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New Guy On The Block
Greetings all ~
I am new to the scene and am looking into buying my first bike since retiring from the Navy a few months ago. I have limited riding experience on dirt and no street experience. Most of my friends ride and have convinced me to give it a shot. After looking and talking to numerous friends, I have decided on a Softtail Heritage and am actively shopping for one right now. My question to the group of experts that are on here is this: I know there are carbureted and fuel injected models; what are the pros and cons of each?
Thanks for your help and input.
Ross Caston
I am new to the scene and am looking into buying my first bike since retiring from the Navy a few months ago. I have limited riding experience on dirt and no street experience. Most of my friends ride and have convinced me to give it a shot. After looking and talking to numerous friends, I have decided on a Softtail Heritage and am actively shopping for one right now. My question to the group of experts that are on here is this: I know there are carbureted and fuel injected models; what are the pros and cons of each?
Thanks for your help and input.
Ross Caston
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This will be totally of my opinion so here goes. If you have never ridden a motorcycle and have absolutly no experiance why not p/u a cheap Jap bike for 1k or so to learn on. My reasoning is that if you drop it it won't cost a fortune to repair it and if you total it you aren't out of much money. Then once you are comfortable riding then go for the more expensive bike. I would take the summer and learn the basic riding techniques and get used to shifting starting and stopping ETC on the cheap bike. And if that won't do maybe p/u one of the cheap bolt on trike kit things can't remeber the brand right now then take it off and sell it on ebay when you feel comfortable enough. Flip the money you make selling the trike kit to upgrade your bike.
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HillBilly - thanks for the input. I actually am planning on buying a Honda Rebel for the wife and I to both learn on.......but want to be completely educated on the bike I really want as well....that way if a good deal comes around, I can jump on it (the deal, not the bike). So yes, I am actively shopping for my Heritage as well, but don't really plan on riding it until I am absolutely comfortable riding the rice burner.
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Great idea. The EFI Bikes are IMO easier to tune and dial in vice the carb bikes. you p/u a PCIII load a map or a thundermax (expensive) and your off and running. You can take them in and have them dyno'd if you are running rich or lean and they run just about the same regarless if your at sea level or touring the rockies, carb bike require jets and tuning and such and will run diffrently when changing altitudes and other variables. Carb folks will probably slay me but truth is EFI is more modern and easier/ less expensive to deal with after your initial purchases of the ecm controler , unless you plan on doing major upgrades past the normal exhaust and air filter swaps.
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