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Hey grey350, who did you order the coil on ebay from? The company i ordered from(on ebay) was out of alabama and i took 14 days to get it. They claimed to have fast shipping. Hopfully it wasnt the same company i ordered from. Best of luck.     Bill

There is one thing i am still a little confused about. The 155 jet that i put in, that is the jet that i origanally started with in the beggining. So it is possible that there was a problem in the electical dept. to. Either way, atleast i know that all that stuff is new and upgraded, and shouldnt give me a problem for some time. I am going to play with the jetting a little more, just to make sure i am not running to lean. Whats your opinion on that carb? Do you think it is to much for the stock top end? I plan on going to the spot on sunday. If you want to go just give me a ring and i will give you directions. My number is in my origanall post.   Thanks   BIll

Well the suspition of the carb being to big was right. i took a chance and out the 155 main jet  back in and i solved most of the problem. It ran great but still had a little bute of break up at top end. So i took the air box lid off and HHHHoooooollllllllyyyyyyy SSSSHHHH@#$#@#$$#@#$ttttttt. The bike just came right alive. No bogging or missing. I just need to make sure i am not running to lean now. i want thank all that posted and gave me suggestion, especially old school. Whith out your help i dont think i would have figured it out. I would have had to take it to a shop and pay an arm and a leg to get it fixed. Old school, let me know when you want to come up and try out my little area. That goes for the rest of you that posted a reply to my cry for help.      Thanks again,   Bill :T

The timing is set to stock. I alighned the the mark on the stator with the mark on the case behind the flywheel. The carb(keihin-pj), is i possible that it is to much carb for the stock top end. If i am not mistaken, the keihin is a 34mm and the stock carb is a 32mm. The reason i ask is i had on of our master techs. looking at i today and he said that it seems to be way to much carb. for the bike. He said it seems to be running to rich. Do you think i should go down in the main jet size? Oh, by te way, did you get the pics?

Anybody got a bomb!!!!!!!!! I put the new coil on this morning and got the same results....... :cursing.gif      I have replaced everything i can replace besides the cdi box, but if i read the manual correctly, if the cdi box was bad there would be no spark at all. Please correct me if i am wrong. I dont know what else to do. :R Its driving me insane.

Hey countryboy, good luck on getting the r. if you need axle bearings, swing arm bearings, or rear brakes, let me know. I just replaced mine two weeks ago and the company sent me double the order. Parts are from pivot works.

No, there is no update on the conditon of my quad. Currently i am still waiting on the new coil to show up. i ordered it on the 3rd. hey knucklehead, dont worry about your post man, you got a good guy(oldschool) giving you advice on your problem. god luck with the motor. Hey old school, i will send you the pics to your email.   As soon as i get the new coil, i will post the results.  And quad32, thanks for your insight. even though the top end is not broke in yet, i cuoldnt hurt to make sure.  Thanks

Hey Old School, when i finally get my bike running correctly, id like to invite you and a few of your buddies with bikes to ride in i little special spot that very few people know about. this place is huge and it is only about a 45 min. drive from tampa. There are no fees to ride here and we actually had the sherif dept. back here riding with us. The outter rim of this place took me about 20 mins. to walk around. i have lots of pics. but are to large to post. if you would like some pics i have to email them to you.   Bill

  All my other pics are to large to post, Sorry

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The reason i replaced the stator is becuase of the prob. i am having, I just put it in on wed. The new coils still has not shown up yet. today i gapped the plug to what you said and pulled the fly wheel off and made shure it was not hitting the stator, i also went through all the wiring and made shure there was not breaks or anything in the wires. On thing i did not mention is that there is no light swith or on off switch on this bkie. All the wires are there, just no components. made shure none were touching each other. Then i pulled the air cleaner off and started the bike. Still no change. i know it is not easy to diag. a prob. without seeing are hearing what the bike is doing, but i do realy appreciate all the help you are giving me. After i ran the bike i pulled the pug and inspected.It looks normall, light brown on the electode. I double checked the spark and it seems to be very good, but is it possible that under a load that the coil will not produce enogh spark. that is what i was told and that is why i am replacing the coil. the last peice i would have to replace is the cdi unit itself. And i realy hope it is not the cdi cuase they are not cheap. Thanks again :bow.gif

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 :K  OK, heres another one for ya. Now i dont know why i am asking a yamaha tech(nothing against yamahas) about problems with a suzuki, but here is one of the other things he told me. He said if the crank seals are bad than it is sucking oil into the piston at high rpm. This is a little confusing to me, granted i do not buil atv engines every day, but i do build car engines. The crank needs oil to be lubricated, it dosnt matter what kind of engine it is, there is always going to be oil splashing aroun by the bottom of the piston. If i am wrong, please correct me. i just dont see how a bad crank seal would cuase the problem that i am having. If this i possible, please let me know.

Well i gave the 190 main,40 idle, and put the clip for the jet pin in the middle and took the air filter cover off and got the same results. I also check the fly wheel and it is set in the right place and the keyway is still intackt. This thing is really begining to burn my hid. The neew coil should be at the house by the time i get home,hopefully. When i get the coil on, i wil post the results.  I am still open for any suggestions.  Thanks Bill

The carb is a PJ series. I will give those setting a shot and i will let you know how it goes. Thank you for your help. It is nice to talk to sombody that actually knows what they are talking about.  Bill

I only get about 1/4 throttle before it starts to break up. When it does start to break up, it smoke like crazy. The air box lid is on. The carb had a 155 main jet in it when i got it. I put the 200 in becuase i was putting the stock settings back to it. The top end was 80 over and sloppy, thats why i started replacing parts. Other than the exhuast, the top end is back to stock. The 200 jet that i put in actually made it run worse. The air screw is set at 2 turns out. I have the exhuast valve return spring set at 180 degrees counterclockwise. The manual calls for 1 full turn, but i want it to open a little faster. When it is at idle and i give it wot, it will snap your head back for about half a second then just start cutting out. One other thing is that the one yamaha tech that i talked to said that the 155 jet was way to small and that i should put at least a 200 in. What gas mix are you using. He also told me that 16:1 was not good either that i should switch it to 32:1. Now the book calls for 20:1. Should i swith it to 20:1?  Thanks Bill

Hey Old School, This is what has been done as far as engine mods go.
I beleive it is an fmf chrome expnion chamber and fmf spark arrestor
new jug with stock bore
stock head
wisco piston and rings(stock bore)
wrist pin and bearing
(hot rod) rod
boysen power reeds
200 main jet, 45 secondary jet
dg needle pin set on second notch from top
uni air filter
ricky stator 130w stator
stock cdi box
on its way is a high energy coil
11 tooth front sprocket
keihin 34mm carb (im pretty sure it is a 34mm)was on it when i got it
running klots 2 cycle oil and 93 octane gas on a 32:1 ratio
im hoping that it is just a weak spark problem and that the new coil will fix the prob. i have replaced and done everything that people have been telling the problem was. what turned me on to the coil was the manual. i did an ohms test on the components and the coil was only about 3 point above the lowest limit.   hanks for any help you give. This is my 3rd 89 250r. My first 2 never gave me any probs. like this.

 :banghead.gif Is there anybody on this site that lives in the Clermont or Davenport area that knows a 89 suzuki lt250r inside and out? I am sick and tired of going to all the different dealers with this bike and having them tell me i have to replace this or i have to replace that. I have spend hundreds of dollors in the last month trying to get this bike to run right.It will not produce any high rpms. It is like it has a rev limiter on it and it is set at 2,500 rpms. The only thing i have not replaced yet is the cdi unit itself. I know it is not bad becuase i did an ohms test on the hole electical system. I did however replace the stock stator with a 130w ricky stator, stator. The new high voltadge coil should be in on thursday or friday. If the coil dosnt work then i am ready to push this bike off a cliff. If you  have any suggestions on what might be the problem, please call me at 863-268-3210  my name is Bill. And like i said the only thing i have not replaced is the cdi unit.

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Well i found cullys. little disapointed. didnt ride there cuase truck is still in the shop. there was nobody around. the gate was open so i went in. there was one guy there with his kid out on the track. he said that the owner has not been there for weeks. He said that he still goes there every weekend. i am going to go there this sat afternoon as long as i get my truck back and i will let you know how the riding was.

Thanks for the info. everyone. Im from the nourth eastern part. A little place called Dallas. Its in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton/Back Mountain area.

Forgot to ask you(MR.Fixit) if there is a sighn for Cully's or not. Have you ever been there and is it a good place? Thanks.

I moved down here from Pa. 2 years ago.(Sold both of my r's to move down here) I finally got another suzuki r and can't find places to ride. Im looking for some practic tracks. Found one in clermont, went looking for it, could not find it. Its called Cullys mx Park. Found it on a search. Can anybody help???