Been alot of debate about that over the past few weeks, if you find one in top shape, they haul ass and are pretty fuel efficient to boot. If you wanna avoid rough trouble shooting down the line, get a carbed model, cuz lets face it, its pretty straight forward to open up the carbs, clean them and reset, correct? with the di they've got the air compressor etc, pressurized lines, not entirely sure how it works, i just know that its pretty complicated in comparison. I guess it all depends if your mechanically inclined, and if the dealer will be fixing it in comparison to you, id definetly say a carbed model is the cheaper way around, especially for maintenance. other than that maybe snipe will have more wisdom than i. but thats just my 2 cents :cheers: