From: owner-dr350-digest@lists.xmission.com (dr350-digest) To: dr350-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: dr350-digest V1 #71 Reply-To: dr350-digest Sender: owner-dr350-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-dr350-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk dr350-digest Monday, June 7 1999 Volume 01 : Number 071 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 21:48:45 -0400 (EDT) From: MILLFAM@webtv.net (john miller) Subject: (dr350) fmf megamax If you have the megamax 2 muffler put the washers between the discs as some smart list member mentioned.My bike is stock and my buddy has the carb jetted and the fmf muffler and my bike was faster.Today he put washers between the discs it made it a bit louder but now he beats me.A definite power increase just by putting washers between the discs.The first couple of discs get crushed together if you dont and it is restrictive.anyone know if somone makes a headlight grill for our bike? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 20:14:40 -0600 From: "Kurt Simpson" Subject: Re: (dr350) info on pilot valve adjustment; Thumper's phone# & address >By the way, does anyone have some webspace they're not using? I could scan >the carb spec pages out of the Thumper catalog....it's a pretty useful >reference. sure Bryan, ship it my way and I'll put it up for you... Kurt ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 20:40:40 -0600 From: "Tom Warr" Subject: Re: (dr350) DR350 Tires >I've had real good luck with the Dunlop D903's > >Brian Luttman I got about 1000 miles from a rear 903, compared to about 1500 miles from a rear MT 21. On gravel roads, I couldn't tell much difference in performance. On sticky mud, the dunlop had less tendancy to load up the tread. I have said it before - the MT21 are the best compromise that I have found for a street legal knobbie, in terms of performance and tire mileage. TW ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 21:43:43 -0600 From: "Kurt Simpson" Subject: NDR....Re: (dr350) DR 650 RS >I am the happy owner of a 1991 DR 650 RS and I just wanted to know if there >are other DR 650 owners on this list and especially DR 650 RS owners... >Makis Kypraios >DR 650 RS Makis, I'm sorry to say that this list is pretty much specific to the little brother/sister in its several guises...I'm not aware of a DR 650 list (there should be because it is the most popular of the big 650 Dual Sports) but you might try the DUST list, or...better yet...do what I've done twice now...start your own list...it works. Write off-line if you would like some help. Kurt Simpson Salt Lake City ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 12:26:05 +0100 From: "Wez" Subject: (dr350) stuff This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_002A_01BEB0E0.EA2356E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have a DR350S 96 with kick start here in England there is not a lot of places where you can go of road = :-( , so anyone know of a good set of road tyres, (don't go off road)=20 a legal after market can, and finally where I can get a long range tank from? and does someone know somw good web sites. - ------=_NextPart_000_002A_01BEB0E0.EA2356E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I have a DR350S 96 with kick = start

here in England there is not a lot = of places=20 where you can go of road :-( ,

so anyone know of a good set of road = tyres,=20 (don't go off road)

a legal after=20 market can,

and finally where I can get a long = range tank=20 from?

and does someone know somw good web=20 sites.

- ------=_NextPart_000_002A_01BEB0E0.EA2356E0-- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 12:24:37 +0100 From: "Wez" Subject: (dr350) road legal can This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01BEB0E0.B59730E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable where can i get a road legal can from and please send price as well thanks wez dr350s - ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01BEB0E0.B59730E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

where can i get a road legal can = from and please=20 send price as well

thanks

wez

dr350s

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- ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01BEB0DF.DFA6D1C0-- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 08:11:33 EDT From: Polyjohn@aol.com Subject: (dr350) Trip around Lk Mich - Jun 11,12,13 I am planning a trip around Lake Michigan for the weekend of June 11,12,13. I will be starting in Chicago, north to Marinette, WI, to the Mac bridge, then back south along the west coast. Back roads are the plan. There will also be a play day in there as well. If anyone is interested in joining me along the trip or knows of some good roads, email me off list. John 97 CBR 600 F3 94 XT 225 83 TDM 850 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 07:41:01 PDT From: Bryan Nolastname Subject: Re: (dr350) DR350 Tires I know this has been posted before,,,,but what is the largest size rear tire you can put on a DR350SE? I put the stock size of IRC on mine, & it looks like there is alot more room for a fatter tire. Bryan in Dallas 95 DR350SE >From: "Tom Warr" >Reply-To: "Tom Warr" >To: "Brian Luttman" , >Subject: Re: (dr350) DR350 Tires >Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 20:40:40 -0600 > > >I've had real good luck with the Dunlop D903's > > > >Brian Luttman > > >I got about 1000 miles from a rear 903, compared to about 1500 miles from a >rear MT 21. On gravel roads, I couldn't tell much difference in >performance. On sticky mud, the dunlop had less tendancy to load up the >tread. > >I have said it before - the MT21 are the best compromise that I have found >for a street legal knobbie, in terms of performance and tire mileage. TW > > > _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 09:46:49 -0600 From: "Kurt Simpson" Subject: Re: (dr350) road legal can Wez...please change your email format to plain text only...anything else mucks up our digest on the list ... Thanks, Kurt Simpson - -----Original Message----- From: Wez To: Dr350@lists.xmission.com Date: Monday, June 07, 1999 5:39 AM Subject: (dr350) road legal can where can i get a road legal can from and please send price as well thanks wez dr350s ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 09:49:30 -0600 From: "Kurt Simpson" Subject: (dr350) Fw: BOUNCE dr350@lists.xmission.com: Non-member submission from ["Eusebio Costa" ] >>From: "Eusebio Costa" >To: "dr350 suzuki" >Subject: New to the list >Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 08:52:53 -0300 >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >Hi everybody. I'm not really new to the list, as I have been receiving >messages for a month or so. I have bought a second hand, brand new, >miles, 96 DR350SE. The bike was all stock. Mods I have done so far: >exchanged the fuel tank for an Acerbis 4.8 gallons, removed the mirros, >turnsignals, seat strap, rear mud guard end with license plate holder, >put on Acerbis bush guards, Garacross Pirelli tires. I only keep >thinking if the electric start will ever disapoint me if it gets >completely wet. Anyone has any other suggestion or recommendation >concerning maintenance and dirt riding ? Thanks > >Eusebio Costa >DR350SE 1996 >Belo Horizonte - Minas Gerais - Brazil ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 09:49:59 -0600 From: "Kurt Simpson" Subject: (dr350) Fw: BOUNCE dr350@lists.xmission.com: Non-member submission from ["Hanson, William" ] >Please add me to your mail list. I just purchased a new 1998 Suzuki >DR350SE and have done a few modifications to the bike. I cut the top >off the airbox and added a Cobra ISDE exhaust. Due to the pipe >change I went from 127.5 jet to a 135 to help richen it up. I then >put a shim in to raise the needle up a little to further richen the >mixture. A set of pro grip dual-sport grips take care of the black >marks on the palms, although the factory grip glue makes the >installation a hassle. The stock gearing was not low enough for off >road hill climbing so I changed the front sprocket from 15 to 13 >tooth. I still cruise at 55 mph at 5600 rpm. I now have 1500 miles >on the bike and the stock tires, which were not very good anyway, are >being replaced with Pereli MT21 front and rear. These have a much >better lug spacing so they should not clog up with mud like the >stock tires did. The person who installed the tires said that the >new tires had a much stiffer sidewall than the original. Any other >good information on these bikes would be great. Eric ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 11:04:10 -0500 From: Andy Graham Subject: RE: (dr350) (noDRcontent)Short ride report on the YZ250WR Well to a point - marine engines: 1. Are cooled with a heavier water jacket 2. Have typically lower compression 3. Are multicylinder w/ valve timing to make torque at lower RPM's I have a Yamaha 1100 triple watercraft with a TBO longer than a 2 stroke dirtbike for these reasons. Andy -- - -----Original Message----- >From: George Kovacs [SMTP:mtctech@acronet.net] Sent: Saturday, June 05, 1999 11:53 PM To: dr350@lists.xmission.com Subject: Re: (dr350) (noDRcontent)Short ride report on the YZ250WR Hi, Not for argument, but for conversation, i agree with everything but, > > > >There are drawbacks you cannot hold a 2 stroke at high rpms for any length of > time > > >or you will blow the motor. i would disagree with that, marine outboard engine run on same mixture of gas-oil ( the newer one can vary the amount of oil) and it runs in top or near top RPM range constantly. > > > >Last is the maintainance you must rebuild these motors every > > >60 hrs or so new piston rings and cylinder honed.The parts wear down > > >faster as the motor is not lubricated as well as a 4 stroke. again, marine engines run for 10+ years without any re-ring. Most of the 2 smoke riders rebuild because of competition, and want to run it at top performance to win the race. George ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 09:07:50 -0700 From: Scott Aldrich Subject: Re: (dr350) Tires Mark Tynan wrote: > > Please pardon a potentially old question. Has anybody used Pirelli MT-21 or Maxis C6006 tires? I'm looking for new tires for my '95 DR350SES. I ride back and forth to work in the spring and summer and do some desert riding (black rock desert Nevada). I'm thinking that a 50/50 tire would be a good choice. IRC GP 110's might be a little less suitable for offroad, though I don't do anything really harsh when I am offroad. I've been using a Dunlop K695 in the rear and a Dunlop 755 up front. I've been riding about 70/30 street/dirt. The Dunlops are pretty good on the street, but I have spun out the rear once on some black ice. I think any street tire would have done the same. In the dirt the tires are pretty good, but I made the K695 pretty useless in a short amount of time. The 755 is just now starting to round, but it's not rounding like the a rear tire would. It's actually rounding on the braking side. I've had them on for about 1500 miles, and there's still a little knob on the rear, but not much. I'm going to try a set of Michelin M11's next (these tires have been replaced with the M12). These are very aggressive looking knobbie's, so I doubt they will be very good on the street. I'm going to enter a dual sport up at Tahoe at the end of the month, so I wanted something more for off-road. We'll see how quickly I wear down the knobbies on these. - -- Scott Aldrich / UN*X System Administrator ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 10:19:23 -0600 From: "Kurt Simpson" Subject: (dr350) Fw: BOUNCE dr350@lists.xmission.com: Non-member submission from [David Millhollon ] >From: David Millhollon >To: "Dr350 (E-mail)" >Subject: dr350 dr250 >Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 10:54:58 -0500 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >I just purchased a '95 dr 350se I am guessing and plan on making it a = >full blown off road bike.(I guess this would be then considered a dr = >350.) Would like to know some suggestions on a pipe and carb specs.I am = >thinking of going with an FMF megamax or a cobra. But I am not sure what = >to do with the carb. Over the weekend I rode it pretty hard and the = >thing seemed like it was vapor-locking.Had to pull the choke to keep it = >running. Anyone have any idea what could be the reason for this? Also I = >am selling my dr250, which is stripped down for offroad only.It is a '91 = >model. Just needs a new seat cover.Other than that it looks new. Don't = >have any idea what it's worth.Any suggestions or offers? = >David in Ft Worth=20 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 12:26:38 -0400 From: "Mike Harpster" Subject: Re: (dr350) DR350 Tires Bryan, I had a 140/80 on my bike with no clearance problems. Mike 98 DRSE Bryan Nolastname wrote: > I know this has been posted before,,,,but what is the largest size rear tire > you can put on a DR350SE? I put the stock size of IRC on mine, & it looks > like there is alot more room for a fatter tire. > > Bryan in Dallas > 95 DR350SE > > >From: "Tom Warr" > >Reply-To: "Tom Warr" > >To: "Brian Luttman" , > >Subject: Re: (dr350) DR350 Tires > >Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 20:40:40 -0600 > > > > >I've had real good luck with the Dunlop D903's > > > > > >Brian Luttman > > > > > >I got about 1000 miles from a rear 903, compared to about 1500 miles from a > >rear MT 21. On gravel roads, I couldn't tell much difference in > >performance. On sticky mud, the dunlop had less tendancy to load up the > >tread. > > > >I have said it before - the MT21 are the best compromise that I have found > >for a street legal knobbie, in terms of performance and tire mileage. TW > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________ > Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ End of dr350-digest V1 #71 **************************