Hi there people,

I'm looking to re-wire a 1980 yamaha xs 250 and am looking for some info on the very basics of wiring it up. no lights etc, I just want to get the engine running via a kick start

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. I've got a battery and most of the parts but am just looking for some basic info.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Cheers,

Joe

hi Joe sorry I can't help with this as I haven't any experience with daylight running, you could have a look on http://xs400.com/

as they are the same bike basically apart from the bore.

Cheers Tommy,

I'll check it out, much appreciated.

Why does everybody think bike electrics can be stripped out. Then just use 'the minimum'.

Its the hardest working, most abused, under rated and neglected part of ANY bike.

Cynic by name I guess.

It was already stripped out when I got it. That's why I just want to know the basics of how to get the engine running, to test the engine.

I will get more in depth with lights etc once I know the engine is sound

Drewps is your man then.

I did a "how to" on xs400.com

loads of info there

cheers drewpy.

We've got tiny 12 volt 2.5 amp hour batteries and wiring products. These batteries won't run an electric start, but they will cope better with a motorcycle charging system then alarm batteries.

http://www.rexs-speedshop.com/epages/es143131.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/es143131/Products/GelBatt2