Dong Fang DF 250 RTB Bobber Information

hmm , today went to hop on bike n go fer a ride , and it only made an odd ticking noise , coming from under my seat

tracked it down and its a round electronic with hot/ground/+ another wire ( to starter switch on handlbars ? ) , believe it to be starter silonoid , I think

so I ended up getting my 77 GS 750 inspected and rode that instead : (

Wow, sharp. Has the Paughco design (curves under)with flavors of a Mustang tank. Tunnel width looks like a 3"width. How deep at front verses rear? What pepcock size? Have you decided on cap type?

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Originally Posted by GUN ROD

Wow, sharp. Has the Paughco design (curves under)with flavors of a Mustang tank. Tunnel width looks like a 3"width. How deep at front verses rear? What pepcock size? Have you decided on cap type?

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Caps that I have are just plain chrome. I think the tunnel is 3" but will have to check. Not sure about the petcock size. I happen to have one off my old Harley that is too big. I'll just take the tank to a local Harley shop to size it.

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Originally Posted by DanDaMan

hmm , today went to hop on bike n go fer a ride , and it only made an odd ticking noise , coming from under my seat

tracked it down and its a round electronic with hot/ground/+ another wire ( to starter switch on handlbars ? ) , believe it to be starter silonoid , I think

so I ended up getting my 77 GS 750 inspected and rode that instead : (

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I bet it is the battery. The stock one is a POS and don't get the exact replacement because it is also a POS. I ended up with one of these
http://www.batterystuff.com/powerspo...09A2-BS12.html
which is expensive. I cut the battery box so there was plenty of clearance around the battery terminals.

Walmart has a decent battery but it is too tall. A few post back someone was going to just cut the top off the battery box to make it fit which I think is a good idea because it is a pain to get to the terminals as is anyway.

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Originally Posted by barnone

I bet it is the battery. The stock one is a POS and don't get the exact replacement because it is also a POS. I ended up with one of these
http://www.batterystuff.com/powerspo...09A2-BS12.html
which is expensive. I cut the battery box so there was plenty of clearance around the battery terminals.

Walmart has a decent battery but it is too tall. A few post back someone was going to just cut the top off the battery box to make it fit which I think is a good idea because it is a pain to get to the terminals as is anyway.

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but charger on the bike shows full charge , and with charger still hooked pouring extra juice into the system it still does the same , bzzztttt

looked it up definitely starter silanoid guess ill ramp charger up to "car charge" see if the extra juice does anything while trying to crank

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Originally Posted by DanDaMan

but charger on the bike shows full charge , and with charger still hooked pouring extra juice into the system it still does the same , bzzztttt

looked it up definitely starter silanoid guess ill ramp charger up to "car charge" see if the extra juice does anything while trying to crank

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Jump it off your car. I'm still betting on a bad battery.

indeed jumped off my other bike - turned right over

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Originally Posted by barnone

I bet it is the battery. The stock one is a POS and don't get the exact replacement because it is also a POS. I ended up with one of these
http://www.batterystuff.com/powerspo...09A2-BS12.html
which is expensive. I cut the battery box so there was plenty of clearance around the battery terminals.

Walmart has a decent battery but it is too tall. A few post back someone was going to just cut the top off the battery box to make it fit which I think is a good idea because it is a pain to get to the terminals as is anyway.

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Yeah that was me..I had to cut the box up and modify the swing door,and it works fine..doesn't look all that great,but I am gonna have the fab shop at work make me another box a little bigger and look a little better so I can put just about any battery in it.

On the subject of batteries, this battery box is a pain in the ass. I had to unbolt the exhaust from the rear and move it down, unbolt the rear brake master cly, move it forward. You think they would have made it bigger or moved the battery box back some...

I noticed while getting mine ready, that my tank smelled of gas, the stock plug was really black and the rear brake rotor has some wear marks on it.
Scooterdepot must be running these prior to shipping. The front rotor, tires and everything else is in "mint" condition. Its like they ran it on a jack stand and then hit the rear brake to stop it. Just an observation...