I now own a pansy girl's bike

[vifferman]

Also have not so fond memories of a boot filling slowly with blood as a result of a kick back from my RT360.

Ah yes - the good ole RT.
Even a lowly 250 could turn feral. I once kick-started my MT250 for several long minutes before noticing the kill switch was set to MORT.
No problemo! Flick it back, one more boot...

...and the bitch bit back, rocketing my knee into the bottom of the mirror bolt.
If it had been my kneecap, instead of the softish bit behind it, I would likely have been on crutches for a while, especially given that knee already had 9 stitches in it, courtesy of wrecking my first bike a few months prior..

[jonbuoy]

Very tempting, can't believe you're selling it though! No, I'll be keeping the 250 for good, and can't really afford another bike at least until I finish varsity.

The 250 will be sticking with the 250 engine, although I now have enough spare engine bits to build one supahhh engine (while I keep the existing one in the frame); bore it out to 320cc, high compression piston, polished/ported head, 3-angle valve grind, lumpiest camshaft evar... Frame flex isn't too bad, but you can feel the swingarm and forks winding and unwinding in tight corners. Some sturdier shocks fitted to the back would help with that torquing feeling on the swingarm. Nothing to get worried about, it continues along the path you point it on in the `macro' sense.

The thing doesn't kick back often, and it's never particularly nasty. I heard somebody say `like kicking a wall' once and that's exactly what it is. Decompression mechanism fitted or not doesn't change things; in fact taking it off makes it easier to find TDC and get it started, but the kickstart lever is known to be very flimsy and crack (just like everything else on the bike), so I keep the decompression system fitted to take strain off the kickstart lever.

Yeah can't believe it myself - needs must, might be moving away and I don't know how viable it will be taking it with me Shame - I'd like it to go to someone who would appreciate it.

[xwhatsit]

Both my B50SS and B50MX had the kind of ignition system whereby the spark increases in potency as the revs rise. Tough shit when you're trying to start them.

That's exactly what was happening with my bike; the thing would have weak (or no) spark, especially when hot, until the revs got over a certain amount. That's why it wouldn't idle -- the revs would drop below what was required to make it go. Had to bumpstart it at great speed in first gear in order to get enough juice. I was suspecting stator or something, not enough voltage produced to make the coil fire, but it appears that either the coil or CDI was not making good spark until the stator could really fire a great bolt of lightening through it. I would venture I've done a few kilometres beside the bike as well

Yeah can't believe it myself - needs must, might be moving away and I don't know how viable it will be taking it with me Shame - I'd like it to go to someone who would appreciate it.

That really sucks. I'd love to be able to buy it, I've been drooling over that thread since you started it, but working nights in a restaurant while studying doesn't afford a great deal of money to pay for necessities like beer, let alone CB750s

Try and pass it off onto GiJoe1313 so I can pinch it on occasion

[vifferman]

... until the stator could really fire a great bolt of lightening through it.

Good god man -where do I buy a stator like that?
My bike could do with being lightened by a few kilograms, especially with all the farkles I've added to it over the last three years...

[Blue Velvet]

I'm feeling rather depressed.

Harden up mate. You'll be right