1976 Yamaha DT250C Project
Heres a pic of the bike as it sits now. I bought it about 3 years ago as something to ride while i was working on my Honda Interceptor...Yea didnt plan on the Interceptor getting parked longer then originally planned lol...
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All any project takes is time and money. I usually have one, but not the other.
Thanks for starting the thread. |
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Indeed, thanks for starting this interesting thread. :)
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Back to the Yamaha this thread was started for...Its kind of a funny story how it was acquired....i had a near miss on the above aforementioned Interceptor due to water getting into the fuel and causing a high speed stall which in itself caused a nearly 10 km walk pushing a 540 lb motorcycle....anyways...While i had it in the shop and with it looking like it would be there for quite awhile i wanted to be able to still go riding. I was told of a Honda CB900F that was for sale and went and looked at it..That bike was a nice machine in need of a bit of wrench time that could be done on the fly. I saved up the cash for it along side the money to finish repairing the Interceptor. However i returned to the sellers house on the day i stated i would be back and the guy was no where to be found...Couldnt reach him or get in contact in any form...So i ended up doing a search on Kijiji (canadian version of craigslist basically) for bikes that were within my price range and that were street rideable. During this search i found this Yamaha on there and had remembered seeing and looking at this bike at a local dealership a couple years before. So i went to see if i was correct on it being the same bike i seen and i was correct. Took it for a test ride and bought it right on the spot soon after. I took the remaining cash that i had saved up for the CB and used it to get a replacement set of handlebars, grips and a replacement battery...however said battery was the incorrect type and wasnt filled at the honda dealer i bought it from even though thats how they did things normally..so the battery went back and the bike still has the battery it had when i first bought it. Im not quite sure how old the Dunlop Trials tires that are on the bike are...they are still in decent shape and barely show any signs of weather cracking so i will most likely run them for a bit longer if not outright build a second set of wheels and tires for the bike and keep the current assemblies as spares. |
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The battery in your Yamaha doesn't do much, other than provide storage for the charging system and help the signals and horn. You could certainly try a similar capacity in a gel cell, which is normally smaller and cheaper. A 12V5AH gel cell would likely do the trick, and they're often cheap at Princess. The nice by-product is that there is no vent, so acid doesn't drip on the frame. |
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Sure they do. I bought 6v4ah gel cell batteries for my Suzuki TS bikes. They worked great. I even bought a charger for it for cheap on eBay.
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I can't recall what I spent for 6v4ah batteries at a local electronics shop, but it was around $15 each. The charger was around $5, including shipping from China.
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To the bike, it's just a lead acid battery. I had no trouble with it.
Do you ever get to Edmonton or Saskatoon? I'm sure you'd find one there. Just take measurements of your battery box first. |
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There's always mail order. I'll bet you could get one mailed from Active Components or someplace similar for cheap.
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102*49*94 | Terminal position http://www.gs-battery.com.tw/images/...erminal-2w.gif = W17 This http://www.active123.com/BT6V5-6-Vol...-Prodview.html seems can be jammed in |
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