I was just kidding around but I would be happy to be the guiny pig and try it out. I do nice write ups and I'm pretty open minded. I've used a Posa-Fuel before with no AC pump on a 350 thumper and it worked out OK after some pretty pain staking tuning of it. The Lectron should be much less trouble to get dialed in and with the guys at the factory doing their part to set things up I think it might be a good choice.
LOL, Winning a ISDT Qualifier in the 175 Class against Rod Bush. This bike was a 1975 6 speed with a 30mm Bing. My 1976 7 speed 125 had a 30mm Lectron.
Rod was on a Penton GS175 . The event was early 1976. Before we got the 7 speeders. I had only ridden once on the prototype GS175/7a in early Sept 1975. This was my next to last ride on this bike.
I have long said that these type carbs are the best comprimise between carbs and EFI. FI without the complexity and simplier than a carb.
I'm starting to see the light ... These devices are better than the main stream CARBS we are using today and for the last ~40 yrs ... This is a meaningless question really, but why did the bike companies not adopt them on all their bikes?
There is a bunch of back story on all this (metering rod carbs going way back) that is very interesting. To much to go into but interesting stuff. As for factories they are hard to get to change, very focused, don't like out of the box, have strong supplier agreements, etc. . Smaller factories (TM, GG, Sherco, Beta etc.) and non japanese factories are more flexible it seems and you can gain some inroads there. Marketing is probably a big part of it. You have to force this stuff on OEM and you might have to sell it inexpensively so like everything in life it is a trade off. I have been offered some seemingly sweet deals for biz but when you look at the whole picture is it really good? Sometime the math to work ratio is skewed. On top of all this metering rod evolution progresses because it is smaller and USA derived. Tinker away. My opinion on the matter. I like the carbs, like how they work, simple and effective, like that they are made here, just do, not found a down side yet. Can hardly wait to ride again.
