Vintage Dirt Bike Q & A

hi
what type of ignition do most people use in there cr250m 73/74.
i have a nos ignition less points are these worth installing
cheers
jimg

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Jim Garvey
1x honda cr250m 1973 in bits
1x honda cr250 champion dirttracker
1x yamaha tt500 dirttracker 1976
1x yetman triumph dirttracker
1x tt500 longtack speedway bike
1 x 1940 350 ariel speedway bike
1 x bultaco astro grasstrack bike antig

my ignition system was junk on my 74 elsinore. I upgraded to the PVL CDI unit.

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Terry Moody #48f
3x 74 Honda CR250M Elsinore
74 Honda XR75
73 Honda QA50
78 Yamaha YZ125E
78 Yamaha YZ250E
78 Yamaha YZ400E
79 Kawasaki KX250
79 Honda CR250R
79 Suzuki RM400
80 Honda CR125
2x 83 Honda CR480R
98 Kawasaki KX250

PVL is the way to go! I have points in my 74 CR250 but they require a constant up keep in order for your CR to run correctly!

Forrest Rohrs
73 LT2M 100
74 CR250
75 XR75

jimg - I agree - I have PVL and my race mates do not - the number of times points have let them down at race meetings its not funny - after all how can you beat your mates if they cant ride????

cheers

Rossco

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1974 Yamaha YZ360B
1977 Suzuki RM370B
1980 Honda CR250RA

I've used the PVL for several years now. Works great. Much easier to start and better low end response.

I never had any trouble with the stock ignition, probably a couple thousand miles of desert racing back in the day.

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Loren Davis
51y