EFI motorcycle

Bruce nacelp at bright.net
Thu Jan 31 08:26:27 GMT 2002


The only advantage EFI has on a bike is less metering changes due to
cornering Gs (assuming the carb is set up right, but the same goes for the
EFI having to be right).   There is a minor advantage for the timing curve.
Bruce




From: "Vernon Chang" <vernonc at get.topica.com>
Subject: RE: EFI motorcycle
> Thanks Don,
> I think Clint has missed the boat a bit on the reason for EFI on bikes
> (especially a race bike). With EFI on a bike you can make the throttle
> response a bit more manageable. In racing, you can map that point where
you
> are on and off the power band to meet the needs of the bike and track. As
> you noted, it is almost impossible to "tune" a carb to meet the needs of a
> bike throughout the entire range. The toilet response of a carb is no
match
> for the metered fueling of an EFI system.
> Vern


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