Mhatayas

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