I will inform him that 12 is very good & I may have misspoke earlier, I have no plans at this point to (possibly) convert it to carb unless the FI would go bad in the future (tho its worrysome that a system you ain't familiar with could potentially go bad) & everything appears to be good so far on the one time I rode in it (no noises/handles good & he says it starts/stops real good) so all is good in the 'hood. thanks guys.