Dong Fang DF 250 RTB Bobber Information

[Goodbar]

Chruk has a another point that a small sprocket may put more strain on studs ( kind of a mind screw to think about it) So based on everything Im hearing in the latest posts:
A Your clear coat might all fall off if parked outside in the weather. Can be gathered up and used as sandwich wrap.LOL
B Get a set of extra sprocket studs before you need them! Beause,... as soon as your bike breaks the weather will get super nice. Murphys Law
C Rethink getting too small of a sprocket.
D Store your bike in a climate and humidity controled darkroom immediatly to prevent all of the above...

[chruk bashre]

[chruk bashre]

[freezerboy]

some one has a wife making and selling seat covers for the df-rtb.
please help. i don't feel like going across all these pages again. my notes don't help a bit. time to learn how to take notes. i never needed a computer on the side to take notes when i used a pencil.
so if i could be hooked up with the email or whatever i need to contact, i think the name gemma, comes to mind,,, i will order right away.
thank you so much
chruk

that would be skullworkz wife. she does some pretty nice work from what ive seen. check out page 272. Ghost had one made along with a tank wrap. Nice

[Goodbar]

Its Skulworkz wife/ she does nice work. I am going to have them do a new cover for me soon too.

[Goodbar]

ha...thats funny

Oh I forgot one/ Find a mini screwdriver made in the land of OZ for adjusting carb/ just dont loose it when you do.

[Crelow]

CRELOW- just a troubleshoot thought. first make sure that plate on the side of the engine is plugged REAL good from where you did your (SAIS) mod. i don't know what you are plugging that hose with that is still dangling there. you put that plate back on upside down so make sure it doesn't leak. i would recommend turning that back around just to see. did it run the same before you removed the emission junk?

The way I plugged it was I grabbed a dell computer. Then grabbed a pair
Of metal sheers placed the tube on the metal to create a template. Sharpie then cut and and drill. Ground down any unsafe edges. Put the plate with the old tube upside down so it won't collect water. And high temp RTV. I think that's what is call and loctite.

[bowtiewagon]

bowtiewagon-amazing! almost 9000mi. how are YOU holding up.
about a sportster i used to run, one day on a take off, the rear sprocket just spun around. but i did have the sprockets all juiced up, 1st was more like 2nd, and 4th never ended. that is why i was curious to the size sprocket you use. if take off is not instant, meaning a lot of throttle and clutching to get going, that would be puting too much unmanageable pressure on the sprocket bolts. now i dont know how many teeth you have on the back but i do know that the second time i had to fix my sporty i changed the gearing to please the drive-train. maybe you have to go back up a tooth or 2. ???

For an old guy(yeah i know 48 is not old,but feels like it sometimes) I am holding up fine with the ride.Sometimes I get that weedeater feeling in my hands on longer rides, but overall...just great.
I have a 35 tooth on the rear. I try to shift smooth on it coming off the lights, but sometimes I jerk her. Guess its just part of the ride to go through stuff like this.

[Crelow]

Thanks guys for hanging in there with me. I think I finally got it.

From what I remember after taking the carb apart. Found nothing wrong there.
Turned the air mixture screw 2half turns. After it warmed up I turned it a little more.
Then the idle screw. Wiggled the wires coming from the motor and that was it.

I think my problem was I kept setting the idle way too low causing that hiccup. Ill take a video tomorrow morning if I have time to show the puff of gas if it happens. But for now I think Kareem ing the tank will be my cheaper option to keeping the bike before investing so much.

[Bobthebobber]

Hello guys thanks for the info. The more I look at the pictures.. the more i wish I bought the older triumph style DF instead of the newer Harley looking one. Oh well.

I already ordered a 35 rear sprocket.

Looks like all i need to do now when I get the bike:
-Drill a few holes in the battery vox
-Change the oil with a nice synthetic
-Replace the spark plug with an NGK (what type and what gap? Im sure its already been posted a million times but ive have not read too far in yet)
- Tune the carb

Anything else I need to know?