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I once picked up a women in a pub in Barnsley on a Tuesday night and after one  we went back to......
Sorry, family site, I won't use than analogy
Do you think possibly the bike everyone had nailed day after day without giving a hoot might have been past its best?
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Originally Posted by Threewheelbonnie
I once picked up a women in a pub in Barnsley on a Tuesday night and after one  we went back to......
Sorry, family site, I won't use than analogy
Do you think possibly the bike everyone had nailed day after day without giving a hoot might have been past its best?
Andy
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Despite living quite close, I've never been to Barnsley. Are the ladies there like the ones from Pontefract?
While owning both carbed and EFI bikes (At one point I owned 6 carbys and 1 EFI), I've had the need to fixed 2 non functioning carbs and 1 non functioning EFI. I managed to fix one of the carbs myself and on the other I had to get someone else to look at it.
On the EFI bike, I broke down in front of a Renault car garage in rural France. After I had removed the unit, the car wrench was able to diagnose the problem immediately (high pressure hose had a slight split, so that there was fuel coming out of the injector, but just not under enough pressure) and within 1/2 hour I was on my way again. The difference between my bike and the cars he usually works on, is that my bike has 1 cylinder and 1 injector and the cars a multiple of that.
What this little tale contributes to the discussion, I have no idea.
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My 500 cc Enfield does around 95MPG touring fully loaded. It has a carb which had never been touched from new in 2005. So I have no idea how long it might take to fix should it fail. Seems reasonably economical to me.
When I had the BMW it had two bings. I set them up with some small service parts and again never touched them for about 4 years when I sold the bike. Never any issues. Likewise on old amals on Triumph twins from early 60's to late 70's and on my Tiger cub back in the early sixties. Only time I needed to touch any of them in over 100,000 miles was when the cub needed a new needle for its zenith carb.
With the thunderbird with three carbs.... so far so good  Did need to change a rubber bit recently (rear tyre split).
What I have found over the years is it is a good thing to monitor your mpg regularly. It is nearly always the first measurable indication of something going off test.
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