blackhat250

never SEEN ONE, but USA, is the place for sissy"s bars that is,,,

In the headlight, look for Dark brown - Left , and Dark green- Right,, Trace these to rear .

Hi tex, yam wiring of the 1970"s/80s are similar, colour wise,,

Dirty bastards , thers 2 CR500 Honda"s taken form a lock up in Ayrshire, moto Xers ... lots o theivin the noo,

Bugger ,,,

Yeh " what he means is engine off , when you put meter on battery , it should be 12.5 volts , and after starting it should read 14+ volts.

Yeh " its got to be foamy, or is this the Y.O.Dating forum,,,,,,,,,,,

Motobatt are good,, , u-tube to see how to measure current

The IT 175 [22bhp] or 250[ 30bhp] are good too. you can slip the forks tru clamps to lower it,

Sounds good,, is that bike & car cover, also whole of UK . cover, that 10 mile shite I"v read is gash,

A good battery will sit at 12.6 volt roughly, as soon as ignition switched on thers voltage drop. so 12volt aint enuff , that will drop to 11.5v right away,, when recharging it will go up to 13+volts,, whitch is good,,it will settle back to the 12.5 area, Here . this will do yeh,,, mines is model up about £18.00, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DIY-DIGITAL-LCD-MULTIMETER-DC-OHM-VOLT-AC-BATTERY-OPERATED-ELECTRIC-METER-13190-/320595309882?pt=UK_BOI_Electrical_Test_Measurement_Equipment_ET&hash=item4aa4f8353a

Power band " that what its called, , you see the old race 2 stroke bikes were like this, [ high cut exhaust port] they had to slip clutch outa the corners and off the line ,[ to stay in the power band,] Yamaha thought " if we could have a Road bike with the big power band, but it needs to be ridable in town,[ bottom end power] so they made the P,Valve, the gate closes to give bottom end, YPVS. Sounds like yours aint opening fully,

Am dumping the AA this year, slow to respond,,and same as Grouch"o after loaded he needed to take his break, the lazy fker been sitting in laybay doing fk all all morning, [ I asked if he"d been busy]]

Buy a multi meter whitley, their cheap, you"ll need it in the future,,,

Hi chaz, what year is the 250 ?

Never boring " great slide show,,,

looks great, go for 8x6, as it still looks legal, if you go 7x5 , you"l get pulled, and £60 fine,,

Well it a compression test now, did you change spark plug,,,and cap, trim 10mm off H/T lead too.

Aye not GTX tho " its car oil, they have anti friction additives . = clutch slip... 4stroke Motorcycle oil,

Welcome martin, 2 ex wives. glutton for punishment eh , surprized you can afford 2 bikes after paying them off,,

Aye kearnsy" a 10W-40. Semi-synthetic will do, not car oils. use Rock oil - silkolene or high rev, You can use Fully synth, its dearer,

Yeh " they still pack a punch,, good choice,,

Husqvarna 430 and the Yam YZ465 are the biggest singles av ridden,,

Heres another CR500 , check the 1/4 mile time,, remember an R1 is 10.6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJTuQrSbAfw

Hi ged " good luck with the test,,