I mean, with most new bikes coming out with EFI, I'm afraid that motorcycle mechanics will lose their "edge " when it comes to re-jetting carbs and new mechanics may never get taught how to properly set up the air-fuel mixtures for optimum carburetor perfomance.
I guess it's kind of like finding a good barber. Once you find one you like, pray he never retires, at least while you still have hair on your head.
2007-12-28 19:42:30 · 12 answers · asked by V-Starion 5 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
Yes, even now when I go to the shop and ask the kid for a jet, all I get is a blank look. Soon those tuning sessions and wrench-throwing fits will belong to the misty past. No longer will our hands stink of gasoline, no more skinned knuckles from trying to force the carb rack back onto a vfr750. There maybe a blister or two on our fingertips from tapping in new efi programs.
2007-12-28 22:56:29 · answer #1 · answered by Deckard2020 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, jetting carbs isn't a mystical art practiced by witch doctors dancing around a fire with a carb in each hand. Determining which circuit needing changes is really pretty simple and jetting is usually more a trial and error until you find the combination that runs best. Actually making those changes is the pain in the butt. You can spend 30 minutes removing carbs for a 5 minute jet change.
2007-12-29 13:08:01 · answer #2 · answered by bikinkawboy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well having owned an EFI and a carbureted bike at the same time. I can tell you that I can't wait for carburetors and tuning them to become a lost art. Plain and simple carburetors suck and EFI is much better. If i have to explain then you're an idiot who can't see the obvious truth or you've never drive a fuel injected bike before.
2007-12-29 09:42:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Be thankful carbeurators are going the way of the dinosaur....those nasty things were always plugged up, stalling, belching smoke out of your engine and tailpipe.....remember everybody in the 50s,60s, 70s, spraying oodles of gumout into the jets to try and make them work better???? Then the chokes always stuck and the butterfly always got stuck open.....thank god engineers came with EFI....a godsend to end cars stinking and stalling all over the place.......carb repairs were the most common repair job for 50 years in autos...... EFi yay!!!!!!!!
2007-12-29 09:12:53 · answer #4 · answered by bigmikeumpire 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lose their EDGE,,,yes it happen on car tech too.,,,,so what happen is they become what we called a REPLACE MECHANIC,when they work on efi ...this is because they are not willing to learn the new system,,
I'm not saying that I'm not a replace mechanic ,i do it too once in a while,,but we call this ,,EDUCATED GUESS when we replace something that don't work...(there is no perfect mechanic, only better ones.),,,,,,
I came from an OLD SCHOOL..but tried to learn from a NEW SCHOOL ,,and become better,
I'm probably a different barber,because i could still do the hair of their grand child,,LOL,,,,,
2007-12-30 12:55:47 · answer #5 · answered by tito 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Actually, jetting carbs isn't a mystical art practiced by witch doctors dancing around a fire with a carb in each hand. "
...bikinkaw...You've obviously never walked into the service area of a Harley dealership during a training session.... Ever seen a whole garageful of scoggins doing that dance at once!? AAAAIIIIIEEE! Pass the turps. I gotta git that image outta ma head... :)
2007-12-29 19:41:17 · answer #6 · answered by the_manic_mechanic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's still possible to find carb jetting gurus at specialty automotive shops, even though carbureted cars have been out of production for over 15 years. I wouldn't worry about it too much; there will still be demand for quite a while.
2007-12-29 10:32:10 · answer #7 · answered by Mad Scientist Matt 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Seems that Tom B is the clueless one. I read your question as to tuning, not simple balancing. Any clown can do that.
With the price of electronics currently, its debatable that even basic bikes will retain carbies. Notwithstanding the problems of achieving emission control requirements, carbies are probably already more expensive to manufacture and its the ancillaries such as fuel pumps that are the real cost issue.
2007-12-29 06:35:14 · answer #8 · answered by Ranjeeh D 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes! Just like points, remember them?
What will happen is that you will someday (maybe 10 years) have to do your own carb work. It will happen as soon as injectors become cheaper and more prevalent.
I saw a moped with fuel injection earlier this year, so it is happening!
2007-12-29 13:21:29 · answer #9 · answered by Jim! 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As long as people build their own, no. I don't know of a builder that would rather efi to a carb.
2007-12-29 10:28:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋