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Cycle News 2021 Issue 38 September 21

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VOLUME 58 ISSUE 38 SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 P99 EFI: I love it. The KLR's EFI system works superbly, from sea level to 10,000 feet, and I can vouch for that. You know it's good when you're cruising along at speed and you can stand up on the pegs without fear of getting thrown over the bars when you crack the throttle; bogging or hesitation is non-existent. Some carburetor diehards are concerned about reliability, but in my opinion, fuel injection has been around long enough to where I am not worried whatsoever about the KLR's FI system possibly failing. Plus, with FI, you don't have to deal with cold-starting issues or a petcock, so I have no problems at all that Kawasaki ditched the KLR's old carburetor system for FI. It's time to move on. To accommodate FI, Kawasaki had to redesign the fuel tank. It holds the same amount, but this time it's all useable. More capacity and FI equals

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