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Looks like in older bikes you had much more control of how the engine performed at your fingertips (timing and a choke) --obviously this has to do with the carb
by mc32 5y ago
Looks like in older bikes you had much more control of how the engine performed at your fingertips (timing and a choke) --obviously this has to do with the carburetor, except for the exhaust release. I don't think I ever saw bike with that control. Pretty interesting.
- jeffbee 5y agoAn example of a modern bike with a valve lifter is the Kawasaki KLR-650. Generally any large-displacement motorcycle with a kickstarter, or that can be fitted with a kickstarter, has one, because otherwise the engines are impossible to start. These days, most of them are automated (some mechanism does it for you if the engine speed is very slow).