Mhatayas

I had the battery charger set to 20amps , it seemed to crank over fine but the display still spazzed out . So just yesterday I found 2 potential reasons why there were no spark . A blue wire coming from the stator that connects to the CDI , one of the connector pins was pushed back . I fixed it with some needlenose plyers , and the next thing I did was check for resistance between the coil and the plug cap with multimeter. One didn't have any resistance and the other did have resistance, so I put it back together, and wait a go ! Spark . Put a small bit of fuel in the piston just to hear it start up . I now drained the gas as there was water in there ,next I'm gonna clean the carb up before I actually take it for a run !

I ended up welding a bombardier 400exhahst onto it ... And then it still backfired , I discovered more holes up near the head, I'm going to use some high heat jb weld to patch them

My uncle bought a Baja 250, 2006. Knew there was no spark since the get go. He don't know anything about quads so is getting me to help him try to get it running... Battery is bad so I connected battery charger to it to crank it over , cranks over well , but no spark .... Lights and everything work fine , but with each crank over using the e start switch , the display reads 999 888 777 666 ... Right down to 000 and repeats itself . He managed to get a parts bike , I changed over the CDI and the coil and the stator from the parts bike and there was another black box by the voltage regulator I changed over ... I used my multimeter to confirm as much as I could works , it's hard without knowing which wires are which , and I cannot find any diagrams online for this bike ? Do you think it could be the Killswitch? There's so many wires coming from there I don't know where to start . Also I should mention it appears the fan on the front of the bike has been taken off (the wires have been cut too ) If this bike sparked it would run . The previous owner said he parked it one day and it just wouldn't start after.

Thanks Mech , I’ll have an update as soon as I get around to it . Thanks for all the help . The quad sounds a lot better now with the new exhaust . Original was toast and rusted through a lot , I even used some flat fibreglass stripping wound around the exhaust to get rid of the last couple holes . I mean a new one exhaust for this thing is hard to find and costs a lot . One on eBay that had a bit of rust was almost 500 dollars … Bombardier 400 exhaust system on it now . Sounds quieter and better now . Still seems to backfire a bit tho , might be some other issue . The quad has came a long way since I first got it , it certainly was in rough shape . Getting better as time progresses. I have about a dozen or more things I’ve done to it since I’ve got it . Love it to peices

Well yesterday I was towing a couple loads of ashes from my burn barrel, and my rusty ol’ trailer support system gave out ! Not the 2 arms but the part that comes from under the quad that the ball attaches to. Thought I lost the trailer but it was that that was scraping on the pavement.LOL welded a new peice on today that will be much stronger . Also fixed the backfiring issue by putting a new exhaust on from a can am 500. so another question… my battery should be at 14 or so volts while running right ? It doesn’t change its voltage when I start the bike , and after a week or two of starting the quad and sitting outside it dies and I must charge it up again . So either something isn’t hooked up correctly or somethings busted ?

Now that both teeth are knocked off the plunger on the parts bike … it’s gonna be even harder to get out now . Might have to use some kind of extractor for it to work .

Well on the parts quad the plunger was basically seized in there … I actually broke off the two lips holding the cable in off while trying to get it out with pliers . Luckily the other one wasn’t that bad Also , check out my new foot grips! Lol. Better than the bare metal , it’s the hand grips off my parts bike . Fits perfectly

Mech , figured out the problem . There was no cable attached to the choke . The plunger was stuck inside the carb, I had to pull it out with a pair of needle nosed pliers, once I did that I cleaned it , attached a cable from my parts bike and cleaned inside the carb a bit where it was . There was no lever on the cable either so I used the primer knob off my old snowmobile as one . Now it works perfect and no more waiting cranking over repeatadly lol IMG_0657.MOV

Ok so my oil filter came in and I changed the oil as well and turns out the o ring was kinda flattened and there was no o ring on the back just the casing . It’s working great now I sanded the gunk off the casing too . I also changed the spark plug , bled the front brakes , tightened and lubed the chain . Attached the front rack , I want to do a bit more to the bike too . so when I got the bike , the guy told me to put my hand over the air box to choke the bike to get it to start , it works but the bike rolls over anywhere from 30 seconds to 5mins depending on temperature especially. It idles good once warmed up and running for a while any advice on what could be wrong here? I’d love to have it start easily or be able to cold start it with the pull cord .

Another thing I like is riding on hard packed snow , hard crust , can go anywhere , but it’s not often it happens

@Mech , I got the leak taken care of , there was a lot of crud buildup on the casing , so I sanded it off with sandpaper , now I’m having another problem…. I added oil till it was between the 2 marks on the sight glass , but after a run it is completely black and can’t see the oil level at all. I really don’t wanna drain the oil out again . Think I can shove one of those pipe cleaners down and see if I can clear the glass a bit and determine oil level ? There’s no dipstick it’s just the sight glass . But a flexible pipe cleaner might be able to touch the inside of the glass .

I seen one for Sale locally actually. But I was more of the lines thinking about modifying one to fit on the front of an ATV may be on the plough melt something maybe it would involve some welding and modifications

Would it be a practical idea to mount a snowblower to the front of an ATV

I like towing stuff but if it was just for a ride I like the old railway bed or going into lakes and ponds and on top of mountains

I feel bad for some of you folks with those laws . Where I live most people own an atv and use them on a daily basis . The laws are much different, most people don’t even have theirs registered or insured (especially a lot of older or second hand bikes )

So here where I live in Newfoundland Canada, they let you drive your bike on the road provided it’s registered and insured same goes for crossing highways but on trails you don’t need to be insured. And I don’t even think you need a full license to insure your bike they said it was up to the insurance company. I’m trying to get my old 1985 Suzuki 250 registered they have to do a search for it to make sure it hasn’t been in anyone else’s name first. Hopefully it comes back clean I am pretty excited

Kinda a norm around here , everyone and their dog has a quad . Can even legally drive them on the streets now , pretty cool . Anyway first one I ever rode was an atc, Honda Yamaha and I now own a Suzuki lt250ef . I like the older bikes . Do some snowmobiling and dirt biking too

Sweet thanks for the tip . I’ll know for sure now

There is no dipstick it is just a screw on cap .. there is a sight glass and on the casing it says 1600ml , some sources say that isn’t enough oil which I don’t know who to believe . How far up is the oil supposed to go anyway ? To the top of the sight glass ? Beyond ?

1985 Suzuki lt250ef, can’t find any manuals online , there is one for download on here , but I need to make 10 posts before I can download it

Thanks for the response , I ordered a new filter and it comes with the 2 o rings needed (one small in behind the filter one large in front ) , should be here by Wednesday, pretty excited do you have any clue on how much oil my bike should take ??

What should I do about this , bad oil leak where the filter cover bolts on . Can I use some gasket maker

Recently got a 1985 suzuki lt250ef . Nice bike I am a new member and will be posting for help and sharing photos of my bike . Thanks