Question: Carb or Injected?
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This I don't buy for a hot second because that FI unit requires more voltage to function. I have bump started a damn near totally dead Harley which runs like crap until there is enough voltage to sustain itself. In contrast, I have had almost the same thing happen on a carbed bike and it ran fine once it was started with no apparent safety issues keeping me from leaving just after it was started. I wouldn't do that on an FI Harley because it ain't even ready for the road until that voltage does gets built up.
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Mines carbed, the next one will be FI. While I'm sitting there fooling with the choke and worried about running it too long and fouling plugs and then having to stand there and keep a hand on the thropttle, my FI friends are putting on jackets and waloking around. Mine has to warm up to run good, theirs does from cold starts. Their mileage is a little better.
Fi is the only way to go for my money (and it will be )
Bubba
Fi is the only way to go for my money (and it will be )
Bubba
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Carb. Cheaper to buy, cheaper to use, cheaper to tune, when Harley had both, the carb'd bikes got better fuel mileage and made more power, no computer necessary, idle sounds better.
The ONLY advantage of FI is they run a little better at high elevations.
The ONLY advantage of FI is they run a little better at high elevations.
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I perfer a carb to FI, much easier to work with an simpler to tune. When I have the cash together I will put a carb on mine 06 night train that is FI. I have a sportster with carb an starts just as easy.
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