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ill sell u mineQuote:
Originally Posted by freezerboy
Seat is nice riding so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by ben2go
It is turtle mating season.:lol8:
LMAO!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by prince666
Well, I had an interesting ride home yesterday. Well not a ride HOME, but a ride to a location and got stranded until my wife could come get me with my bro-in-laws trailer. Seems that the throttle grip inner sleeve that works the throttle.. you know that piece of plastic inner sleeve that attaches to the throttle cable in the assembly on the bars.. well it broke. I mean it more like deteriorated. when I get a chance I will shoot some pictures. Anyway, I was stuck on the road side for a couple hours. Yes I tried to quick fix it, with both superglue and electrical tape, but it would not work. So I am hunting down some new grips.
Not sure if maybe the elements, sun , rain etc. caused the plastic to break down, but it basically just fell apart like you were crumbling a piece of toast.
Now I have a little over 9700 miles on her, and she seems to just have a few issues of wear and tear, which I consider normal. Things like this are not something you really consider replacing or looking at that often. At least it never crossed my mind. So basically I am just giving everyone a heads up to check every little detail of your bike on a regular basis. You never know what little quirky item may decide to take a sh!t on you at any moment.
Aside from that, she is still a grand ride. For the value. Just hate the down time, we are supposed to have a rather warm but breezy weekend and I was looking forward to a bit of tooling around on her.
I am still wondering if anyone has an idea about the seat issue I have. I guess I need to just tear it down and take some measurement's and just buy the seat I am interested in and make it work. I do like the new look on the new 2012 bike, but I noticed the mount is located a bit different than the 2010. This is the other seat I am looking at ..
http://www.ebay.com/itm/290934545863...84.m1423.l2649
Since she is down for now, I am going to go over her and look and clean everything on her and do some small tunes here and there.
bowtiewagon,
You are the DF mileage king.
That seat Ebay looks like it will work. You might have to make some brackets but nothing serious.
I have gone with a similar seat on my 2012 and have just removed the stock spring and installed some 5" springs.
A little more fiddling and it should be good to go. I might drop it down an inch or so.
The extra three plus inches in width feels much better on the buns.:icon10:
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Very cool Vince, I myself like the wide seat for my buns as well. plus the extra cushion may help with these hap hazard roads around this town. Looking at your pics and I see that the seat brackets you must have made them for the rear springs, look relatively simple to do. Gonna be working on that . Thanks.
for all you guys with a problem with the ride of a hard tail, looking for new seats, springs and what not, i have a solution, just get a set of front end springer forks.
you will then never even notice the slightest bump on your ass again...
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Version 1.1
thank you for the info. i will try that this weekend.
ride safe!
thank you everyone for the info. i really appreciate it!!
ride safe!
On my version 1.1 I got rid of the blocks and just used a piece of angle iron from the DF crate to share the load on the frame tubes.Quote:
Originally Posted by bowtiewagon
Don't know if that is necessary but it's a belt and suspenders kinda thing.
Just ordered a df bobber! Fingers crossed that I don't have any issues during shipping.
Congrats. Which model and where from? Photos when she arrives.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gearhead45
Ordered it from extremescooters.biz. Hope it arrives quickly, can't wait.
Hello all you bobbers. I too just ordered my 250 bobber. Its the one with the mini ape hangers and the springer front end. I'm getting it from ScooterDepot so here's hoping. No front fender so I guess it'll be a fair weather bike ( I know, good luck with that, right?). I've been looking through this thread, it's pretty daunting but I see it as a mine of information, and I think it makes pretty good reading, kudos to all of you. Seems like there are just a few common fixes, alterations, upgrades. This actually won't be my first China Moto. I have a 250 Hensim cruiser. It's a Honda Rebel clone. Ive already started bobbing it, got a ways to go though. Have to cut the back off and I'm making a seat out of an old shovel. This way when my brother comes visiting I have an extra bike so we can blast around the back roads here south of St. Louis. He gets the shovel! I also have most of the pieces for a 72 hd aermacchi 350 sprint which will some day make a running motorcycle. I'm an expert now that I took the Penn-Foster mc course, ha-ha. No, I really am enjoying motorcycles again as a part of my life in retirement.
how much for the pair with shipping?Quote:
Originally Posted by axa
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Alignment tool works great.
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Nice saddle bag.
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Final seat attachment is just some bolts with holes drilled in them for hairpin cotter keys to secure the springs.
don't know, never considered it.Quote:
Originally Posted by freezerboy
how about get Barone to give me the seat he replaced...
I have 2 pair, 4 total rear turn signals also...
And the 'business' end (the light housing part) of a single pair of the fronts signals also...
we should start a swap post...
Can anyone tell me about our CDI and ignition coils?
Also i want to specifically know if these are dual fire ignitions, i suspect as much...
who does know?
how about you crazy dan
I suspect this is a handy and convenient tool, though would you recommend it to someone whom would likely only be taking the rear tire off once for the sprocket change?Quote:
Originally Posted by barnone
It would be interesting if you set it up without, then attached it to see how much more accurate it turned out to be...
It's waste spark ignition and it does fire twice during the four stroke cycle.A dual fire ignition fires once and then follows up with a second fire a few degrees of crankshaft rotation later.The DF ignition fires every 360 degrees,or one revolution, of the crankshaft.So it fires on the ignition stroke and on the exhaust stroke.Quote:
Originally Posted by axa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasted_spark
a old car whip antenna is a good aligner unscrew it use it then put it back on the vw beetle in the driveway , and what he ^^ saidQuote:
Originally Posted by axa
I got the alignment tool after SRMAILMAN had recommended it days after I had changed out the sprocket. I went to great pains to align the rear wheel with a tape measure and a straight edge after I found how far off the alignment marks were.Quote:
Originally Posted by axa
When I received the alignment tool from Amazon, I checked the alignment and it was off a bit, enough I felt to adjust.
I don't know how accurate the alignment needs to be but the tool sure is easy to use and saves some time.
I think it was worth the price, also I have another bike that I can use it on.
Just a suggestion but it would be helpful if everyone put the year and type of their DF in the signature.
Some issues and farkles are model dependant.
Examples:
2010 DF250RTB
2012 DF250RTB-A
2012 DF250RTB-B (for the springer model)
Thanks
Quote:
Originally Posted by axa
Being you said:
it really seemed like you did consider it................................................ .................................................. .................................if you don't want to sell that"s cool.........................im not interested trading, since i was making the request for someone else i know. I already got me a new pair of different style.Quote:
Originally Posted by axa
Yep, I had to configure my mini tachometer for a spark every revolution.Quote:
Originally Posted by ben2go
Hello All!!
I am new here and have a lot to go over, so here we go. I've been reading this forum for about 2 weeks now, and am currently up to page 230. I feel like I know all of you and THANK YOU for all the valuable tips and tricks. I also am glad to see that barnone has come back to the forum. At page 230, you are still gone, barnone!! Thanks to you guys, I now all about the sprocket mods, battery problems, gas tank leaks, hard neutral finding, valve adjustments etc........I also know not to make ANY mods till I get the bike running "normally". By the way, there was NO gasoline smell form the tank. I know that others had reported a gasoline odor.
My DF showed up this morning, and thanks to all of you, I knew exactly what to look for when it showed up. Bought the DF from gokartsusa.com. for about $2195, no tax, free shipping.
DF came in the usual cardboard packaging, wrapped in plastic, shipping straps, bubble wrap on the tank and all the plastic coverings on the lights/gas cap etc. Was pretty satisifed with the packaging and condition of the bike EXCEPT the wooden pallate was MIA, and the shift rod was broke, and the shift lever foot peg is missing. I actually saw the shift foot peg bracket laying on the floor of the truck and picked it up. I made the driver stay while I unpacked it and took pictures. He noted on the delivery form about the damage. I am going to call gokartusa about the damaged parts, but I don't expect to get much help from them. I may have to have the shift rod fabricated.
Other than that, the bike looks beautiful, and is in great condition. The tank and fenders were spotless. The battery and mirrors are there.
In the next few days I will finish the unpacking/assembly and then the fun stuff starts!!
Thanks again everybody, and see the pics below.
Nick,
Welcome to the DF thread. Always great to get new blood here.
Congrats on your new DF. She looks great.:clap:
More photos as you progress would be nice.
well if you want to be specific... we can agree selling was consideredQuote:
Originally Posted by freezerboy
but as you said:
"how much for the pair with shipping?"
As i said , "I never considered it", it being how much.
So yea ill sell, but only if your not in a rush, im jammed at the moment.