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Saturday, September 24, 2011

NEW DETERMINATION

Tony from Wigan arrived this morning with his lovely condition blue Superdream. Fortunately, Tony's quite a knowledgeable and technical guy, so it was good to muse over the bike problems with him. Just to be 100% awkward, the bike wouldn't start up, so after cleaning up the plugs, she fired into life on ONE POT! Grrrr!!

We took some readings from Tony's alternator and checked over a couple of other things that I had been curious about and then determined that the problem must lay in the wiring loom. I've changed EVERYTHING ELSE and by the process of elimination, it simply must be a fault somewhere in the loom (musn't it?).

Tony and I agreed that it was worth removing the headlight and checking the myriad connections in there. If there's nothing wrong there, then I might look for a secondhand loom (I threw one away a few months ago, der!).

Anyway, MANY THANKS to Tony for coming over. Nice to meet you mate.

7 comments:

Klaas De Craemer said...

Hey Tom,

Any updates on the wiring loom?

Tom McQuiggan said...

Sadly not Klaas. Been so busy with other stuff. I've got too many bloody hobbies :-)

Anonymous said...

keep it up! if you can make her a two-potter you shall have loads of fun :=)

Chris said...

Hey MadDog!
Great looking bike you have there. Ive got one in exactly the same colours but an 81 model. Im in the process of fixing it up a little and have a slight issue that im wondering if you have a fix for? The bike will start, and idle, albeit a little wobbly at times. When it gets warm and i can set the idle it will happily idle and rev. If i have a quick lap around the backyard, when i pull the clutch in to stop, the damn thing stalls. Starts right back up again though. Carbs are rebuilt with keyster kits and i have fitted a brand new set of plugs and a coil.

manuel said...

Dear friend, I have a CB 250 N for reborn, and in my country Venezuela is very difficult buy original parts. I have a big problem with the original seat, and i preciate that you give any idea for make a new seat, maybe cafe style or other.
Thanks for your excelent blog, i learn very much with yours comments. Feliz navidad !!!!!

bigbikerbob said...

Hi Tom, A bit Quiet lately, any progress?Bob

Tom McQuiggan said...

Not a scrap Bob. Not had the dust cover off her for God knows how long. Too damned cold in that garage. Will probably let her sit there sulking until Spring :-)

Bike Details

Honda CB250N Superdream
Reg No : ORH746W (ORH 746 W)
Reg Date : 1980
Orig Colour : Blue
New Colour : Black
Current Owner : Tom McQuiggan
Current Location : Horwich, Bolton, UK.