Carbs on long trips

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Originally Posted by Ebbs15

I've been think'n of doing some long runs when I finally get to CO... and most are gonna take me through mountain passes and down into vallys... I'll be living at the feet of the Rockies... and I wonder...

What kinda issues am I gonna run into (if any) with power loss with a carbed bike? I know with EFI it auto adjusts and obviously I'm not gonna stop and adjust my carbs for every elevation change

will it even be that big a deal? just kinda wondering what to expect.

You will prolly not notice much, as long as your bike is in good running order to begin with. You can figure out the appoximate horsepower loss with this calculator. http://www.webcalc.net/calc/0757.php Less airflow means less mixture, means less power.

That should be the only really noticable result.