Carb vs. EFI
I love riding in the mountains in Colorado, where I live. One ride I like in particular starts at about 5300 ft. and goes over a 12,500 ft. pass. Almost any ride I pick will involve 15mph hairpin turns and steep climbing to get to a 10,000-11,000 ft pass.
I am planning several multi-day rides this summer, mostly on tarmac, and a 7500+ mile ride to Alaska and back in August, so I have two competing issues--ease of maintenance/repair, on one hand, and adaptability to significant altitude changes on the other hand. I'm pretty happy with this 650cc size motor as good all-around for my needs.
I ride a BMW F650GS Dakar right now (EFI), but she's a comparatively heavy, tall girl with a high C of G, which makes her a little awkward in the tight turns I see so often. I'm thinking of changing bikes, maybe to a DR650se, (more than 50# lighter and a lower C of G) but I'm wondering if I should even consider a carb'd bike because of the altitude I regularly ride. Any thoughts or guidance between these two bikes in light of these issues would be appreciated.
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