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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 09:56 PM
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Anyone know what year HD started using FI instead of carbs?
 
Old Mar 30, 2009 | 10:20 PM
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1995 was the first production F.I. year.
 
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I believe HD went to full fuel injection in '06. Before that it was offered as an option on most models. But since '06, that's what you get... I think, not 100% on the year though.
 
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Originally Posted by 2DEUCE2
I believe HD went to full fuel injection in '06.
That would be '07.
 
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Yeah, I had a feeling I was off by a year on that one. Should have went with my gut on that one.
 
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About 10 years behind most everyone else, who were in turn decades behind the auto industry.
 
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And the auto industry was decades behind the aviation industry.
 
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Originally Posted by travroc
That would be '07.
+1, you are right it was 2007, If I would of bought an 06 model I could of had a carb.
 
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Originally Posted by todd493
1995 was the first production F.I. year.
You might be close bro . Cause I once coulda bought a sportster that was said to be injected . Might have been aftermarket though. ........... And to all those guys saying 06 or 07 , My Deluxe is an 05 and it was an option then . Mines injected ...................But I'd rather be blown ..........Kev..........oh yeah ...........The sportster was a "99"
 

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Originally Posted by 2DEUCE2
I believe HD went to full fuel injection in '06. Before that it was offered as an option on most models. But since '06, that's what you get... I think, not 100% on the year though.
I have an '06 Fat Boy that's F.I....other than that I'm dumb!
 
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