Carburetor vs Fuel injection - Is Fortnine right?...

As some of you know, I am a big fan of Fortnine channel, and his host, Ryan "F9", and inspired by his latest video, where he talks about carburators and fuel injection, I decided to make my own!

He also says a few things that aren´t wrong, but that I see from a different angle, so I will piggy back on the topic and add my 2 cents.

Carburetors vs fuel injection , lets go!
Which one is better? Can you live with either? Are there any noticeable differences?

Hope you guys find it useful (or entertaining, as usual)!

-Diogo Guerra
#motovlog #advmotorcycles #motorcycle
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[Redpatch]

I haven't finished your video yet but a few points on canadian fuel. As we all know ethanol is hydroscopic and ubsorbs water. In canada this is a particular problem because we have cold winters and icing fuel is a problem, as such there is no ethanol in our fuel in the winter and to hit the 10% average that is mandated there is significant amounts of ethenol present during the summer, i personaly have tested fuels in the 35% range.
Secondly Ryan lives in Vancouver which is located in a rain forest meaning it is always wet and humid meaning his 4 weeks may not be exagerated for his area.
Keep up the good work.👍

[AGDaws]

There aren't many people who write motorcycle content as well as Ryan F9. But you're one of them! Brilliant scripting again, and excellent delivery. So glad I found your channel.

[GreaseAndGravel]

Dude, your jokes and b-roll are brilliant! I like EFI, but I prefer the peace of mind of carbs. I drowned my bike two weeks ago and got it running within minutes. With EFI I'd constantly worry... even though it will most likely never fail. But one thing you have spot on is the fact that you'll constantly second-guess the bike with a carb. There is ALWAYS something that just doesn't feel right.

[windmusicfan]

Diogo thanks for yet another brilliant, well thought-out and informative video. Your sense of humor is sublime ;) always in place and spot on. Terrific to see your place so sunny, sorry for all the rain I brought last week :) Cheers man, it was a pleasure to meet you in person. I can attest, Diogo is just as positive, cheerful and delightful guy in person as he is in videos! Egīls

[MVDBR]

Agree with what you say, and love the sense of humour you add to your videos, excellent 😁🤘

[DvDrider]

All systems have pros and cons, at the end, it’s a matter of personal choice and what’s better fit for purpose. Great video Diego!!!

[robertandersson]

You deserve more subs! Regards from Sweden

[os]

Absolutely agree to your arguments and how you present them in the video, couldn't be presented better. All technical and emotional aspects in some minutes together. Thanks for your work, enjoyable every time and I learn something always as well.

[mixzangu]

totally rocked this one, keep up the good work .greetings from kenya

[mexican]

Stumbled across your channel recently. Love the style and humour. Also very informative keep up the good work

[noisepuppet]

I'm not any kind of off road moto rider, but I subbed because that's how good this is

[cambag]

Althogh i absolutely love ryan and F9, I understand his views and reviews comes from a place with wealthier and spoilt for choice markets. This video serves as a very good supplement to ryan's, for us who live with practicality in mind every day. Also, thank you for clearing a doubt in my mind, for i intend to go full ted simon some day and transverse a desert, or a continent or something. Now i know carb is the way to go.
Great video! Cheers!

[SPRT]

Content is getting better... gud. I have a small carburated moped which I used as a daily driver when I was 17. The carb really drove me nuts sometimes bc I couldn't tell what's wrong with it. At the end it was contaminants clogging the main jet every now and then. Now with my injected honda I can finally have peace. It works like clockwork.

[nerf]

I only want to say that this is the funniest video I've seen so far in YouTube. When the hammer 🔨 goes lose or the guy with the flowers I am still laughing, well done Diego, the topic also DID like it. If one day I accidentally meet you while riding in Portugal or somewhere else I hope we can have a drink 🍻 and laugh commenting this video, cheers

[bikewolf]

Now i feel like i have to do my own video answer. such a big and interesting topic. maybe F9 started a new big internet discussion about this topic.
im becoming a motorcycle mechanic at the moment. ive got quite some experience with carbureted bikes and with fine tuning carburetors. in my opinion the carburetor is the superior system.
if your bike has stock exhaust and air filter just dont touch the carb. it will work in 40°C and in -20°C just fine. if not its most likely a dirty air filter, clogged up fuel filter or old spark plug (considering your carb is clean).
ive owned only carbureted bikes until a few months ago when i got a fuel injected 2006 GSR 600. ive ridden a lot of EFI bikes before and never liked the unpredictable throttle response but couldnt tell if it runs different in different weather or heights because i did only short test rides. with the GSR i tested that in the italian alps. tbh there is no real difference between a carb and EFI. you still lose power, you still feel that the engine runs slightly different. if you havent messed up your carb you wont have any problems with weather or height.... last winter i didnt even need to pull the choke on my DR650 for cold start at -10°C.
i think once you understand carburetors and treat them right, they will provide a much better experience than EFI. carburetors were the first thing i started wrenching on and it took me a couple of years to learn them but i think even the average joe can do this. its just another skill to learn. if you dont want to do that or dont even have the feeling for how your engine is running youre truly better off with EFI.
not trying to be mad, this is just my experience based opinion. if i talk to my mechanic friends about this they are against me on the side of EFI but also they never owned carbureted bikes or modified some to get the same experience as i have

[hazcat]

Honest, fair, balanced, not afraid to give your opinion. Excellent report. Being lazy I would like to have FI but living remote I need carbureted.

[garydoyle]

Nice video! You mentioned falling the wrong way with a carburetor. I have had several Suzuki DR650s with stock carburetors and slightly modified jetting. I had good luck with them at altitudes from 500 ft. to almost 13, 000 ft., from the farmlands of Illinois to high passes in the Colorado mountains, always running good to good enough : ) Anyway, once I fell over downhill, so the handlebars were lower than the wheels. After getting upright, I totally ran down the battery and couldn't get it started. Luckily I was high up on a rocky hilly road and was able to coast downhill, letting the clutch out in gear to turn it over. Still I barely got it started before the bottom of the hill. So in general I prefer fuel injection now. But in years of riding that was the only time I had a problem.

[Niki_Parvanov]

It's not often I disagree with RyanF9, but on this topic I'm inclined to agree with you more

[chadillac]

Thanks for the video! This was exactly what I was looking for before I purchased a used bike, because I am not a mechanically inclined person and he messing with that kind of stuff

[robertreid]

Agree completely..
I'm in an intense relationship with my DR350SE too. Not started it since I went Spain and Portugal in middle of September, had to take it for MOT test yesterday. Turned fuel and choke on and it started first time and ran fine....and past the test too 👍🏼