Dong Fang DF 250 RTB Bobber Information

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Originally Posted by Crelow

On my bike I have 3 wires that are blue with white stripe. Attachment 11501

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not positive, but if you peel back the shrink tube a little bit you might find the cut end

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Got some new bags for the bike. Here's some pics.
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Originally Posted by chruk bashre

not positive, but if you peel back the shrink tube a little bit you might find the cut end of the blue/white strip wire. these arrows show you exactly what bleu'ngreene connection you are looking for. find the cut off blu/wht wire and hook it to the blu/wht wire that hooks to the green wire.(arrows) that is of course unless you see a cut blu/wht under that mess of wires.
its there somewhere.



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Soon as I buy my tank ill get on it. Until then I haven found a way to do a temporary gas tank/bottle.

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Originally Posted by chruk bashre

sorry i forgot to take a picture of when i was done with the 'wires for the headlight under the tank" repair. after the repair the headlight gets brighter when motor is revved. the brake lever does not interfere with the brightness of the light. here is a picture with directions of what i did. the dark green is a ground. if i take the tank off,(never)again, i will get a good pic of it.

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Why do you say (never again)? Is it hard to remove and reinstall a tank?

On a side note I did check my drain screw at the bottom of my carb bowl and it is tight. Not sure what was dripping from the drain hose but I don't think it was gas. I took a drop and lit it and it did not light on fire. Maybe condensation?

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Originally Posted by GonzoX

Geez yet another problem: I think I fried my battery today.

Bike would not start so I put a charger on it but did not yet plug in the ac chord. Then I smell what smells like rotten eggs. I must have fried it. Battery was completely dead today. And mind you the bike was a bit wet from rain.
I did plug the AC chord into the charger and it starts to charge and after 1 min the trouble light comes ON on the charger. So either my battery is fried or I now have a short somewhere.

Will try to charge it again when it is dry and cross my fingers but Im guessing a new battery will be $75-$100. This bites. Will search the forum to see what others have purchased.

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I pulled my battery today and the sides are caved in. It's time for a new battery.

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Originally Posted by GonzoX

Why do you say (never again)? Is it hard to remove and reinstall a tank?

On a side note I did check my drain screw at the bottom of my carb bowl and it is tight. Not sure what was dripping from the drain hose but I don't think it was gas. I took a drop and lit it and it did not light on fire. Maybe condensation?

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The tanks leak easily. After removing them and putting them back on. Tightening them causes them to leak.

heed the warning get it kreemed professionally asap

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Originally Posted by Crelow

I pulled my battery today and the sides are caved in. It's time for a new battery.

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Sorry to hear that. It seems from this thread that the stock battery only lasts about a year. Mind did. But good part is a new battery is as low as $40 if you dont mind modding the battery box a bit. If you dont there is always the high end lithium ion battery out there for around $100.

If you look back a few pages you can see the battery I bought. Perfect fit except I had to dremel out a slot for the vent enxtension on the new battery. Bike starts first time every time now and my headlight is noticably brighter.

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Originally Posted by DanDaMan

heed the warning get it kreemed professionally asap

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That's what she said LOL. :naughty:

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Originally Posted by Crelow

The tanks leak easily. After removing them and putting them back on. Tightening them causes them to leak.

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Got ya, well I never removed mine but it appears to leak from where the bolts attach to the tank so dont blame yourself for overtightening them. It may not have been your fault. Sometimes they just leak I think, just from vibration alone.

Dan said you can get it kreemed but not sure I want to go that route. My brother said to just have a welder weld a seam around the bolts. Not too crazy about that idea either. I would think this would blister the inside of the tank and cause problems later.

Third party tank is what I really want if I can find one that will drop fit and not cost a fortune.