I was going to get a 07 Harley then pulled my head out.
Looks like Im going to get a 07 Yamaha Road Star Warrior. Dont care so much about mpg, as I do low end fun grunt. |
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For the smallest of bikes, they run f.i. so they don't need a battery, sensors, and related heavy bits, they are pure simple machines. Hopefully someday we'll also have F.I. ULEV lawnmowers, or plug in ZEV lawnmowers and such it will probobly be too late by then anyways. |
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I think what is most amazing about bikes not being all EFI across-the-board is that Kohler makes closed loop EFI for some of their garden tractor engines.
Think about it: You can buy a garden tractor with closed loop EFI, but not all motorcycles. |
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After I get my Warrior. It wont be stock for long. :) |
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carburators are cheap to build, and the molds, and facotries are already set up to build them, the cost of a replacment carburator from honda for my motorcycle (if they still made them) would be around $120, a 4 wire o2 sensor can cost almost that much, so how much are tiney fuel injectors going to cost, and the computer, throttle body? fuel injection on motorcycles is going to come in a few years, but unless you want a really crude system, or a large engine (like a riding lawn mower engine 600-800cc) that can use off the shelf parts, making a fast, small fuel injected engine is going to take time to work out it sounds like.
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Ryland, have you ever considered adding fairings to your bike? While browsing the internet, i stumbled upon 50cc race bikes haha, they're actually quite speedy! 100+ mph from around 20 h.p.! Considering that, these fairings must be quite efficient since my bike has almost twice the horsepower, but much lower top speed...
https://www.madmalc.screaming.net/50c...s/tormo_02.jpg I'm playing with the idea of trying to make a similar fairing for my 400cc bike, the only problems I see are cooling to my air cooled engine. With no temperature sensors, I see no way to measure this either. |
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