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dr350-digest         Wednesday, April 7 1999         Volume 01 : Number 009




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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 11:09:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ron Sutton <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (dr350) to all you electric people

Hello DR's,

I'm new to the list, been lurking a while.  I just got
my 96 DR350SE about a week ago. Now that that's out of
the way, here's my .02 cents worth.

> Finally, I've never owned a kick-start bike.

I'm just the opposite, I've never owned a bike with
electric start and I must say, I LIKE IT!!

Ron

PS: Sorry Nick, I haven't got this "Reply to All"
thing down yet.

===
Ron Sutton in Alton, IL, USA
68 Norton P11A
74 Rokon RT340
74 Rokon MX340 "Cobra"
78 Yamaha SR500E
96 Suzuki DR350SE
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Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 04:22:47 -0600
From: Joseph Trunz <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (dr350) to all you electric people

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All,
I've been riding street bikes for 15 years and have decided to kiss the
asphalt good bye and head for the Mountains. Friends have told me that a
DR350 would be a good first choice. What is a reasonable price range for
a 1995/96 DR350SE in good to excellent condition ?

JPT

Ron Sutton wrote:

> Hello DR's,
>
> I'm new to the list, been lurking a while.  I just got
> my 96 DR350SE about a week ago. Now that that's out of
> the way, here's my .02 cents worth.
>
> > Finally, I've never owned a kick-start bike.
>
> I'm just the opposite, I've never owned a bike with
> electric start and I must say, I LIKE IT!!
>
> Ron
>
> PS: Sorry Nick, I haven't got this "Reply to All"
> thing down yet.
>
> ===
> Ron Sutton in Alton, IL, USA
> 68 Norton P11A
> 74 Rokon RT340
> 74 Rokon MX340 "Cobra"
> 78 Yamaha SR500E
> 96 Suzuki DR350SE
> _________________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 16:30:54 -0600
From: "Kurt Simpson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (dr350) to all you electric people

>I've been riding street bikes for 15 years and have decided to kiss the
>asphalt good bye and head for the Mountains. Friends have told me that a
>DR350 would be a good first choice. What is a reasonable price range for
>a 1995/96 DR350SE in good to excellent condition ?


$2,200 - $3,200 depending on year and mileage...I was about to buy a '95 with 7,500 miles at
$2,250 and got lucky and Tim Bernard spotted a '97 with 1,500 miles for $2,700.

Kurt

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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 17:52:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: kevin albrecht <[e-mail]>
Subject: (dr350) exhaust systems

I'm in the process of choosing a yoshimura yrd or a big gun exhaust system.
noise is a concern, are they any different re: performance; noise; ect. the
price difference is 275

  any advice would be most helpful!!

 thanks kevin

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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 11:21:34 -0600
From: "Kurt Simpson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (dr350) List is still growing...

This is my weekly post to let people know they are subscribed to the dr350 list...we are
growing nicely so keep up the good work spreading the news. We are at 93 subscribers in our
sixth week of existence. Here are the archive locations for your records:

http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=dr350
http://www.xmission.com/pub/lists/dr350/archive/?923419047

I've also established a web-site where I have room for any dr350 pertinent info. So, let me
know. I'll be posting a description of my install on an Ahhhh...ahhhh..cher...bis fuel tank and
Kouba Kouba links after this upcoming weekend...Any tips from vets? The website is at:

http://members.tripod.com/ajaxut/index.html

Regards,

Kurt

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Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 20:48:25 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Andrus Chesley)
Subject: (dr350) Tank panniers

Hi people,
Bought a set of Tank Panniers for the DR350 from Cabela's. Work really
good for keeping small items at hands reach. Maps, notebook, eats,
waterbottle, etc..  Your knees will be rubbing againt them when sitting
down but they are nice in front of the knees when running at speed.  The
bag is held in place with a foam strap which fit over the gas cap with a
hole for the gas cap cut out in it. But I had to inlarge this hole for
the Cap on the IMS tank to seal.
They also have a loop and hook velcro setup to hold them on the sides of
the gas tank. Mine  come unglued from what I'm fairly sure is gas vapors
going thru the plastic, as it does, and attacking the glue.  So what I
did was to take a piece of 1" straping material and glue/sew some Hook
material on it and run it around front of the gas tank and hooking up
with the Loop material on the Panniers... This does the job of holding
them forwards on the tank. I don't worry about them flopping about too
much as I'm not jumping anything that big with This bike anyway. Ha ha
ha.
In case anyone is interested..... They are in the ATV section of the New
Cabela's Master Catolog # RZ-1103 on page 45 and the part no. is
RZ-52-0010 and the colors are Black or Advantage Camo.  List for 39.99
plus shipping.

- --
Cheers and Best Regards
Andy Chesley @ 56 and ticking
'97 BMW R11RA (Amiga)
'97 Suzuki DR350SE (Suzy)
"So Many Roads, So Little Time"
http://www.deltech.net/members/aches

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Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 05:44:53 PDT
From: "Bryan Nolastname" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Intro & questions {was: (dr350) to all you electric people

Hi all-  I'm going to buy a used DR350 in near future, I now just have
to decide whether I'll get the SE or the dirt version & put a dual
sport kit on it.  I've got a few questions:

1) I rode a new 99 DR350SE a month ago and was pleasantly surprised
to find that it could cruise at 70mph.  Enough people have told me
that the XR400 is just no good at hiway work, so I've written it off.
 I will be doing alot of hiway miles to get to the places where I want
to ride off-road.  Does the dirt only DR have different transmission
ratios from the SE?  Same sprockets?

2)regarding my search for a used DR....
I think the SE went to cartridge forks in 97; had the dirt only model
always had cartridge forks?

3)current model year Suzuki literature says the dirt only model has a
different carb than the SE.  Is it better?  Other than lighter weight,
what advantages/better components do you get with the dirt only model?

4)what would be the oldest model year of each I should consider?

Thanks in advance-

Bryan (98 ZX-6R for sale in Dallas, $6100, perfect cond)

(Thanks for turning me on to this list Nick)


>From: "Sperduto, Nick" <[e-mail]>
>Reply-To: "Sperduto, Nick" <[e-mail]>
>To: "'dr350 post'" <[e-mail]>
>Subject: (dr350) to all you electric people
>Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 10:01:00 -0400
>
>I cut this out of a post to the thumper list about a guy looking for
a new
>bike.
>
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>-------------------------------------------
>Finally, I've never owned a kick-start bike.  Kick starting sounds
good
>to me since I've been stuck in the Rocky mountains once w/ a dead
>battery & nobody to help w/ push-start & no down hills!  However,
while
>I am 6'0" 180 lbs, I am rather, uh..."chicken-legged" :)  How hard is
>the XR400 going to be to start in the worst conditions, like when hot
&
>stalled by crash....or a cold, high-altitude morning?
>


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Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 07:25:14 -0700
From: "Lees, John W" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (dr350) Tank panniers

test

> ----------
> From:     [e-mail][SMTP:[e-mail]]
> Reply To:     [e-mail]
> Sent:     Tuesday, April 06, 1999 6:48 PM
> To:     DRList; [e-mail]
> Subject:     (dr350) Tank panniers
>
> Hi people,
> Bought a set of Tank Panniers for the DR350 from Cabela's. Work really
> good for keeping small items at hands reach. Maps, notebook, eats,
> waterbottle, etc..  Your knees will be rubbing againt them when sitting
> down but they are nice in front of the knees when running at speed.  The
> bag is held in place with a foam strap which fit over the gas cap with a
> hole for the gas cap cut out in it. But I had to inlarge this hole for
> the Cap on the IMS tank to seal.
> They also have a loop and hook velcro setup to hold them on the sides of
> the gas tank. Mine  come unglued from what I'm fairly sure is gas vapors
> going thru the plastic, as it does, and attacking the glue.  So what I
> did was to take a piece of 1" straping material and glue/sew some Hook
> material on it and run it around front of the gas tank and hooking up
> with the Loop material on the Panniers... This does the job of holding
> them forwards on the tank. I don't worry about them flopping about too
> much as I'm not jumping anything that big with This bike anyway. Ha ha
> ha.
> In case anyone is interested..... They are in the ATV section of the New
> Cabela's Master Catolog # RZ-1103 on page 45 and the part no. is
> RZ-52-0010 and the colors are Black or Advantage Camo.  List for 39.99
> plus shipping.
>
> --
> Cheers and Best Regards
> Andy Chesley @ 56 and ticking
> '97 BMW R11RA (Amiga)
> '97 Suzuki DR350SE (Suzy)
> "So Many Roads, So Little Time"
> http://www.deltech.net/members/aches
>
>
>
>

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Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 08:49:01 -0600
From: "Kurt Simpson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Intro & questions {was: (dr350) to all you electric people

>2)regarding my search for a used DR....
>I think the SE went to cartridge forks in 97; had the dirt only model
>always had cartridge forks?


The SE went to cartridge in '98

>>4)what would be the oldest model year of each I should consider?


Bryan, this cuts to the heart of your entire question...'94 SE...the first year it had lecky
start...the dirt model doesn't have it..ergo..buy an SE from '94 on up...

Kurt '97 SE

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Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 12:23:13 -0500
From: George Kovacs <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Intro & questions {was: (dr350) to all you electric people

Hi Bryan.

I Just got a 99 DR350SEX , what the X stands for , i don't know.
The bike will do 80MPH, and holds pretty steady as far as handling , but
you must know that these bike are not designed for highway use. Like a
goldwing or so.
As far as difference between DR and DR-se yes lots of it.
Front forks are the same ,
Rear suspension , DR has a longer swing arm ,because of that has a longer
susp. travel 11.2 vs.10' on the SE.
SE has electric start ,a nice feature ( did you ever get a leg injury
riding?) ,try to kick start after that. + cold start and after dumping it
......... Hart to get it going.
On the other hand you will get less weight DR 249Lb --- SE 286Lb ( starter
+ battery +lights, ......)
DR has a different carb TM33SS ---- SE has BST33 ( air pollution , i
guess)
DR has a tall seat height 36.2"  if you shorter than 6' you will not be
able to put both feet to the groung at a traficlight. The SE is 35"
DR has a more knobby tire like a dirt bike , the SE has semi knobby so it
has some traction on the road.
As far as trans , i was told that it is geared different, but i don't know
if it is true. But i can tell that the DR has a larger rear sprocket.
The engine should be the same.
Oh Yes and the SE has lockable gas cap -----Sugar!!!!!
I have to ride on the street to  so i picked the SE . I like it.
I hope this will help to clear up some of your questions.

George

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Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 11:15:50 -0700
From: Scott Aldrich <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Intro & questions {was: (dr350) to all you electric people

George Kovacs wrote:
>
> Hi Bryan.
>
> I Just got a 99 DR350SEX , what the X stands for , i don't know.

  The "X" is a designator for the model year.  I have a 1998 DR350SE.
Another way to specify that is DR350SEW (The "W" = 1998).  So saying "99
DR350SEX" is redundant.

- --
Scott Aldrich / UN*X System Administrator

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