From: owner-dr-digest@lists.xmission.com (dr-digest) To: dr-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: dr-digest V1 #184 Reply-To: dr-digest Sender: owner-dr-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-dr-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk dr-digest Sunday, June 25 2000 Volume 01 : Number 184 (dr) Re: DR650 woes (dr) RE: dr650 woes (dr) DR 350 SE? Re: (dr) DR 350 SE? Re: (dr) DR 350 SE? Re: (dr) DR 350 SE? Re: (dr) DR 350 SE? Re: (dr) RE: dr650 woes Re: (dr) DR 350 SE? Re: (dr) DR 350 SE? Re: (dr) DR 350 SE? (dr) JB's Homepage ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 10:23:35 -0700 From: "Lisa Bierlmeier" Subject: (dr) Re: DR650 woes Thanks, all, for your responses. I'm still waiting to hear back from Suzuki's warranty nazi. As for your comments and questions ... > Draw on your anger to give you strength ! Yeah, trouble is that I have an extremely long fuse - none of this 'I am woman - hear me roar!' stuff here, unless the local cable provider loses the feed on Superbowl Sunday ... > you might try switching back to the recommended SG rated non-synthetic 10W-40 oil just to see if it makes a difference before tearing into the engine I tried that on my most recent oil change, as I WAS anticipating my dealer's tearing down the engine within 1k miles, but it made little or no difference. Oh, and by the way, don't ya EVER be mentch'nin no freakin H-D on the same page as my DR agin, y'hear?? Lisa :) - - 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: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 15:54:27 -0700 From: Springer Subject: (dr) RE: dr650 woes Lisa wrote: >Oh, and by the way, don't ya EVER be mentch'nin no freakin H-D on the same page as my DR again, y'hear??> Hey Lisa is that a little attitude that I hear there? Cool, I like that. I try very hard to keep an open mind on all subjects, But Hardley Ablesons are the one thing that I am negatively and hostilely prejudiced about. But I digressed, after all this is a Dr list. I hope you get some satisfaction with your 650. - -- Pete Springer PH 760-753-8475 Box 938 501 Union St. Cardiff, Ca 92007 Encinitas, Ca 92024 84 V65 Sabre, Honda 83 V65 Magna, Honda 86 VF700C Magna, Honda 86 XR600, Honda 94 DR350, Suzuki 85 XR350, Honda 87 TW200, Yam The only thing worth dying for is living. It's not smart people that live to be old, It's lucky people. Sabre shock Altering is the answer to "The Meaning of Life" (honda magna,honda sabre,V65,1100cc,vf750s,vf700s,vf700c,vf750c,honda interceptor,vfr750f) (honda magnum,v45,750cc,vf750,vf700,vfr750,vfr800,vfr800f,vf1000,vf1000f) - - 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: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 16:37:33 -0700 From: Michael Subject: (dr) DR 350 SE? I currently have a KLR 650. Next year i plan on giving up on the Swiss Army Knife bike concept and getting a larger and a smaller bike. I've found my larger bike and thought I'd narrowed the smaller bike down to a KLX 300, XR 250, or a DRZ 400 with a baja kit so I don't have to trailer it. A nearly new DR 350SE just showed up in the paper. My questions are these. First, what is its dry weight. Secondly, is it too heavy for a primary woods bike? Thanks for the input. M P.S. Thanks to Kurt for pointing me to this 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: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 20:36:19 -0400 From: "jnugent" <2jnugent@prodigy.net> Subject: Re: (dr) DR 350 SE? Hello I have a 97 350 se and the dry weight is 285, I have mine down to 270-275 just by losing the stuff you don't need. I ride the bike mostly in the woods and it does just fine. If you plan to go into the rough stuff or jump it, it will need suspension work. I love my bike it has something about it that charms you, kind of like an old VW bug. Hope this helps Jim - ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael To: dr list Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2000 7:37 PM Subject: (dr) DR 350 SE? > I currently have a KLR 650. Next year i plan on giving up on the Swiss > Army Knife bike concept and getting a larger and a smaller bike. I've > found my larger bike and thought I'd narrowed the smaller bike down to a > KLX 300, XR 250, or a DRZ 400 with a baja kit so I don't have to trailer > it. A nearly new DR 350SE just showed up in the paper. My questions are > these. First, what is its dry weight. Secondly, is it too heavy for a > primary woods bike? Thanks for the input. > > M > > P.S. Thanks to Kurt for pointing me to this 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. - - 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: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 18:22:20 -0700 From: Springer Subject: Re: (dr) DR 350 SE? Michael wrote: Secondly, is it too heavy for a > primary woods bike? Thanks for the input. I have a 94 Dr350 street version, and find it to be a very light handling bike with more power than I need. It will hold 65 or 70 on the HWY. It's buzzing pretty good at those speeds, but the motor is durable. The suspension differences on the 92 t0 96 and the 97 to 99 are tremendous. The 92 to 96 don't have any rebound adjustment on the front or the rear. It is a major detriment. The 97 to 99 have both adjustments on both ends as does the new DRZ400s. Get the DR later version. > > M > > P.S. Thanks to Kurt for pointing me to this 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. - -- Pete Springer PH 760-753-8475 Box 938 501 Union St. Cardiff, Ca 92007 Encinitas, Ca 92024 84 V65 Sabre, Honda 83 V65 Magna, Honda 86 VF700C Magna, Honda 86 XR600, Honda 94 DR350, Suzuki 85 XR350, Honda 87 TW200, Yam The only thing worth dying for is living. It's not smart people that live to be old, It's lucky people. Sabre shock Altering is the answer to "The Meaning of Life" (honda magna,honda sabre,V65,1100cc,vf750s,vf700s,vf700c,vf750c,honda interceptor,vfr750f) (honda magnum,v45,750cc,vf750,vf700,vfr750,vfr800,vfr800f,vf1000,vf1000f) - - 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: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 19:23:16 -0600 From: "Kurt Simpson" Subject: Re: (dr) DR 350 SE? > > KLX 300, XR 250, or a DRZ 400 with a baja kit so I don't have to trailer > > it. A nearly new DR 350SE just showed up in the paper. My questions are > > these. First, what is its dry weight. Secondly, is it too heavy for a > > primary woods bike? Thanks for the input. Hi Michael you're welcome...a very good group of folks here but not nearly as talkative as the KLR group...so you may have to ask the same question a couple of times...all of the bikes you're looking at are excellent so you're for sure going to have fun. You might ask yourself how many pavement miles you'll be doing. And approach the question that way. On this list the 350 has appeared in so many guises it has to win award for versatility...people have them bored to 435 running RM forks and heavy duty rear suspension...you name it and it can do it but so can all of the other bikes on your list...have you looked at a used XR250L '91-95? They have a reputation of being a superb woods bike... Kurt - - 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: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 19:58:35 -0700 (PDT) From: john miller Subject: Re: (dr) DR 350 SE? - --- the dry weight is 285, > I have mine down to > 270-275 just by losing the stuff you don't need. You'd be shocked at whet the bikes really weigh.I lost the stuff I dont need the fender under carrige,muffler and I weighed the bike by putting the front tire on a scale then did the same with thye front and added them together.I do not know if this is an accurate weight but it's 140 front-160 rear=300lbs __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.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: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 20:36:03 -0700 From: Wayne Marsula' Subject: Re: (dr) RE: dr650 woes Springer you ol' dog! I thought that bike other than your Suzi DR WAS a HOG. Wayne - -- ******************************************************************** Wayne Marsula', Escondido, CA "Casual Collector of Classic Hondas" Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club - California Field Representative http://www.mikthebik.com/ ======================================================================= MB-5 S-65 S-90 CT-90 SS-125 CA-95 CL-160 CB-200 TL-250 CB77 CL77 CA77 CB350-4 CB400F CB500-4 CB-550F CB750F CB900F GL1100 BMW R100GSPD (La Tortuga Coja) BMW R75/5 "Toaster Tank" Suzuki DR350SE.... Ready for some Dual Sportin' ............. AND........ A Proud Member of the: *NATIONAL*RIFLE*ASSOCIATION* - - 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: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 20:41:12 -0700 From: Wayne Marsula' Subject: Re: (dr) DR 350 SE? Michael, I have the same DR, and use it for dual sport riding. It does a great job for me, but I don't know what you mean by a "primary woods bike". Remember it is a dual sport bike, it can be improved on, especially in the suspension. As well as changing the suspension for my riding weight and style, I have an Acerbis tank and run a 13 tooth front sprocket for trail riding. It weighs about the same as the DRZ400, and even with an old man's back, I can pick it up with ease. Not that I ever drop it, of course! ;o) If I can be of any further help, feel free to write me off list. Wayne - -- ******************************************************************** Wayne Marsula', Escondido, CA "Casual Collector of Classic Hondas" Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club - California Field Representative http://www.mikthebik.com/ ======================================================================= MB-5 S-65 S-90 CT-90 SS-125 CA-95 CL-160 CB-200 TL-250 CB77 CL77 CA77 CB350-4 CB400F CB500-4 CB-550F CB750F CB900F GL1100 BMW R100GSPD (La Tortuga Coja) BMW R75/5 "Toaster Tank" Suzuki DR350SE.... Ready for some Dual Sportin' ............. AND........ A Proud Member of the: *NATIONAL*RIFLE*ASSOCIATION* - - 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: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 23:13:51 -0000 From: "Mark Sampson" Subject: Re: (dr) DR 350 SE? . Secondly, is it too heavy for a > primary woods bike? Thanks for the input. When I am riding down and dirty knobby tired single track---I really prefer something lighter than a DR350 SE, although the bike will get thru it--just with more effort. When it really tough and I'm not to concern about being legal I will ride my TTR250-----But if I need to be squeaky clean legal and maybe going to ride some road between trails then I ride my DRZ400S--which weighs about the same as a DR350ES. Mark Sampson didi@acworld.net 2000 Suzuki DRZ400S 1999 Yamaha TTR250 (to old to kick) 1997 BMW F650 (Little Red) 1989 Honda Transalp--the bike that almost does it all!!!!!!! All GPS equipped of course!!! - - 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: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 09:11:13 EDT From: AKRAZGPR@aol.com Subject: Re: (dr) DR 350 SE? My new drz400s doesn't have any external rebound adjustment on either end. - - 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: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 16:19:51 -0500 From: "Jan Bradley" Subject: (dr) JB's Homepage Hey fellow DR owners... I've been working today on my webpage. I have pix of my DR650 there with the modifications (not too many). so, if you'd like to check out my DR, go to: http://members.iquest.net/~jkbradley/ Later, JB - - to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. 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