Jetzcorp gets the prize
You said it...you want DI to fix stupid. It wont fix stupid. It won't fix bad rings. It won't fix leaky crank seals. It won't fix shitty oils. It won't fix stupid. We, as a group, need to STOP looking at China and India as a bellweather to guide what we do here. Your post makes my point EXACTLY.
3 circuit carbs are available for everything and anything. But you still need to understand tune up.
The brakes on a 1999 euro bike (read:anything Brembo) will stop as good or better than anything 2010. I know what the comic books write. They exist to sell you products and services YOU DON'T NEED.
If you like vintage Maico's, you would like new Maico's. The problem is with the "vintage" guys, especially Maico "vintage" guys. 99.99% of these guys have never seen a new Maico, yet they slam them with authority, like they have a knowledge of them. I posted a link on the forum somewhere of an article that John posted. A guy got off his late model HONDA 4T, sold it, because his 1981 490 Maico was BETTER in all aspects than his Honda was. Here is a guy who tells the truth. He was FASTER on it too. Let's see...air cooled, conventional forks, 2 shocks, and he says it is a better bike. And a steel frame.
It's time to get real and stop BS'ing ourselves and each other. The problem is with US, the guys who can't/won't/don't know how/won't listen/don't care how to tune your junky, smoking pig up.
I could care less about China, India, Japan or 4T's. Air cooled or not, your bike should not smoke or spooge. 99% of them do both. It's shameful.
Don't forget, the same people who are wearing dust masks in China smoke enough cigs to kill a dinosaur. That's right, CHINA SMOKES, way more than in the USA. Look it up. So don't tell me it' all 2T problems over there.
DI will NOT fix stupid, like I said to begin with. We were told that 4T's would make off road motorcycling better. It was a lie. DI will NOT save the 2T. That's what the who issue is.
Rant over, but know this. I could write a book to TEACH tune up. 75% of the riding population COULD learn something from it. But I read threads like this, and I come to the understanding that I would be wasting my time.