alright, will do. thanks guys

 

you are right, it is a carbed bike. i had him check and he said it was carbed. this is the third time this week i have called on bikes and was told they are EFI, and to find out right before I look at them they are carbed. Does anyone have any complaints about their carbed bikes?

 

No. Quite the opposite. I bought the bike I have *because* it's carbed.

 

No complaints with my carbed bike. Carbed bikes are a little harder to tune well these days because of the crappy 10% Ethanol gas. They tend to like a slightly richer jetting then they used to. Atleast that's what I've been told by a couple MC mechanics, and if you have stations that don't have the 10% Ethanol gas in your area it's a non-issue.

Carbed bikes are definately cheaper and easier to tune when you make changes like different pipes, air cleaners etc.

The carbed bikes take a little longer to warm up after they've been sitting, but it's no big inconveniance. You should really let your engine get good and warm on any air cooled motorcycle before taking off anyway.

 

i've done lots of carb tuning work on snowmobiles, how much different is it on these type carbs? when you change pipes etc, is it just a main jet in them people change? how does it work, always willing to learn

 

I've got a 2000 WG and I pull choke all the time. So no fuel injection here. I also have mine up sor sale!

 

They are pretty simple carburators, Spinner. The float bowl comes off with four screws from the bottom. There is a main jet and a slow jet. You change those until you get it dialed in.

 

That's a barely broke in Harley. I would buy it if it has a carb & the paint that you want. Who cares if it's 10 yrs. old? If it's fuel injected I would pass on it since it would have the early Marelli set-up, can be very finicky.

 

Me too I bought new in 2000 and i think at the time u could have got efi or a carb ,, good year , good mileage ( on your bike ) , great scoot !

 

I know I'm late to the party on this one, but be aware of the not uncommon rear cam bearing failure on 99-00 TC88s. I know first hand about this fault, which really should have been a factory recall but the MoCo got away with it because it's not a 'safety' issue.

My 00 FXDWG had 10400 miles it when the rear cam bearing went...causing over $2000 worth of engine damage. Thank God I was close to home! The only way to prevent this semi-catastrophic failure is to change the rear cam bearings to the newer type as specified in the 'official' Harley fix or do what I did and convert to gear-driven cams.

I can't believe the MoCo wouldn't even cover the parts for this fix because my 00 was out of warranty. (They extended warranty coverage on this issue to 5yrs/50K miles). My bike was 7yrs old but only 10400 miles on it...out of luck. Total crap.

That said, I know have a pretty much totally rebuilt 95" stage 2 with gear driven cams and it goes like stink...$3200 later...(gear drive and some other stuff pushed the total cost way up). Good luck with your purchase.