcycles tank
keeping your paints finish free from scuffs and scratches.
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