Dong Fang DF 250 RTB Bobber Information

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Originally Posted by 4950cycle

Just got my (Dad's) silver bobber off the truck a couple hours ago. Amost have it ready to start up after 2 or so hrs. of uncrating and assembley. No I don't work for the company and yes they were fab. Not a minutes BS from Scooterdepot or their delivery/trucking company which was spot on I might add. With a call this morning by the trucker that he would be at my address in a half hour. And He was. Shes more impressive than I thought she would be. And with a larger frame than I expected for actual 6 feet plus Americans not midgets from third world countries. When Dad (6 ft 1") sits on it it looks fine. And I 6 ft 3" actually have plenty of breathing room which suprised the heck out of me. If it runs satisfactory with enough uummph. to get out of the way "I'm getten one" BTW, they look niiice in silver too. John

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Well how is it going. Is the break in as bad as they say? (30mph for 180 miles)

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Originally Posted by GUN ROD

Where did you purchase the muffler tip?

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Autozone. It is just a standard 3.5" tip painted black.

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Originally Posted by GUN ROD

Well how is it going. Is the break in as bad as they say? (30mph for 180 miles)

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Oh yea, on that 35 MPH max for 180 miles . Good thing my naiborhood has 3 mile long segments. Otherwise these north central FL. careless jerks would kill me out on our real roads. I'll post some pics. Just up to my arse in things to do.

Just installed this mini tachometer from Ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/?cmd=...K%3AMEWNX%3AIT
I zip tied it to the handlebars and wrapped the wire around the spark plug wire per the instructions.
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/IMG_0924.jpg

This type of tach does not respond fast and has about a second or two delay but will supply the information I want such as the RPM at a cruising speed. I'll take a ride tomorrow and report back RPM at different speeds. I am currently running a 38 tooth rear sprocket.

I am curious to see the RPM at 60MPH.

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Originally Posted by barnone

Just installed this mini tachometer from Ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/?cmd=...K%3AMEWNX%3AIT
I zip tied it to the handlebars and wrapped the wire around the spark plug wire per the instructions.
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/IMG_0924.jpg

This type of tach does not respond fast and has about a second or two delay but will supply the information I want such as the RPM at a cruising speed. I'll take a ride tomorrow and report back RPM at different speeds. I am currently running a 38 tooth rear sprocket.

I am curious to see the RPM at 60MPH.

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Tidy installation, looks like it belongs there. Battery powered or gets it's power from the plug connection?
I just ordered a 35 tooth, did I screw up?

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Originally Posted by GUN ROD

Tidy installation, looks like it belongs there. Battery powered or gets it's power from the plug connection?
I just ordered a 35 tooth, did I screw up?

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Internal battery and just one wire to wrap around the plug wire.

The 35 tooth should be fine. I ran a 33 for a while when I was in flat Florida and it seemed to be fine. 38 for here in the mountains. Frost forecast for tonight and snow flurries for 4k feet and above.

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Originally Posted by barnone

Internal battery and just one wire to wrap around the plug wire.

The 35 tooth should be fine. I ran a 33 for a while when I was in flat Florida and it seemed to be fine. 38 for here in the mountains. Frost forecast for tonight and snow flurries for 4k feet and above.

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Barnone
Thanks for starting the thread
Drive the flat prairies of the mid-west, hope the 35 works with our traffic.
Why is there a break in? Our american motors since the 80's have not needed.
By the way will I need to change length of chain with a rear sprocket change?
Gun ROD

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Originally Posted by barnone

Internal battery and just one wire to wrap around the plug wire.

The 35 tooth should be fine. I ran a 33 for a while when I was in flat Florida and it seemed to be fine. 38 for here in the mountains. Frost forecast for tonight and snow flurries for 4k feet and above.

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I know it feels like frost here on the SC NC state line.

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Originally Posted by GUN ROD

Barnone
Thanks for starting the thread
Drive the flat prairies of the mid-west, hope the 35 works with our traffic.
Why is there a break in? Our american motors since the 80's have not needed.
By the way will I need to change length of chain with a rear sprocket change?
Gun ROD

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I think you will need to shorten the chain but I could be wrong. Going from a 45 tooth to a 35 tooth.
http://www.harborfreight.com/heavy-d...ker-66488.html

I took out two links, when I went to a 33 tooth rear sprocket. (112 pins total remaining).