From: owner-dr350-digest@lists.xmission.com (dr350-digest) To: dr350-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: dr350-digest V1 #63 Reply-To: dr350-digest Sender: owner-dr350-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-dr350-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk dr350-digest Saturday, May 29 1999 Volume 01 : Number 063 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 10:07:00 -0600 From: "Kurt Simpson" Subject: (dr350) Fw: BOUNCE dr350@lists.xmission.com: Non-member submission from [DougB@aol.com] >From: DougB@aol.com >Message-ID: <977b97ab.247f4762@aol.com> >Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 21:12:02 EDT >Subject: Dualsport Rally in Moab >To: dr350@lists.xmission.com >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >X-Mailer: AOL NetMail version 2.0 > >Anyone from this list going to the rally in Moab? > > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 10:55:14 PDT From: "Bryan Nolastname" Subject: (dr350) Review of 99 DR350SE on the WWW Just found a nice review of our favorite bike: http://www.motorsports-network.com/SUZUKI/dr350/dr350.htm The test rider mentioned that he "spun" the front tire (no rimlock). They mentioned they put new knobbies on it. I wonder what the likelihood is of doing this? Happen to anyone out there? I'd like to avoid a rimlock due to the balancing problem it creates and the increased difficulty of tire/tube changing. BUT... I dont want to get a flat on a Colorado mountain either :) Rim locks....really necessary or not? Bryan in Dallas 95 DR350SE _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 11:06:06 -0700 From: Bryan Cowger Subject: Re: (dr350) Review of 99 DR350SE on the WWW > > Rim locks....really necessary or not? I think it depends on what tire pressure you're running. For my dirt-only model, I run about 15 psi up front, and as low as 8 psi (for non-rocky conditions where traction is to be optimized). With these low pressures, I don't think there's much keeping the tire from spinning, so rim locks are probably a must. It's not as clear to me, however, what the answer is for a dual-sport version. Bryan '96 DR441 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 11:07:47 -0700 From: Bryan Cowger Subject: Re: (dr350) Review of 99 DR350SE on the WWW > > > > > Rim locks....really necessary or not? > > I think it depends on what tire pressure you're running. > > For my dirt-only model, I run about 15 psi up front, and as low as 8 psi > (for non-rocky conditions where traction is to be optimized). ^ in the rear. > > With these low pressures, I don't think there's much keeping the tire from > spinning, so rim locks are probably a must. > > It's not as clear to me, however, what the answer is for a dual-sport > version. > > Bryan > '96 DR441 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 11:09:56 -0700 From: Scott Aldrich Subject: Re: (dr350) Review of 99 DR350SE on the WWW Bryan Nolastname wrote: > > Just found a nice review of our favorite bike: > > http://www.motorsports-network.com/SUZUKI/dr350/dr350.htm > > The test rider mentioned that he "spun" the front tire (no rimlock). They > mentioned they put new knobbies on it. I wonder what the likelihood is of > doing this? Happen to anyone out there? I'd like to avoid a rimlock due to > the balancing problem it creates and the increased difficulty of tire/tube > changing. BUT... I dont want to get a flat on a Colorado mountain either :) > > Rim locks....really necessary or not? I ride with the tire pressure low. I've never spun a tire, but I don't want to either. I put on rim locks almost immediately. - -- Scott Aldrich ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 11:18:02 -0700 From: Scott Aldrich Subject: (dr350) Stupid gripe Rant mode on... Does the color change piss off anyone else as much as me? I bought the '98 DR350SE (white, purple, yellow or as others call it the Barney bike) with the hope that they would keep the color scheme consistent at least for a few years. But nooo, Suzuki changed the color scheme to white, black, blue and yellow the year after they came out with the Barney color scheme. D*mmitt, I know it's not that big of a deal, but it dates your machine when there is a color change and it makes finding graphics and things harder because the aftermarket people want to stay with the current stuff. Arrgghhh! Rant mode off... There, I feel better now... - -- Scott Aldrich ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 12:29:28 -0700 From: "Lees, John W" Subject: RE: (dr350) Stupid gripe >>(white, purple, yellow or as others call it the Barney bike)<< Thanks for the chuckle, John Lees '93 dr350s pre-barney > ---------- > From: Scott Aldrich[SMTP:scotta@sr.hp.com] > Sent: 5/28/1999 11:18 AM > To: dr350 list > Subject: (dr350) Stupid gripe > > > > Rant mode on... > > Does the color change piss off anyone else as much as me? I bought > the '98 DR350SE (white, purple, yellow or as others call it the Barney > bike) with the hope that they would keep the color scheme consistent at > least for a few years. > > But nooo, Suzuki changed the color scheme to white, black, blue and > yellow the year after they came out with the Barney color scheme. > > D*mmitt, I know it's not that big of a deal, but it dates your machine > when there is a color change and it makes finding graphics and things > harder because the aftermarket people want to stay with the current > stuff. > > Arrgghhh! > > Rant mode off... > > There, I feel better now... > > -- > Scott Aldrich > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 16:27:51 -0400 (EDT) From: MILLFAM@webtv.net (john miller) Subject: (dr350) turn signals I had a 94 Yamaha XT225 before I bought my DR.The best feature on the XT was the turn signals.You can literally bend them completely against the fender without coming close to breaking them.These are UNBREAKABLE turn signals.When I do break mine(I know I will) these will be my replacement.Stop by a Yamaha dealer and check em out!!! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 00:57:56 -0400 From: Harald Glass Subject: Re: (dr350) turn signals and throttles john miller wrote: > I had a 94 Yamaha XT225 before I bought my DR.The best feature on the XT > was the turn signals.You can literally bend them completely against the > fender without coming close to breaking them.These are UNBREAKABLE turn > signals.When I do break mine(I know I will) these will be my > replacement.Stop by a Yamaha dealer and check em out!!! Ditto on that mod! ...the only caveat: you'll have to splice in longer, DR-specific pig-tails and tweak the Yammy units to fit into the squared-off Suzi holders: a benchgrinder or a cobler's rasp and Pliobond will accomplish that task nicely. BTW: so much hot air about "Gorilla Snot"--3M weatherstrip adhesive-- about these days; BLIOBOND beats that stuff hands down! It's oil and fuel resistant, MEK promoted or air setting, forms a lovely membrane - --not unlike the skin beneath an eggshell--to keep vital fluids in, such as on the oil pan and valve covers on a boxer (BMW G/S) The stuff sealed the fissures in a leaky SR500 tank in 1980: still tight as a drum. (and I'm a welder with considerable brazing skills) Liquid tuct-tape, never leave the house without it! I don't own stock in Pliobond (wish I did). Sidebar: Just found out the hard way that the healthy "push" throttle cable doesn't easily swap with the buggered "pull" cable on my '93 DR 350S. As Murphy's law would have it, the" pull" cable packed it in in the bush, just before sunset. Banking on my DR 370 experience, I thought that just switching the idle push cable over would pull me home. No dice, folks: they are NOT interchangable, but can be jerry-rigged, especially in black fly country, to get you home with less than full throttle. Big surprise after calling my authorized Suzuki dealer: 88.95 Can. smackers for a facory replacement, matched pair only. The nipples DISSOLVE into a puddle of monell, foiling any attempt of building up a custom job from salvaged parts. The culprit of that failure was water sneaking in at the adjuster of the Pull cable. Before it happens to you and the black flies or aligators eat you, chase out any moisture with silicone spray at that juncture and coat the mess with lithium grease, then cover with a "rain hood". Warning: if your (push-pull) throttle seems hesitant about returning, the rust gremlins are doing their thing to keep you from getting home for supper on time! Another emergency fix: the compression release, rerouted to work as a finger throttle! ('biler-experience certainly helps here for a smooth ride home) For less than 20 bucks you can buy a pukka after market ATV-Sled throttle and rig a slick 200 000 mile cable from braided, Teflon-lined cable from your local mountain bike shop, where they still stock that stuff by the yard (or metre, depending on your latitude). Cheers and happy trails, Harald in Millbrook (beyond the pale for cell phones) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 23:05:23 -0700 From: jessekientz Subject: Re: (dr350) kouba links Just, dial up njkouba@ix.netcom.com this is the guy that makes them. Jesse john miller wrote: > What are these so often talked of kouba links what do they do how much > are they?thanks ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 15:55:12 +0100 From: "ThunderSUB" Subject: (dr350) Test - Please ignore Test ThunderSUB (Claudio) Lisbon, Portugal http://drive.to/thundersub http://www.ip.pt/~ip203789/r1/index.html http://www.ip.pt/~ip203789/speed/speed.html http://www.ip.pt/~ip203789/virago/virago.html thundersub@bigfoot.com ICQ# [3072424] * 1982 Honda Dax 70 * 1993 Suzuki DR350S * 1999 Yamaha YZF-R1 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 13:16:47 -0400 (EDT) From: MILLFAM@webtv.net (john miller) Subject: (dr350) seat strap Does that annoying seat strap have any purpose at all?I'd like to remove it. ------------------------------ End of dr350-digest V1 #63 **************************