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I'm not adverse to being told how it is, so thanks for your comments parkwood60. I'm reading it, just not yet fully understanding it! Really, this is good news anyway. Not least because I'm in over my head.. So what you're saying is I could scrap the 12v stator upgrade, leave the cdi as...

Here's the electrical diagram from the Haynes manual. Does indeed look like it comes straight from the stator to the headlight. The main reason I went this path is because I figured it would offer better lighting via LEDs, but if I don't need to, I'm not so far along that I can't rewind and...

Yep already cdi. I'd also read that just swapping the reg/rec would do it but came across a post somewhere (can't find it now) saying that if the timing isn't sorted that it'll eventually burn oun the valves

That helps a great deal! Thanks. Tried to google rim profiles but didn't come across ones with bead measurements. So the tyre to rim table is referring to bead to bead, not outside to outside widths? Re the front/rear issue, the rims I'm looking at are advertised as rear, but you're...

Thanks Sonreir. After a good long read through the Haynes book, the earlier advice is now much clearer. Reading instructions without looking at the parts just doesn't work for me. Will update the build thread once I'm done.

1. Sizing confusing the hell out of me: A 2.50 x 18 rim is not 2.5" wide, rather 3.14". So what does the 2.50 mean? 2. Relacing a new 36 spoke rim, from 23" to 18". Rim I'm looking at has similarly angled punched holes, but given the size drop is that good or bad? Wheel building is...

nice! any chance of a pic of the headlight? I assume it's E marked? probably around 1-2 months away from dropping some coin on rewiring, so no hurry.

So after sitting down with an mech engineer friend he suggested instead of head off into uncharted, or at least undocumented retarded timing territory, why not just use a resistor between the CDI and coil to alter ignition timing and leave mechanical side of things as is. Any thoughts on whether...

The $100 LED headlight option with the harness - Is this an actual headlight, or just additional wiring/electrical bits to allow for a headlight? Cheers!

Hey, yeah, 23" front. Nice solution, but will those rails flex too much or will you brace them somehow? I'm 5'11" so the height is fine for me. I'll likely drop the rear to balance up the trail when I lower the forks, and had considered a similar solution, but also considered taking off the...

So after returning to Australia and leaving my Srey Khmau behind, the urge to hit the streets, but on something with a little more go than a clapped out old taiwanese 125cc clone. So I picked up a 250 nighthawk or "CB250 Two Fifty" as they are named here. It's ugly and slow, but no one touches...

So it is possible to bolt on the black box? XL's from 83 onwards have the electronic sensor/trigger too, so should be able to use that, right? Based on a discussion with Attatoy, I need the black box to avoid frying valves. I appreciate the help. I'm better at riding than wrenching, but hoping...

So I've got a 12v stator coming in the mail, and now stuck on what ignition trigger to swap. CDI trigger from a 12v XL500 like this: or Crank shaft ignition trigger from an FT500 (same engine as the XL500 except for the electric start) It's got me stumped.. Here's a shopping list to...

Yeah, I don't want to push it too far for that exact reason. The CR forks have 12" of travel, way more than I want on the street, but not sure if I can drop it without reducing the trail too much. Stock rake is 28.5 degrees, haven't measured the trail as yet. Playing around I dropped the stock...

I'm on the hunt for a modern front end for my XL500s city tracker, and thanks to All Balls fork swap thingy http://www.allballsracing.com/index.php/forkconversion I've decided on a CR125R front end - mainly because they're cheap and plentiful down this way. However, I'd also like to drop the...

PM sent, Attatoy, Cheers.

Is the coil not the trigger? I'm not familiar enough with engines & electrics. :-[ can you elaborate/shoot us a link to what this is?

So it appears the 82 XL250 stator cover will bolt straight on to the 500 engine, so I can use the 12v stator from the '82 250 and swap out the CDI & coil, rec/reg, globes, battery and have a 12v system for around $300 all up. FT500's seem to not exist down here, so the xl250 option seems like a...

No one looks for bikes on the roads here in Melbourne, day or night.. Not being able to see or be seen due to a naff 6v headlight at night means I'll be broken. Also, if I do this project, I'll be doing redoing the wiring anyway, so why not bring it up to 12v and save hassles of finding 6v parts...

Thanks. Yeah, have a whole load of shopping list for the replacements. I guess my confusion surrounds the stator and whether it's necessary or unnecessary to replace. My reading tells me necessary if I want to run a battery, but not necessary if I don't. Just need some clarification from anyone...