Picked up a new horse today, 85 250ES

[kb0nly]

Yes, your are correct! The reverse switch only switches the ground for the reverse indicator circuit, the switch just grounds the wire when in reverse.

Waiting to hear you got it fired up!

[sinsayers]

No time to play with the trike today and we have a big ride coming up this weekend so I will be on it all day tomorrow. Can I just ground the sensor to the frame somewhere and call it good?

[tri again]

No time to play with the trike today and we have a big ride coming up this weekend so I will be on it all day tomorrow. Can I just ground the sensor to the frame somewhere and call it good?

Grounding the neutral safety switch wire to the engine or frame to bypass the
safety switch will allow it to start in gear and run over whatever's in front of it,
including the dog.

Not real safe but I had mine like that for a couple weeks till I found a new switch locally for 12 bucks.

I also saw 2 complete wire harnesses for under 20 bucks on e.b. last night btw

[kb0nly]

As long as your always sure you have it in neutral when you shut it off, and set the parking brake as a safety, there is no reason why you couldn't ground the neutral safety switch, but just realize it will always have the neutral light on and if you bump the start button while the engine is running and in gear it will still think its in neutral and you can accidentally run the starter while the engine is at speed, which will burn up the starter.

If your talking about the reverse switch however, just leave it disconnected, because the reverse switch is the opposite, if its grounded and the reverse light is on the starter will not run, at least thats how it was on my 250 and on my 200ES i have now.

[sinsayers]

Thanks Tri Again and KB, my neutral seems to work fine but the reverse is my problem so I will try to ground it tomorrow. I stocked up on wire, shrink tube and toggle switches so something will be done about this tomorrow hahaha. My stop/run switch controls will be on the way tomorrow so I will find a way to manage the birds nest for this weekends ride. On a good note I have had most of the riders around this area rooting to see her in the woods

[kb0nly]

Did you get spark out of the old girl yet?

[sinsayers]

I am working on it man, I have only managed to solder up a few wires on the controls and clean that up some. Im grabbing some lunch and going to play with the reverse sensor.

[sinsayers]

Ok after trying the hotwire method and no change I decided to recheck some things, i noticed I had no ac coming from the yelllow black wire coming out of the cdi box that goes to the coil.

[kb0nly]

Figures, its the stupid CDI i bet then.

[sinsayers]

I believe your right KB, like several of you stated before I do believe it is the CDI. I am looking for one now so if any of you know a guy let me know, ebay stock cdi's are in the $40 range and I will grab one from there if I have to but I prefer to deal with trike guys. Thanks for all the help and I will keep you updated as I tinker with ol red some more.
PS. I got my reverse light working and cleaned up the left brake/ebrake control. Just waiting on spark now. Jeremy

[tri again]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVItb...yer_detailpage

You deserve a break.

This always helps me stay focused on the 'prize'.

Another one is ' big red on silverbacks' if you can search youtube

[kb0nly]

Go to www.dratv.com and get a CDI from him.

http://www.dratv.com/cdiunit88d.html

Also get the connector set so you can replace your stock round connector with the newer style rectangular connector. Then you won't be stuck with using the older CDI units that are expensive. Why pay $40-60 for a used one on eBay that might die again in a month. I bought two of these CDI's from DrATV and i bought four more off eBay for spares and upcoming projects, you can find them on eBay for around $5-$8, i can't speak for their durability on the cheaper ones yet i haven't run one long enough, but i have been running one to test it, i keep my CDI from DrATV in a padded sealed envelope in the trunk as an emergency spare in case it dies while i am out with it, but so far no problems.

[sinsayers]

awesome video man, It makes me want to ride hahaha. Thanks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVItb...yer_detailpage

You deserve a break.

This always helps me stay focused on the 'prize'.

Another one is ' big red on silverbacks' if you can search youtube

[sinsayers]

Thanks again KB, I will be on it asap. I will keep you guys updated!

[sinsayers]

It shows the male connectors being sold out and will that cdi work with a 250?