[scrappy]

Seeing your blue R inspired me to get mine out. It's been sitting for 5 years now, far too long:

 

[bushwesl]

Haha I feel your pain. Glad that was an easy fix. Fire up no problem now?

It’s all back together again as of last night. I’m going to try again later today🙏🏻🤞🏻

 

[bushwesl]

Seeing your blue R inspired me to get mine out. It's been sitting for 5 years now, far too long:
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Heck yeah! Glad to see it come out of hibernation😄 Any plans for it?

 

[scrappy]

Heck yeah! Glad to see it come out of hibernation😄 Any plans for it?

Thank you. No major plans beyond getting it going again. I've had it since 88 so this isn't the first time its sat... The engine was making excessive noise & after spending a day checking things out & finding nothing I covered it. The year before parking mine I had just finished completely going through my wife's R so I spent the last 5 years riding that one instead.

 

[bushwesl]

It’s alive!!🤗

It fired right up with no kickback, life is good again! I was really concerned that I had ignition problems, but it turns out when your engine is basically 180 degrees out of sync you get major kickback and poor starting/running conditions as well. The Zeel ignition works just as it should.

It’s still snowy and cold here in MI, so I’m going to wait on adjusting the jetting, etc. for another month or so. I’m just thrilled to know that when that time comes I’ll be good to go. I also want to consider getting it on a dyno to further tune it, TBD.

I still have several small things to figure out before it’s completely done. All of my electrical checked out, so now I need to tidy up all of the wiring. The rear brakes wouldn’t pump up, so I need to figure out what’s going on there. I’m still waiting on a couple small things as well, e.g. poly guard for my swingarm skid plate, radiator overflow bottle holder, and turn down exhaust tip. I need to check/adjust the suspension as well.

 

[kellmx147]

Looks great, just a few things to wrap up and it looks like you’ll be all set.

 

[XC250r86]

Any chance you have or could take any pictures of the wiring for your zeel? I’m almost to the point of starting to wire mine up for my build and like you said you don’t really get any help or instructions. Thanks

 

[bushwesl]

Any chance you have or could take any pictures of the wiring for your zeel? I’m almost to the point of starting to wire mine up for my build and like you said you don’t really get any help or instructions. Thanks

Of course. I actually created a separate post on this topic here: DRW Zeeltronic Ignition Installation Guide

Please let me know if you have any questions or if you need any further help!