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Carb'd bikes vs. EFI


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Probably a dumb and obvious and dumb question, but on a street bike is there a significant advantage to having EFI versus Carburetor fuel application? For example, if I were looking at 04 R6's (which I believe are carb'ed?), should I just hold out for an 05 model, or is performance, throttle response, tuning, and fuel economy comparable?

 

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Gabe

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03 was the first year for FI on the R6

 

and yes there is alot of benefits

throttle response is a ton better

no waiting for the bike to get to operating temperature for the carbs to work the way they should

dont have to worry about the carbs getting gummed up when you store it

you dont have to rejet for mods

EFI is easier to tune if you do mod

fuel economy is better

obviously performance is better, late model bikes always perform better than previous year bikes anyway

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EFI > Carb always. Carbs work obviously because they have been used on bikes since the beginning, but furl injection is so much easier when it comes to upkeep. Nothing like being able to start your bike in the middle of winter if there happens to be a nice day. With carb you would be too concerned with trying to keep in winterized.
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