EFI to Carb conversion?
Road Master
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 1,026
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From: Carroll County, Maryland
amen for carbs. got some nice drags and a big sucker off ebay for under $100. threw them on one saturday afternoon, adjusted my mixture with a turn of the screw and off i went. piece of cake. sounds and runs like bloody murder.
(that reminds me, i need to update my sig pic.)
(that reminds me, i need to update my sig pic.)
Last edited by thomaskray; May 4, 2009 at 08:18 AM. Reason: sig pic updated. dropped the drags, and put on V&H
Cruiser
Joined: Dec 2008
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??????????????
i wonder how many on here bitch about having an injected bike ,would like to go out and fire up their car and have it spit and cough and foul plugs when cold and hot and get crappy mileage??? thats the fun in carbs... its a calibrated bucket to pour fuel in the airstream... not real effecient... and for the naysayers that complain about reliability, how do you think you get around in cars???? its been 15-20 years since any reputable auto manufacturer used a carb????? WONDER WHY????.. if the injection system is unreliable you sure dont here much about it??? give me FI....and ill never look back.... but i just work on crappy FORDS all day long ???? would love to wrench on these overly complicated 
bikes???? FI is so simple.. yes it may be a pain initially when modifying but the end result of great driveability and cold startability is worth it.................
bikes???? FI is so simple.. yes it may be a pain initially when modifying but the end result of great driveability and cold startability is worth it.................
Road Warrior
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,438
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From: San Tan Valley, AZ
I'm with all of you carb lovers. These new bikes sound like total ****. Let off the throttle and all you hear are crickets chirping in the background. I'm all for converting to a carb, merely for the simplicity. I'd like to add a set of cams and higher comp pistons but dont wanna have to rely on a tuner and electronics to keep the bike tuned, not to mention the added cost of the tuner, dyno time and needing a laptop in order to make small adjustments. For some reason electronics and reliability don't seem to go hand in hand. I've had too many electrical components blow up for no reason.
Alas, if H-D was gonna make it this complicated and expensive to mess with they should have gone ahead and added watercooling to the TC96. To me, watercooling would be just about as cool on a H-D as EFI is....
Alas, if H-D was gonna make it this complicated and expensive to mess with they should have gone ahead and added watercooling to the TC96. To me, watercooling would be just about as cool on a H-D as EFI is....
Just sayin'
Cruiser
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 135
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From: connecticut
hey jrk5892 you do electronic tuning did you need to buy a scanner or is it all done with a lap top? What was your start up cost? Gee I sure miss my carbed sporty always fartin and spitin on every corner and almost stalling and crashing. My point is times change did any of us think twenty years ago that us bas *** bikers would be furiously typing with one finger on a computer, opps that sort of a dedreded ecm. Dont fear tecnoligy{ i need spell check really bad}
Road Captain
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 672
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From: Southern Indiana
I've got both, an 06 Softail Standard that is FI and a Carbed 04 Nightrain. They both have drag pipes on them. The standard runs great, no warm up hassles, etc, my only complaint is that sometimes it idles really high, which drives me frickin crazy. One day a guy in a car next to me at a light yelled that I had my choke on!
The nightrain runs just as good if not better, and actually pulls harder. I love both bikes but I find that I ride the train a lot more than the standard. I've also had two other carbed HD and never had a problem with the carbs.
The nightrain runs just as good if not better, and actually pulls harder. I love both bikes but I find that I ride the train a lot more than the standard. I've also had two other carbed HD and never had a problem with the carbs.
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Cruiser
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 163
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From: ohio
I like it . would I like a carb on it ? hell yeah!!!!
I'm going to check this out more,
anyone interested in a o7 dyna fuel system
with pcv? lol