View Single Post
  # 5  
Old 19-02-10, 09:54
Kev's Avatar
Kev Kev is offline
Administrator
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posts: 6,063
Kev is on a distinguished road
Quote:
Originally Posted by uberthumper View Post
While this is a digression from the thread, and I have no wish to get into a lengthy argument over it...

- The charge is for 'post and packaging', so you should always expect to pay a bit more than just the postal cost for the time and materials involved in packing it up and getting it ready for the courier.

- Every international courier I've dealt with works in 'volumetric weight', in other words they have some sort of formula which turns the size of the package into a 'weight' which they charge you. This means you end up paying a lot to send big items, even if they don't weigh very much. Try pricing up the cost of sending a piece of sportsbike bodywork (weighing a few grams) across Europe. I suspect this is why DNA can't reduce their postage costs - every extra item you put in makes the box bigger, even though filters aren't heavy.


Re: Power Commanders.

They are the most common brand of a range of products designed to allow you to alter the fuelling of a bike with fuel injection, in order to maintain the correct fuelling when aftermarket parts such as exhausts and (in this case) air filters are used. They are plugged into the bike's Engine Control Unit (ECU) and tell the ECU to inject extra fuel depending on the engine RPM and throttle opening. This is important because by fitting a filter which allows more air in, you need more fuel to maintain the correct air:fuel ratio.

Their website is here - http://www.powercommander.com/powerc...r/default.aspx - but any decent bike shop should be able to source and fit one for you.

To make it work, you need a 'map', which is loaded by connecting the Power Commander to a computer. It sounds like you will get one supplied with the DNA kit, and the shop that fits it should be able to load it for you.

Now that's a good starting point, but in an ideal world, you should put your bike on a dyno and have that map altered slightly to suit your exact bike - your engine will inevitably be slightly different to the one DNA have used to produce the supplied map. Again you should be able to find a bike shop or tuner near you who can provide this service.

D
Top reply.
__________________
Click here to join the XT Supporter's scheme

Mods that I have done to my XTX's

My 04 XTX
Stage 1 & 2 DNA filters / Kev fuel mod / snorkel mod / Drilled air box mod / Engine breather mod / Fork Spacer mod / 15w fork oil /
[
My 07 XTX
Raptor 700 cylinder 102mm / Modified Crank Case to take a 105mm Raptor Cylinder / 11:1 102mm JE Raptor piston / Stage 1 Raptor Hot Cam / Ported head / Colder Spark Plug / +2mm Throttle body / DNA stage 1 & 2 filters / Modified Air Box / Snorkel removed / Worry Brothers stage 2 filter cover / 6mm & 8mm Bolts Replaced with Titanium Bolts / Recovered seat in Black / O2 Eliminator /

My 09 XTX
59HP at the rear wheel / Stage 2 Raptor Hot Cam / DNA stage 3 Air Box / Carbon Can Exhausts / Modified Exhaust Link Pipes / PCIII With Custom Fuel Map / Wideband Commander O2 Data logger / LCD100 Dyno Jet display & fuel adjuster / 2500 OHM HT lead instead of a 10K OHM XT lead / Extra Coolant Cooler / Protaper Fat Bars / Tail Tidy With LED Tail Light / OKE Protection Knobs / LED indicators / AIS blocked / Modified rear sprocket rubbers / Rear Foot Pegs removed / 09 ECU With 02 Sensor Changed To A 06 ECU / Complete wiring harnes Changed from 09 to 04 / Home made LED resistor flasher / Hole drilled in the fuel tank filler neck to allow quicker filling / Modified Bar End Weights / Progressive front fork springs, 15W fork oil, forks lowered 25mm, used XTR rear links lowering the rear 20mm, rear spring one click stiffer / Changed front & rear guards from blue to black / 47T rear sprocket / Speedo Healer V4.0 / Kev throttle cam mod / Throttle grip mod / The new 2010 O2 sensor mod is out, works a treat, The new 2012 O2 Controller is out, PM me for details

Now ride a 2018 MT09SP ABS + TCS

My KTM 990 SMR Mod book. http://www.ktmsmt.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4946