Yamaha WR250R Mega Thread - Page 1610

cozmo2312 · 08-25-2011, 05:20 AM

why does my edge taillight keep blowing fuses? the first time i put it on, i just plugged it all in, bike started, everything lit up, but when i hit the front brake, it popped the fuse. did some reading, i guess i needed to unhook the battery first. ok, unplugged the taillight, unhooked the battery, new fuse in, plug taillight in, hook battery back up, turn on bike, good to go. hit brake lights, fuse pops.

grrrr... what am i doing wrong?

bigdon · 08-25-2011, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by cozmo2312

why does my edge taillight keep blowing fuses? the first time i put it on, i just plugged it all in, bike started, everything lit up, but when i hit the front brake, it popped the fuse. did some reading, i guess i needed to unhook the battery first. ok, unplugged the taillight, unhooked the battery, new fuse in, plug taillight in, hook battery back up, turn on bike, good to go. hit brake lights, fuse pops.

grrrr... what am i doing wrong?

Sounds like you have a direct short in your brake light circuit. Check your wires and be sure you have not pinched one.
If the Edge uses a regular tail light bulb,pull the bulb then activate the circuit to see if the fuse blows. I have seen bulbs installed incorrectly in the socket .
If it's not the bulb or shorted wire , make sure all the wires are connected in the right place.

cozmo2312 · 08-25-2011, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by cozmo2312

why does my edge taillight keep blowing fuses? the first time i put it on, i just plugged it all in, bike started, everything lit up, but when i hit the front brake, it popped the fuse. did some reading, i guess i needed to unhook the battery first. ok, unplugged the taillight, unhooked the battery, new fuse in, plug taillight in, hook battery back up, turn on bike, good to go. hit brake lights, fuse pops.

grrrr... what am i doing wrong?

yeah, dumb me figured it out. where i spliced the wires from the taillight to the bikes wiring harness i left the three wires exposed and wrapped them in electrical tape as a group. so when i hit the brake light, the wires were touching and shorted. wrapped them individually in electrical tape, then as a group. all is well.

Shawnee Bill · 08-25-2011, 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by cozmo2312

yeah, dumb me figured it out. where i spliced the wires from the taillight to the bikes wiring harness i left the three wires exposed and wrapped them in electrical tape as a group. so when i hit the brake light, the wires were touching and shorted. wrapped them individually in electrical tape, then as a group. all is well.

Get some heat shrink and put over those splices, tape leaks, comes loose and just isn't real good for jobs like that. Or use some of that liquid electric tape they have these days, it seems to work pretty good.

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cozmo2312 · 08-25-2011, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee Bill

Get some heat shrink and put over those splices, tape leaks, comes loose and just isn't real good for jobs like that. Or use some of that liquid electric tape they have these days, it seems to work pretty good.

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will do, project for another day. i'm tired of fiddling with it, haha

R_Lefebvre · 08-25-2011, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by HardWorkingDog

Alright, let's get into metaphysics! I love it

So, in a perfect world is coincidence possible?

Is there such a thing as randomness, in a perfect world?

Anyway, thanks for carrying on the afr search. I'd love to get a Power Commander and an afr meter. In the meantime, I just want to ride even more...

For sure coincidence is possible in a perfect world. Coincidence simply means two similar things happened at similar times.

Anyway, I'm not making this shit up. It's basic thermodynamics. if you take the perfect amount of O2, and the perfect amount of fuel, mix them in a lab, and combust them, you'll still have unburnt O2, and unburnt fuel left over, due to the randomness of nature (entropy). That is what the Oxygen sensor measures, and that is why there is unburnt O2 in the exhaust stream even at 14.7:1.

Sorry to get metaphysical on you, but this was my job in the past and I still have a passion for it. :)

HardWorkingDog · 08-25-2011, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by R_Lefebvre

...Sorry to get metaphysical on you...

Really, no apology is needed. I LIKE that stuff.

All I was trying to get at was that IF you could get every bit of fuel and oxygen to ignite completely, you would require exactly 14.7 bits of air to 1 bit of fuel. Say, anybody got any spare avogadros? I'm feeling like guaca-mole. That's the perfect world part. Of course, we aren't IN a perfect world, so of course there's going to be un-oxidized hydrocarbons in the real world, even with the exact otherworldly air-fuel ratio. But I'll pass on carrying this any further.

Thermodynamics is your friend, as vlj once said.

trav72 · 08-25-2011, 12:21 PM

Geez.....even smart people ride the WRR's. That must really say something about our 'little slow gutless 250's'.

jimmy2020 · 08-25-2011, 07:55 PM

tomorrow, leaving the GSA 1200 at home and taking the WR
It's my new Adventure bike of choice.

Stormy Weather · 08-26-2011, 08:15 AM

Just thought I would share this with all you in here.

I just started a ride report of a ride that I finished last week SLC-SEA-SLC on the 250.

Teaser pics:

Hope you enjoy. It won't have a lot of pics of the WR or really too much else as I wasn't planning on writing up a report and was too busy riding rather than taking pics.

Ethan

Florida Lime · 08-26-2011, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Machtig

To add fuel to the fire, I averaged slightly over 61mpg on the western TAT with a big bore and a heavy right hand.

On the freewayat 70-75 mph(gps), with loaded saddlebags, I typically get 46mpg . All mileages calculated using gps odometer.

And one other tiny tidbit. Prior to big bore, going south on the interstate from Pueblo, CO to Trinidad, CO, wide open throttle for ~85 miles yeilds 35.7mpg. Just sayin'

Anyone else have any "before and after" gas mileage numbers stock versus the 290 big bore kit with exhaust, etc. ?

Machtig · 08-26-2011, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Florida Lime

Anyone else have any "before and after" gas mileage numbers stock versus the 290 big bore kit with exhaust, etc. ?

Yeah, negligible differences.

Florida Lime · 08-26-2011, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Machtig

Yeah, negligible differences.

I know it suffers some with intake and exhaust mods - what else have you done to yours ?
(Sorry if you've mentioned it before, but this thread is a bit long...

)

SteveO · 08-26-2011, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Machtig

Yeah, negligible differences.

Considering the gas appears to be negligible with the 290 big-bore... Is there a real seat-of-the-pants difference in power?

bhd1223 · 08-26-2011, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by SteveO

Considering the gas appears to be negligible with the 290 big-bore... Is there a real seat-of-the-pants difference in power?

HF is on the verge of posting his 290 dyno runs.

08-25-2011, 07:55 PM	#24144
jimmy2020 limpiador de ventanas Joined: Jul 2005 Location: BERTHOUD, COLORADO / SANTA TERESA, CR Oddometer: 960	I'm headed down to the 4th annual Latin America Riders Rally... tomorrow, leaving the GSA 1200 at home and taking the WR It's my new Adventure bike of choice. __________________ jim "the adrenaline and stress of an adventure are better than a thousand peaceful days"

08-26-2011, 08:15 AM	#24145
Stormy Weather skier turned bike nut Joined: Sep 2008 Location: SLC Oddometer: 110	Just thought I would share this with all you in here. I just started a ride report of a ride that I finished last week SLC-SEA-SLC on the 250. Teaser pics: Hope you enjoy. It won't have a lot of pics of the WR or really too much else as I wasn't planning on writing up a report and was too busy riding rather than taking pics. Ethan __________________ 08 wr250r (the best little adventure bike) 94 Katana (not running in the garage)

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08-25-2011, 05:20 AM	#24136
cozmo2312 Canyon Carver Joined: Oct 2008 Location: SLC, Utah Oddometer: 187	why does my edge taillight keep blowing fuses? the first time i put it on, i just plugged it all in, bike started, everything lit up, but when i hit the front brake, it popped the fuse. did some reading, i guess i needed to unhook the battery first. ok, unplugged the taillight, unhooked the battery, new fuse in, plug taillight in, hook battery back up, turn on bike, good to go. hit brake lights, fuse pops. grrrr... what am i doing wrong?

08-25-2011, 12:21 PM	#24143
trav72 I can't ride where? Joined: Jul 2007 Location: Southern NJ Oddometer: 764	Geez.....even smart people ride the WRR's. That must really say something about our 'little slow gutless 250's'.