Yamaha XS250 Twin Service specs.

[Rubin215]

Hi Folks!

Bought a XS250 US Custom for my daughter to blat about on (it's older than her...!), but I can't find the service specs on t'interweb anywhere.

Does anyone have a Haines manual that can tell me:

Dwell angle,
Plugs gap,
Fork oil capacity or level?

Ta muchly!

[stinkwheels]

My Dad had the normal version for years. I always used it as a spare to get into London if my bike was not working. It was thrashed to death by me and I don't think we ever serviced it. Just topped the oil up .

[Rubin215]

stinkwheels said:

My Dad had the normal version for years. I always used it as a spare to get into London if my bike was not working. It was thrashed to death by me and I don't think we ever serviced it. Just topped the oil up .

Ideally, that's what I'm looking for it to do, but it has had a bodger for a previous owner, so currently runs like plop; points gaps are different, timing is off and the plugs were ancient.
It currently only runs on one cylinder at idle and vibrates like a... well, a vibratey thing...

[Toyowner]

Any help ?

http://www.louis.de/index.php?topic=bikedb&CON...

[Rubin215]

Toyowner said:

Any help ?

http://www.louis.de/index.php?topic=bikedb&CON...

That's a starter, thanks, but I still need the points gap/dwell angle to get it to run properly.

[Toyowner]

Looong time since I worked on this type of stuff, but I think there should be a timing mark on the flywheel or genny somewhere. I would guestimate the points gap to about 12/14 thou as a starting point. Plug gap about 25 thou or leave as out of box.

[Rubin215]

Toyowner said:

Looong time since I worked on this type of stuff, but I think there should be a timing mark on the flywheel or genny somewhere. I would guestimate the points gap to about 12/14 thou as a starting point. Plug gap about 25 thou or leave as out of box.

Thou?

I've only ever worked in metric...

[Toyowner]

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