What year KX250 do I have...

[-df-]

Hi,

Purchased a KX250 and the guy he purchased it off said it was a '94, but when he went into the shop to get something fix he got told it was a '98 so I got told when I bought it its either a 94 or a 98.

does anyone know the difference between the bikes?

I've checked out some pics...but those years look almost the same so can't really tell for sure. I'll try and put some pics up tonight.

Also...if anyone has the alternator for this bike, please sell me it!!! its currently dead and I need to replace it.

[cheese]

Get the number off the engine case and call your local kawa dealer. sometimes people will change an engine and put it in there old frame.

[scott411]

i can tell you if you foward me the chassis number, however their is a few tricks to know, if it has a elecrical fitting on the carb it is a 98, check that, you can get the stator rewound which is much cheaper than a new one

[F5 Dave]

Easy option on most bikes is the rims & brake lines have date codes on them if you look hard enough.

Thank you,- brilliant I know. :done:


This guy knows his stuff for rewinds.
J Halsey Rewinds Ltd
28b Beach road Howick
Auckland
0-9-534 4161

[scott411]

Easy option on most bikes is the rims & brake lines have date codes on them if you look hard enough.

Thank you,- brilliant I know. :done:


This guy knows his stuff for rewinds.
J Halsey Rewinds Ltd
28b Beach road Howick
Auckland
0-9-534 4161

this system works well but rememeber most 98's would have been built in 97,

[-df-]

Easy option on most bikes is the rims & brake lines have date codes on them if you look hard enough.

Thank you,- brilliant I know. :done:


This guy knows his stuff for rewinds.
J Halsey Rewinds Ltd
28b Beach road Howick
Auckland
0-9-534 4161

Thanks mate, I'll have a look tonight and see if I can see any dates.

Just rang the guy...might take it else where...he was getting rather confused when I said the alternator needs to be rewound, there's only 0.6v coming out, the what he said? the thing that generates the power inside the engine so there is power gonig to the spark plug so the engine will run...umm, a dynamo? generator?...nope don't know what you are getting at he said...ok, thanks for your time.

Dunno...maybe I got someone that wasn't meant to answer the phone or something.

Thinking I'll just take it down to henderson motorcycles, they've always been really good to me.

[scott411]

hes is a bit hard to deal with a times, more than likely Henderson Motorcycles will send the stator to him anyway, not many dealers rewqind thier own stators

[barty5]

go see J C electrical 111 mays rd penrose ph 6330845 co i use to work for takes all there pumps and motors there they are a good bunch of guy get the job done quickly and for good price

[F5 Dave]

Most odd, he has been quite lucid whenever I have spoken to him, but often oddball trades people are quirky, comes from the patience to sit in front of a machine winding thin wire without breaking it.

Also they are charge coils, not alternator coils. Alternator coils are what roadbikes have to charge the battery. Charge coils & pulsar coils are what CDIs require. Hence the confusion.
Also people often call 4 stroke ignitions CDIs they are not.

So terminology is often confusing if someone is using the wrong or different words. And I've used other winders. He is the one which seems to end up with most reliable end product. Had feedback from bike shops of this too.

[-df-]

hmmm, perhaps I'll give it another go tomorrow...I'm half asleep here at work so probably confused the poor guy by speaking the wrong terminology.

2 more hours then I'm off to :zzzz:

[Wheeliemonsta]

Gidday,
Post you chassis # AND engine #...

I'll let you know a.s.a.p

Cheers

:Punk:

[-df-]

Gidday,
Post you chassis # AND engine #...

I'll let you know a.s.a.p

Cheers

:Punk:

Hmmmm...think I got screwed...just checked, its a KX250H-XXXX which seems to mean a 90-91 from the google search (why didn't I think of that earlier!!!)

Oh well, can't expect much for $600.

[-df-]

Also, where is the engine number? Couldn't see it

[cheese]

That ahppened to me too, a 98 rm turned into a 96

bastard

[barty5]

ill add to that my 93 cr turned into a 91 but then i had it for almost a year gave it a good trashing and still sold it for $200 more than i paid so not all bad

[-df-]

yeah I hate dishonest sellers. Guess it happens quite a bit with dirtbikes as there is no registration so if someone doesn't check before purchasing...they could get done. Live and learn I guess.

Now to get it taken to the shop so I can give it a good thrashing on the beach :done:

Cheers for the input people.:scooter:

[telliman]

That ahppened to me too, a 98 rm turned into a 96

bastard

no shit dude, i once bought a 91 kx 125, upon trying to fit $750 worth of brand new pro circuit pipes that i waited 4 weeks for i dicovered it was a 250 frame with a 125 engine in it. i was riding a fuking bitsa,and the pipes where fuking good for nothing! SHIT ME HARD THAT DID!:motu

[-df-]

no shit dude, i once bought a 91 kx 125, upon trying to fit $750 worth of brand new pro circuit pipes that i waited 4 weeks for i dicovered it was a 250 frame with a 125 engine in it. i was riding a fuking bitsa,and the pipes where fuking good for nothing! SHIT ME HARD THAT DID!:motu

Glad I found out as I've been looking for parts for a 94...and missed out on a 91 bike in bits that would have been perfect for parts if I had known.