Help...discontinued dirt bike part.

[MPS]

I have an 85 Honda XR 350 and I need a CDI unit for it....but the OEM part has been discontinued and there are no aftermarket ones that I know of. Anyone have any ideas?


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[lucky13]

ebay for the exact part also honda clones made by lifan some of the sellers of these engines also offer ignition parts

 

[MPS]

ebay for the exact part also honda clones made by lifan some of the sellers of these engines also offer ignition parts

Ya I tried Ebay....some dude was selling one...we didn't see eye to eye. Lifan? ok thanks


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[FreeAgent]

wow an 85 is NLA thats not too awful old i have a few hook ups on the east coast will make some calls for you in the morning and see what i come up with.

Michelle

 

[MPS]

wow an 85 is NLA thats not too awful old i have a few hook ups on the east coast will make some calls for you in the morning and see what i come up with.

Michelle

Thats mighty nice of you Michelle! Thanks!

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[MOONMAN]

Are you sure it's the CDI... Pulse generators went TU far more often on the XR's!

 

[MPS]

Are you sure it's the CDI... Pulse generators went TU far more often on the XR's!

No I am not positive Moonman...I know it is an electrical problem and the coil seems to test fine.

When I hit the throttle it falls on its face and cuts out. It will idle all right.

 

[m8magicandmystery]

Honda should be able to put you on an obsolete parts list...generally dealers check when things are slow and go blow the dust off of old parts in the back room to see if they have it ...i know Yamaha has this program ...there as well has to be a bike salvage yard that can help ya...does your bike have the samesystem as sleds that if throttle cable sticks it cut the ignition and often its just adjustment...or like the old cats the magnets would misalign..??

 

[MPS]

Honda should be able to put you on an obsolete parts list...generally dealers check when things are slow and go blow the dust off of old parts in the back room to see if they have it ...i know Yamaha has this program ...there as well has to be a bike salvage yard that can help ya...does your bike have the samesystem as sleds that if throttle cable sticks it cut the ignition and often its just adjustment...or like the old cats the magnets would misalign..??

thanks magic....I will keep that in mind. No I am very confident I have an electrical problem.


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[m8magicandmystery]

Remove spark plug boot..trim a bit off your coil high tension lead at your sparkplug boot ...it could be breaking down there above idle ..as well if not epoxyed in coil end you could trim abit there as well...worth a try

 

[MPS]

Remove spark plug boot..trim a bit off your coil high tension lead at your sparkplug boot ...it could be breaking down there above idle ..as well if not epoxyed in coil end you could trim abit there as well...worth a try

thanks I will....

 

[JDKZRT]

http://www.rickystator.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=24_35&sort=2a&page=4
Coil = $53
Stator = $130

Sounds like it could be a stator issue to me.
As Moonman says CDI's on XR/XL's are pretty reliable.
Check in here for more tech help;
http://www.4strokes.com/forums/

 

[ADRENALINE]

If it has an aftermarket spark plug cap I would start there, they have a resistor in them that can and do go bad. A place to start out west would be recycled cycles in Hayden. Good luck.

http://recycledcyclesusa.com/

 

[Motley Doo]

Might look at some salvage yards, they usually have piles of that crap, although you have to risk getting a bad one again.....