From: owner-dr-digest@lists.xmission.com (dr-digest) To: dr-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: dr-digest V1 #38 Reply-To: dr-digest Sender: owner-dr-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-dr-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk dr-digest Tuesday, February 15 2000 Volume 01 : Number 038 Re: (dr) Lowering Links Re: (dr) 350SE clutch plates Re: (dr) 350SE clutch plates RE: (dr) Obsolete?!! (dr) Replacement Handlebars (dr) Risky RM plates FW: (dr) Risky RM plates Re: (dr) Risky RM plates Re: (dr) Risky RM plates (dr) seat foam(dr350) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 14:31:38 -0800 From: Wayne Marsula' Subject: Re: (dr) Lowering Links Ben Wall wrote: > > Hi all, I'm a new list member and have question. > Does anybody know where I can get lowering links for my DR350? I'm a little > inseam challenged. > Looking at the snow in Alberta, > Ben - -- Ben, Go to this website, that's the place. I got mine there and they sure make a difference. http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/2299/ Wayne Marsulá, Escondido, CA "Casual Collector of Classic Hondas" "from 50 to 550cc" (about 20) BMW R100GSPD (La Tortuga Coja) BMW R75/5 "Toaster Tank" Suzuki DR350SE Honda SOHC4 #539 Yamaha YSR50 Yamaha TW200 (for sale) Member: BMW Motorcycle Owners of America Internet BMW Riders Airheads Beemer Club #165 Baja Airmarshal (?) Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club National Rifle Association http://www.mikthebik.com/ (San Diego County Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Group) - - to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 01:35:46 +0200 From: mikko vimpari Subject: Re: (dr) 350SE clutch plates Hello Andy Sounds interesting: I'll take your advice. I'm soon going to buy new friction plates(those RM ones) so it's better to add new springs to the shopping list. By the way, I put recently Trelleborg spike tyres to myDR, and I can tell you, it was almost too much fun to slide those icy and snowy back roads with my bike, so who needs that drz 400 anyway. Thanks for advices Andy Mikko - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 5:59 PM Subject: RE: (dr) 350SE clutch plates > Hi Mikko, > > Having replaced my clutch drive plates last week I had to take the cover off > again yesterday to put new springs in...for the few pounds/dollars/roubles > they cost you may as well do them all at once. With the old ones and new > plates it wasn't possible to adjust the clutch so it wouldn't slip under > abuse without having it dragging with the lever pulled in, making finding > neutral even more impossible than usual!. New springs sorted this. > > Cheers! > > Andy > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: mikko vimpari [SMTP:mikko.vimpari@mail.suomi.net] > > Sent: 05 February 2000 19:57 > > To: dr@lists.xmission.com > > Subject: (dr) 350SE clutch plates > > > > Hi > > Forgive me that i'm asking such simple and boring questions. > > Are SE;s stock clutch drive plates aluminum or steel.(haven't opened > > clutchcover yet) > > If they are steel,is it absolutely necessary replace them to the new > > ones,when changing worn friction plates, > > or can you grind steel plates,if they are just glazed. > > > > How you read those Mikuni needle numbers,is 5cd56 needle richer than my > > stock 5cd27 > > > > I would appreciate,if someone answered these questions. > > > > > > Thanks for the great list > > > > > > Mikko from Finland > > > > DR350SE-97 > > > > yamaha wr250-92 > > - > to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - - to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 18:43:17 -0800 (PST) From: john miller Subject: Re: (dr) 350SE clutch plates - --- mikko vimpari wrote: > Hello Andy > > Sounds interesting: I'll take your advice. I'm soon > going to buy new > friction plates(those RM ones) > so it's better to add new springs to the shopping > list. > By the way, I put recently Trelleborg spike tyres to > myDR, and I can tell > you, it was > almost too much fun to slide those icy and snowy > back roads with my bike, > so who needs that drz 400 anyway. > > Thanks for advices Andy > > Mikko > Mikko i'd think twice about those RM clutch plates.I once thought like you and was informed those plates engage real HARD and have been known to chip teeth off tranny gears.This info is from a very knowledgeable source.He also informed me the stock plates in the bike are made well and are the best thing to stick with just my 2 cents. John on long island __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com - - to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 18:56:52 -0800 From: Doug B Subject: RE: (dr) Obsolete?!! Here is what Webster says about obsolescence (my dictionary didn't list obsolete): Gone out of use, antiquated, no longer functional. :) "Discontinued from the factory" or "no longer in production" would be a more appropriate term to describe our trusty and "functional, non antiquated" DR350's (I love mine) Doug Photos at: http://members.tripod.com/dougb1969/dualsport/dualsport.html prove how functional mine has been - -----Original Message----- From: Eric Myers [SMTP:emyers@mc.net] Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2000 6:48 PM To: 'dr-digest@lists.xmission.com' Subject: Re: (dr) Obsolete?!! Tom Warr Wrote: I enjoyed reading about the new Suzuki DRz 400. However, I didn't appreciate your comment that it "replaces the obsolete DRS 350". My 1990 DRS 350 is versatile, capable, reliable, capable and functional. Not obsolete. Not only do we own obsolete motorcycles we're a bunch of sniveling crybabies too. Eric - - to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - - to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 12:13:16 EST From: USSergeant@aol.com Subject: (dr) Replacement Handlebars A friend of mine with an XR600 said he bought RM80 handlebars for his bike to make it more trail worthy and that I should do the same. Has anyone on the list used these handle bars? I don't want to cut the stock bars down for re-sale purposes, but they are definately too wide for the eastern US type of woods riding I do. My friend says the RM 80 are exactly what I need. Thanks in advance, Scott 99 dr350se - - to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 17:18:47 +0200 From: mikko vimpari Subject: (dr) Risky RM plates John Miller wrote: RM (clutch) plates engage real HARD and have been known to chip teeth off tranny gears. Thanks John That info really scared me,when tranny goes first, next goes whole engine. It's not worth of that to play with RM plates.Better to stick with new,stock DR plates. To Andy: about rouble.Finland is in Scandinavia,currency is finnish mark (Yes i know: who cares)I always write prices in dollars ,that everybody would understand me. Russia(vodka and roubles)is next to east. Ooops,it's better to watch out what i'm talking, russians might hear me and come to take my precious DR away ( lousy joke) I still appreciate you a lot Andy from the Great Britain. Cheers! Mikko from Fin(e)land - - to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 15:41:29 -0000 From: andy.doyle@bt.com Subject: FW: (dr) Risky RM plates > -----Original Message----- > From: Doyle,A,Andy,NZI2 DOYLEA R > Sent: 15 February 2000 15:33 > To: 'mikko vimpari' > Subject: RE: (dr) Risky RM plates > > I know roubles are Russian Mikko! It was a rather feeble attempt at a > joke. I even know where Finland is, though I haven't been to Scandinavia > yet. I live just near Harwich, a port which has ferries sailing out your > way twice a day, so one day I'll get over and sample those empty forest > trails! > > Where did you learn your English? It's very good...loads better than my > German and French from school back in the 19th century > > Cheers > > Andy > > -----Original Message----- > From: mikko vimpari [SMTP:mikko.vimpari@mail.suomi.net] > Sent: 15 February 2000 15:19 > To: dr@lists.xmission.com > Subject: (dr) Risky RM plates > > John Miller wrote: RM (clutch) plates engage real HARD and have been known > to chip teeth off tranny gears. > > > Thanks John > That info really scared me,when tranny goes first, > next goes whole engine. > It's not worth of that to play with RM plates.Better to stick with > new,stock DR plates. > > To Andy: about rouble.Finland is in Scandinavia,currency is finnish mark > (Yes i know: who cares)I always write prices in dollars ,that everybody > would understand me. > Russia(vodka and roubles)is next to east. > Ooops,it's better to watch out what i'm talking, russians might hear me > and > come to take > my precious DR away ( lousy joke) > I still appreciate you a lot Andy from the Great Britain. > > Cheers! > > Mikko from Fin(e)land > > > > > - > to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - - to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 22:04:49 +0200 From: mikko vimpari Subject: Re: (dr) Risky RM plates Hey Andy No hard feelings- I was joking too(lousy joker) Joking apart! you haven't heard yet my horrible English pronouncing-Welcome to Finland Cheers! Mikko from Finland-Where women are pretty and males are ugly (it's better that way) - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 5:33 PM Subject: RE: (dr) Risky RM plates > I know roubles are Russian Mikko! It was a rather feeble attempt at a joke. > I even know where Finland is, though I haven't been to Scandinavia yet. I > live just near Harwich, a port which has ferries sailing out your way twice > a day, so one day I'll get over and sample those empty forest trails! > > Where did you learn your English? It's very good...loads better than my > German and French from school back in the 19th century > > Cheers > > Andy > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: mikko vimpari [SMTP:mikko.vimpari@mail.suomi.net] > > Sent: 15 February 2000 15:19 > > To: dr@lists.xmission.com > > Subject: (dr) Risky RM plates > > > > John Miller wrote: RM (clutch) plates engage real HARD and have been known > > to chip teeth off tranny gears. > > > > > > Thanks John > > That info really scared me,when tranny goes first, > > next goes whole engine. > > It's not worth of that to play with RM plates.Better to stick with > > new,stock DR plates. > > > > To Andy: about rouble.Finland is in Scandinavia,currency is finnish mark > > (Yes i know: who cares)I always write prices in dollars ,that everybody > > would understand me. > > Russia(vodka and roubles)is next to east. > > Ooops,it's better to watch out what i'm talking, russians might hear me > > and > > come to take > > my precious DR away ( lousy joke) > > I still appreciate you a lot Andy from the Great Britain. > > > > Cheers! > > > > Mikko from Fin(e)land > > > > > > > > > > - > > to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > > with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. > > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - - to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 15:22:29 -0600 From: "Jan Bradley" Subject: Re: (dr) Risky RM plates >Mikko from Finland-Where women are pretty and males are ugly (it's better that way) That does it, I'm moving to Finland. A pretty woman with an accent gets me every time! JB - - to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 09:31:53 -0600 From: Chris Tobey Subject: (dr) seat foam(dr350) Hi list, I'm thinking about getting the 1" tall seat foam from thumper for my DR350. I've never put a seat cover on before. Is there any tricks to doing it and what kind of tools are needed for the job? Thanks Chris 99" DR350X - - to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ End of dr-digest V1 #38 *********************** - To unsubscribe to $LIST, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe $LIST" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.