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16-03-09, 07:14 PM
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Why do bikes usually have one carb per cylinder?
As opposed to cars which (I think) usually have jsut the one carb?
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16-03-09, 07:16 PM
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Re: Why do bikes usually have one carb per cylinder?
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16-03-09, 07:18 PM
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Re: Why do bikes usually have one carb per cylinder?
Because cars suck a$$
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16-03-09, 07:21 PM
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Re: Why do bikes usually have one carb per cylinder?
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16-03-09, 07:23 PM
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Re: Why do bikes usually have one carb per cylinder?
my old bike had 3 carbs and 6 cylinders
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16-03-09, 07:49 PM
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Re: Why do bikes usually have one carb per cylinder?
It all depends....
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16-03-09, 07:52 PM
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Re: Why do bikes usually have one carb per cylinder?
id say the answer is "performance"
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16-03-09, 07:52 PM
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Re: Why do bikes usually have one carb per cylinder?
Performance reasons.
However there are plenty of older bikes that had only one carb and multiple cylinders and plenty of performance cars with multiple carbs.
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16-03-09, 08:02 PM
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