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10 Things We Lost on Modern Motorcycles (www.youtube.com)
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[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Oh I see, they didn't want to design a carb specificly for a single cylinder they didn't make multi-cylinder versions of, and so sticking 2 restricted carbs on was cheaper to design and start manufacture, even if it was more expensive per part and required more maintaince.