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oldscooterguy · Joined: 19 Aug 2007 Posts: 32 Location: Central "Ahia"

Got back from the Dealer expo late last night. By far, (to me at least) the coolest news is the 2010 CFMOTO Fashion will be fuel injected!
We FINALLY got the local CFMOTO contract so I will be checking into retrofitting my 87 HH with fuel injection. That's as much as I know
right now but I'm pretty excited for our 2 feet of snow to melt and get our 1st FI Fashion!

Will keep everyone updated.

OSG
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Red 87 and black 2001 Heli

bear · Joined: 13 Aug 2007 Posts: 457 Location: Blue Ash, OH

Thanks for posting. I am interested. Admittedly, I'm very happy with my Helix. I'm not one of those folks who feels the need to 'improve' a good thing. But on paper, at least, I've always thought that FI could only improve the Helix. It should help with cold morning starts, possible better gas mileage, and maybe maybe maybe a slight boost to HP.

Let us know.
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2006 Helix

Cruiser · Joined: 09 May 2008 Posts: 824 Location: West Ohio 45828

oldscooterguy · Joined: 19 Aug 2007 Posts: 32 Location: Central "Ahia"

I'm going to see about what all is involved in replacing the carb with FI.
My goal is to make it as cheap...errrr.....as cost effective as possible. They won't hit our shores for at least a month but rest assured I will photograph and document the heck out of the process.

I'm reserving one of the first Fashion FI's to hit our shores and will keep my peeps here abreast of all developments.
OSG
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coopdway · Joined: 07 Oct 2008 Posts: 194 Location: SE Minnesota

We'll be watching, let us know what you discover.

spazio250 · Joined: 28 Nov 2009 Posts: 46

Very likely should attach an instrument Catalytic Converter

whitefusion · Joined: 11 Mar 2009 Posts: 109

katoranger · Joined: 17 Feb 2010 Posts: 13 Location: atlanta, ga

The CFmoto seems to be a step up from the general chinese product.

Will have to wait and see.

fixer311 · Joined: 05 Jun 2008 Posts: 492 Location: Ozark, AL

I have never seen a fuel injected vehicle give better gas milage than a properly sized carborator, even rear wheel drive which is much more fuel economic than front wheel drive. It has been my experience with 4 wheel vehicles that fuel injection costs anywhere between depending on thedrive configuration between 7 and 25 miles per gallon. Believe me I'm tight as they come and I was devastated when they started going to fuel injection and front wheel drive the end of fuel economy. Back during the early 80's after the oil embargo Toyota brought out the Starlet, a little 4 cylinder inline compact that was an engineering marvel. It had more interior and trunk space than any modern car I have seen. It had enough room in the engine compartment you could almost crawl inside and take a nap, and on top of all that it got 50mpg something only the modern hybids can acheive with front wheel drive. Talk about creating a Rub Goldberg contraption that is what I see modern technology doing to the trasprotation industry. If it keeps going the way it has been even the dealers mechanics will be left in the dust. Power this and power that and sensors that rely on other sensors. It has gotten to the point you buy a new car and if you don't have the junk yard haul it of at the end of 10 years you can't in all good concience sell the peice of s--- to anyone without a guily concience.
fixer311

Don Leonardo · Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 5:56 am Post subject:

I wonder if the clone panels just plug right onto a Helix. I have damage to the front panels I'll need/want to replace eventually.
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bear · Joined: 13 Aug 2007 Posts: 457 Location: Blue Ash, OH

Cruiser · Joined: 09 May 2008 Posts: 824 Location: West Ohio 45828

I have not mixed Honda and Chinese panels but I did replace all my upper panels with Chinese from EBay.