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The belts need changing every 2 years or 12k miles. I know a few bikes that have gone 3 or 4 years "with no problems" but i also know some that have failed. Basically, it's your call but if you are unlucky, it'll cost you dear.
As for the PC/eprom question. The Ducati eproms were never the best fuelling chips out there. my suggestion would be to first get the bike setup properly as is. The eproms aren't plug and play. To get the best from them you need the TPS setting up, the throttles balancing and the CO setting up for each cylinder. This needs doing whenever you switch the eprom. At the very least the CO needs setting up.
Once that's done give it a try. You may be sorted.
If your not happy then look at sorting any problems out. You could try another eprom. JHP do good maps for £30 or so.
The FIM is probably the best eprom you could drop in. It's dual mapped (one for each cylinder) has an increased rev limiter and mod'd ignition. They usually work great straight out of the box, but are programable with the correct software and dyno time. They sell for £125 + VAT.
The PC is a useful tool for bikes with lots of mod's, where no direct replacment eprom has been written. It will work fine on a bike like yours with minimal mod's but in light of the eprom availability it's expensive. It's better value for the newer bikes with non chipable ECU's tho.
With just Termi's in place, you're not going to gain that many extra hp's. The motor is more than capable of handling them. The PC won't give any more than a well set up eprom either. What it gives is the ability to fine tune any glitches out, but if you use a well mapped eprom, that is setup correctly, they aren't really there anyway......
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