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I have owned a ziilion of both, so I'll throw out a few things to consider. If you leave the bike sitting for long lengths of time, you'll have less trouble with an injected bike. With the crap gas we have now, even if you add Stabil or a similar product, you'll have to deal with crud in the carbs. The FI bikes deal with this better. Most injected bikes have pumps, which also helps if the bike sits a lot. The older carbureted bikes often had a prime position for the petcock which was nice, unless a float valve stuck. Newer carbureted bikes often have a vacuum operated petcock without a priming position, and these will be a b**** to get going if you run the float bowls dry.
When riding, you'll find that the injected bike generally runs better, although I have one carbureted bike that I think has perfect carburetion. The injected bikes frequently have a little problem transitioning from closed throttle to open throttle, which can make smooth corner entries a little harder to achieve. Fewer carbureted bikes have this tendency.
Modifying either is a pain in the butt, better left to people that do it for a living. Yes, you can do it yourself but most people that do are baely scratching the surface of what you can adjust. A typical carb has at least 10 or 12 parameters to play with and most require changing parts. The theory seems simple on the surface but it gets deep in a hurry. Without a dyno, you're just peeing in the wind. FI isn't much more user friendly, but it doesn't require changing so many parts.
JR
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