http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/ Lifan LF250 Yamati 250 Defiant 250 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:20:09 GMT http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3117 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3117 Thank you for joining the Lifan group. This file "groundrules.txt" is available in the Files section of the Yahoo Lifan web site and is sent to all new members Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:04:19 GMT sam roper http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3116 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3116 Yup I'm a real live " older " guy.. Retired U S Navy living mostly in the Philippines on the Island of Panglao.. Beautiful beaches and world renouned scuba Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:17:33 GMT Robert Francis http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3115 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3115 Welcome to the club! Hope we can all benifet from your being a part. Bob Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:19:24 GMT Jon Neet http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3114 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3114   This email is to let you know that I am a real person, and not a "spam=bot".   Thanks, Jon in Puyallup, Wa. USA This email is to let you know that I am a Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:13:29 GMT king9004@... http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3113 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3113 _www.barbervintagefestival.org_ (http://www.barbervintagefestival.org) Worth doing if your in the area !! Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:28:20 GMT http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3112 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3112 Thank you for joining the Lifan group. This file "groundrules.txt" is available in the Files section of the Yahoo Lifan web site and is sent to all new members Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:56:27 GMT king9004@... http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3111 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3111 Sat morning still sore from the cave hike, Rain & fog at the motel. We will put off the ride for a few hours. More folks arrive before 10.00 am. I hear the Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:58:51 GMT bobf0648 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3110 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3110 Well guys, you should have come! The Lifan did us proud at Cave City. I rode up from Virginia, about 420 miles or so. Left Friday AM and other than a flat Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:02:33 GMT king9004@... http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3109 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3109 I rode up to Cave City on Thursday morning. A short ride 130 miles north from Murfreesboro. The closer I got you could see rain clouds off to the N.W. I Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:22:02 GMT king9004@... http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3108 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3108 The long distance award, with about 420 mile run !!! On his Lifan 250 cc Virago, clone !! Good Job Bob !!! Jim Wilson in TN, Glad you got back safe Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:31:40 GMT bobf0648 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3107 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3107 RJ, I need to reexplain the markings. There are 3 three markings on the rotor. 1) A"T" that is the TDC mark for the front #1 cylinder,( yes I know that in some Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:40:18 GMT Bob Francis http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3106 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3106 RJ, RE-read the Yamaha instructions. The double line is TDC for the front cylinder. The single line is fo the rear. The instructions are hard to read so Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:58:18 GMT rjliberatorejr http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3105 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3105 Trying to adjust my valves and I'm going by the timing marks listed for yamaha Virago 250...They are the same for the Lifan 250, no? The II- is for the back Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:13:01 GMT bobf0648 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3104 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3104 While the engines are almost exactly alike. The Lifan factory calls for smaller valve clearances. The specifications are on the EPA tag on the side cover of Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:01:10 GMT rjliberatorejr http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3103 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lifan/message/3103 I adjusted my valves based on a Yamaha 250 shop manual and it seems as though they are a little noisy. I checked and rechecked my clearances and they are