Fuel Injection?

I wonder if SP was able to purchase any EFI/DFI development that had already been done on that rumored DFI smoker??

The technology Husky was using, is owned by an Austrian Company, not BMW. KTM had rejected it, to use the Orbital system. It's actually simpler than the Orbital DI. KTM may use it yet.

Forget EFI / DFI. Stick with something simple like a Lectron Carb. EFI produces no more power than a well tuned carb. So why have it ?

because it's far more reliable and never requires rejetting.

It is not more reliable, and any time you change something it requires remapping. I can jet a carb in 20 minutes, and I've never had an injector or fuel pump fail on a carb'd bike.

If you have DI and it cleans up the 2 stroke and makes it more fuel efficient, what is the negative here?
Riding to and from the trails as well as more fuel to go further. HMMMM, ya simplicity like in 1970s

Complexity. I worked at a dealership when DI two strokes first came to water craft. We had Kawasaki (FICHT), Bombardier (Orbital) and Yamaha, everyone thought it was going to be great, and they ARE great....as long as everything is working. Injectors (especially the very high pressure DI injectors) fail, fuel pumps fail, if it is going to be DOT legal it will have an O2 sensor...none of that stuff on a carb'd bike. I can tell you from years of first hand experience working with DI two strokes that when something does go wrong, its a nightmare. The idea of a DI two stroke sounds great until you start to feel the realities, then its not clear they are worth the trouble. Some people will think they are worth the extra complexity, but I do not.

I split the difference with a SmartCarb on my WB165.....no injectors, no fuel pump, no maping issues. but I do have better fuel economy, more power, smoother throttle response, no jetting to change once a simple knob is used to dial it in, runs cleaner, without the complicayions of FI or DI. Until the dirt bike word catches up the the car world I'll stick with simple all be it a modern carb.

The SmartCarb is basically a copy of the Lectron thats been around since the mid 70s.

Little more than that... but either is a step up IMHO.

Yes, its billet, some other details are different, but its still basically a copy of a Lectron and thats not a bad thing. I agree either is a big step up over a normal carb.

I can adjust my tuning in 5 seconds on my JD Tuner. I've never needed to, though.

I've never had them fail on an EFI bike. And I've never had a jet clog, a tang need bending or a float bowl seal need replacing, either.

Running a carb means lighter weight, and it's easier to do a field repair on a carb when you experience a failure in the middle of nowhere. Those benefits are more important to some than others.

EFI is vastly superior for emissions control. And before long it won't be an option, it'll be required for that reason alone. Best get used to it. It's time motorcycles carried their share of the environmentally conscious load.

As long as it's kept in Kalafornia .

I to have been involved with DI marine world. As Kartwheel68 said they are great. Yea learning curve. Be careful what you wish for. New recent breakthrough in battery technology will results will be that the only wing a ding ding will be on the menu at Buffalo wild wings.
I noticed no one made reference to it helping the enviroment.

Because I'm hopelessly hopeful that we Kalifornians might get street legal 2 strokes again. Not because I'm expecting more power. And now I'd like to re-direct this thread back to what Husqvarna might become...

Exactly!! the carbs wont leave you stranded miles from the truck either

Ya, the last time I bought a car, I told that dealer "Don't show me any cars with that EFI crap... It'll just leave me stranded."

in the late 90s Honda ran Paris Dakar rallye with a DI technology. no breakdowns. efficient and clean. Then shelved the project because they wanted to start a 4 stroke revolution. 20 years later what do you have?

The EXP-2 was both carburated and FI, but it didnt have DI.

To be blunt, emissions from dirt bikes might be a visible political issue, but the contribution of pollution from them is completely and totally irrelevant. They are not even a drop in the bucket.