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Old 09-21-2007, 11:20 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Carb vs. Fuel Injection - in regards to altitude

I'm from L.A., altitude basically 0 feet above sea level. I was in Reno on Tuesday and had some time to kill, so I went into the bike shops. One guy was telling me that I should definitely consider a fuel injected bike if I wanted to go to say...Tahoe, otherwise, I could burn a whole in my pistons. Hogwash? Something to consider? He was encouraging me to look at the Vulcan 900 over some of his bigger bikes because of it. It's not like the FI was an upgrade over a smaller bike.

I know the Vstar 1100 is carbs and 1300 is FI.

Opinions?

Thanks...as always.

(One of these days I'll surprise everyone and actually BUY a bike!! )