Cars and motorcycles both emerged in late-19th century Germany. Karl Benz designed and built the Patent Motorwagen around 1885, which was when Gottlieb Daimler and William Maybach created the first ...

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Modern fuel injection is amazing, but before injectors, ECUs, and fuel pumps motorcycles used carburetors. Some smaller bikes and two-strokes still do. Today on MC Garage we talk about the carburetor.

Harley-Davidson has used the 40mm Keihin constant velocity (CV) carburetor since 1988 on Sportsters and introduced them in 1990 on the Big Twins. The 1988 model differed from the 1989-and-later carbs ...