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Jul 30, 2005 | 12:52 AM

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monkyman

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RE: Wada YOU think??

Another vote for EFI, I hated the choke on my last bike, had to keep adjusting it as I rode on cold mournings.

Jul 30, 2005 | 01:15 AM

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TuxedoCartman

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EFI all the way!

Jul 30, 2005 | 02:01 AM

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Anniesage

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RE: Wada YOU think??

My personal preference would be EFI. We have both - Sporty with carb and WideGlide with EFI. What a difference it makes. WideGlides ready to go in like 4 minutes while Sporty needs considerably longer to warm up. I also have noticed that because of the carb, my plugs get yucky quicker. Wideglide hasn't had to replace plugs at all. Sporty - Im at 1,800 miles and already have gone through 3 sets of plugs trying to figure it all out. Next purchase - EFI.

Jul 30, 2005 | 02:04 AM

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TxMoores

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Man I just love my S&S Super E... but once all of the performance mods are easily available for the fuellies I will probably change...

Jul 30, 2005 | 02:24 AM

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RE: Wada YOU think??

i like the one that screws up the least!

Jul 30, 2005 | 02:43 AM

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i like the one that screws up the least!

That would be EFI.

Jul 30, 2005 | 10:48 AM

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bikergirl40

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I have an EFI and never had a bit of problem with it. Starts with the first push of the ignition, and runs like a top. I travel regularily with a few people that have carb and I even get way better gas mileage than they do.

4 of us were in the mountains a while back (Colerado), and with the heat and the altitude, their airbreathers were puking out oil and ran like crap until we got down to a lower altitude. Mine...again..ran like a top. The other 3 were Carb.

I don't particularily care about horsepower and making her go faster. She does just fine the way she is. I need her to be dependable and get me to where I want to go without a lot of messing around with CARB stuff. She has never let me down yet! EFI is definately better.

Jul 30, 2005 | 01:56 PM

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rdking

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Definitely fuel Injection. It can be made to perform as well as any carb with much less hassle. Up until recently you could build carbs to out perform FI. There is stuff starting to come on the market that allows you to tweak FI, just like cars. If you have any doubts about this, just type "motorcycle fuel injection performance" into your Google search engine. I really have difficulty seeing where carbs offer any advantage anymore. I would say the days are numbered for carbs, at least on production bikes. There's nothing inherently "wrong" with carbs except for their limitations. There are still far more carbuerated (sp?) bikes on the street, but that will abruptly change as more FI bikes are produced and performance tweaks become more prevelant. JMHO YMMV.[8D]

Tom