Does anyone miss carbuerators?

Tokyo_Tiddler wrote:

For a race engine, carbs are old but still excellent even with today's computer technology. It has been shown time and time again that carbs normally...

For a race engine, carbs are old but still excellent even with today's computer technology. It has been shown time and time again that carbs normally make more peak power than EFI. The argument is that carbs do a better job of atomizing the fuel than fuel injectors.  The programming on some of the EFI Honda was not so good off the dealership floor. So what is the advantage of EFI if you dont give it optimal programming.  The advantages of EFI is changing conditions such as temperature, altitude, etc.  For people who dont know how to jet a carb or don't want to constantly rejet if they are riding in very different temp and altitude conditions from ride to ride, the EFI is a plus.  EFI on an MX bike is not something that excites me very much. I mostly ride at sea level on warm days.  For a street cruiser, I would probably prefer EFI though.

mxtech1 wrote:

No one really cares that a carb can make more peak power than an EFI system on a dyno.   If you can’t translate engine power...

No one really cares that a carb can make more peak power than an EFI system on a dyno.
 

If you can’t translate engine power into forward momentum, it’s null. EFI and advanced ECU architecture is the reason why today’s bikes can deliver power based on available traction, modifying the fuel rate, fuel timing, and ignition curve based on engine RPM. Carb bikes could never do this…and that’s why they were rode so much differently than today’s bikes (referencing Pro racing here)
 

The AVERAGE dirt bike consumer never played around with jetting a carb, just like most will never get into EFI tuning (outside of selectable maps/switches). Embrace the change.