Bigtex
02-14-2021, 11:56 AM
Hey y’all go easy on me I’m an amateur when it comes to these machines. The CDI went bad on my ‘85 250es Big Red so I decided I would convert to the ‘86. I ordered the red performance CDI that costs about 80 bucks because I figured I may as well get some performance out of the switch. I also ordered a Chinese pigtail to wire in to the harness. I used a diagram that I found on the internet (which I will try and insert in here) to match up the wires.
The problem- after I got the wires all matched up according to the diagram, the bike ran but roughly. It sputters and surges. I’m just not exactly sure where I went wrong. Is it the hot shot CDI? Did I mix up some wires? Or something I’m not thinking of? Any advise or insight would be greatly appreciated.
Here is the URL to the diagram I used. I matched up the colors to where they are shown on the ‘86 diagram.
https://www.justbigreds.com/1985-1986-electrical
The problem- after I got the wires all matched up according to the diagram, the bike ran but roughly. It sputters and surges. I’m just not exactly sure where I went wrong. Is it the hot shot CDI? Did I mix up some wires? Or something I’m not thinking of? Any advise or insight would be greatly appreciated.
Here is the URL to the diagram I used. I matched up the colors to where they are shown on the ‘86 diagram.
https://www.justbigreds.com/1985-1986-electrical