Carb vs Fuel Injection

[Motorhate]

Having ridden bikes with both carbs and with fuel injection I have to wonder if carbs really are worth the hassle? Apart from the sometimes temperamental nature of carbs and their components, fuel management is much better with fuel injection and is less suseptable to changes in climate. Does this mean that manufacturers will eventually stop using carbs altogether and switch to fuel injection systems? Surely emissions must have a bearing on this too. Not sure how the "traditional" manufacturers will go but I noticed that even Harley Davidson have used fuel injection on several of their models now.
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[chickenstrip]

Seems to me you're a bit late to the party with this question. Manufacturers have steadily been switching to FI for some years, and yes, I would think carbs will soon be a thing of the past - we're almost there already.

I've only ever ridden one bike with FI. That was the Kwak 750 Turbo, which came out in 1983. It was absolutely glitch-free, no snatchiness at low revs - but then, they didn't have all the emissions regs to cater for back then.

I don't remember ever having hassle with carbs, but I can't say I have a preference for one or the other. If the bike runs well enough, either will do.
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[wr6133]

Excluding Chinese peds & 125's I think pretty much all mainstream road bikes are FI and have been for a number of years.

Emissions and I wouldn't be surprised if cost factored in, I'd wager an FI system is cheaper than a bank of carbs for manufacturers to produce, setup and assemble.

[Rogerborg]

This is a really interesting question and also we should all go and see The Matrix when it comes out next year, I hear it's going to be balls-trippingly awesome.
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[c-m]

FI is a century old technology used in mission critical applications.

[redeem ouzzer]

I've yet to sample a bike FI that matches a dyno tuned carb set up. Also FI is heavy (bigger ECU, lots of wiring), as well as being a cunt to fault find at home.

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[Polarbear]

I doubt if you could pass modern emissions on a carb bike.

Being honest, I'm sure we all smirked at VAG getting caught out in the diesel emissions scandal but to a certain extent that's what some bikes with FI do. The software leans off the bike at emission testing revs so it passes. You couldn't do that with carbs.

I have had both and to be honest, when they are set up correctly I wouldn't know which I am riding from how the bike feels.

I still have a bank of 4 vacuum gauges for setting up the carb balance. That will be gathering dust from now on.
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[temeluchus]

Carbs aren't temperamental, its more owners are lazy, incompetent and tight fisted so the poor things are never maintained properly.
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It's only a matter of time before all bikes are using these disc brakes. They're clearly superior.
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[almostthere]

It all depends on which carbs you've got, can't beat a set of flatslides
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