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10 Things We Lost on Modern Motorcycles (www.youtube.com)
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[โ€“] TerraRoot@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

My point of view as connysewer of cheap and disposable bikes, is that a carb can be fixed with a screwdriver on the side of the road. A GOOD efi will enter limp mode and get you home, but I don't do good bikes...

[โ€“] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I've had way more failures with carbs than efi.

I've had EFI run for 20 years with zero issues, on a single vehicle. Zero maintenance, not even sensor replacement.

One current vehicle is from 1985 and the EFI still works flawlessly... A 1985 EFI.

Once EFI transitioned from analog to digital, lots of little gremlins just went away. They became a lot more consistent and robust.

I've owned early analog EFI... Whew, talk about a persnickety system.