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dr350-digest           Saturday, May 1 1999           Volume 01 : Number 036




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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 12:43:53 -0700
From: jessekientz <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (dr350) resurrection of the magic air box

jessekientz wrote:

> To all interested parties I am setting up to manufacture what I will
> call the magic air box II complete with internal 2stage filter and
> mounting hardware It will sell for $209.99 thats $ 10.00 more than I
> paid for mine in 1993.
> I have already made up a proto type so production models for dirt DRs
> will be ready in the near future. Any of you who are interested please
> respond on the list and I will file your response and answer any
> Questions you may have.                Jesse Kientz

PS> correction The price is $209.99 Sorry

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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 15:17:55 -0700
From: jessekientz <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (dr350) resurrection of the magic air box

John I am addressing the issues that you mention now that I have my prototype to
play with I have had the same problem with mine in regards to the side covers. I
have ridden mostly in california and not where its real wet so have not experienced
any problems in that area, but appreciate your input and will incorporate these
issues
into my production pieces. Thanks for the response Jesse

[e-mail] wrote:

> Jess,
>
> Congradulations on the business; it should be successful, as the demand is still
> there. Did Bernard/Dave Bertram of CG approach you, or did Thumper pick it up? I
> hear John King left some time back.
>
> Question: I have the earlier model of the air box - will there be any
> differences with the new one? The older one was a tad too wide and pushed the
> side panels out 1/4" beyond where they should be. I had mine modified to
> minimize this effect, but remains somewhat imperfect. And the top needs to be
> narrowed with a top to prevent splashing of H2O and debris. I had the lid
> narrowed with some flat plate aluminum, then stuffed neoprene between the frame
> rails and lid on the two sides and back.
>
> If you want to use mine for study, I can ship it to you but will need something
> in its place so I can continue to ride.
>
> John
>
> jessekientz <[e-mail]> on 04/30/99 12:43:53 PM
>
> Please respond to jessekientz <[e-mail]>
>
> To:   [e-mail]
> cc:    (bcc: John D Gill/RSS/Rockwell)
> Subject:  Re: (dr350) resurrection of the magic air box
>
> jessekientz wrote:
>
> > To all interested parties I am setting up to manufacture what I will
> > call the magic air box II complete with internal 2stage filter and
> > mounting hardware It will sell for $209.99 thats $ 10.00 more than I
> > paid for mine in 1993.
> > I have already made up a proto type so production models for dirt DRs
> > will be ready in the near future. Any of you who are interested please
> > respond on the list and I will file your response and answer any
> > Questions you may have.                Jesse Kientz
>
> PS> correction The price is $209.99 Sorry

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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 15:45:58 -0700
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (dr350) Seat Cover/Foam Recommendations/Survey

Gents,

I plan on replacing my seat cover & foam now that it's torn in a few spots and
breaking down.

What's popular with you guys, the tacky, embossed or the plain, smooth variety?
It's pretty much dry riding here in SoCal, so I can go either way. The tacky,
embossed stuff looks custom but is it hard to move around on?

Who makes the best replacement foam? Guts, MSM? At one time I had Ceet's tall DR
foam, but got sore cheeks on sit-down rides; the height was better than stock
but the repeated soreness forced me to trade it away.

John

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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 22:17:26 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (dr350) DR 350 kick start

I have a 96 electric start DR 350.
Has anyone tried to add or remove the electric start to add a Kick start
instead?
I was wondering incase the battery dies while out on a trail. you could
always kick start it back up.
or would the kick start free up some the DR's weight problem?

Mark

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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 21:02:38 -0700
From: Craig Seal & Janice Brinkerhoff <[e-mail]>
Subject: (dr350) Ideas for lightening the controls on a '97 DR350?

I recently purchased a '97 DR 350, and would like to lighten the
throttle effort and bring the clutch engagement point in closer to the
bar.  I'm aware that somebody (White Bros??) supplies a longer clutch
actuator arm that improves leverage for the clutch, but don't know what
I can do about the throttle.  I've lubed the cables, checked the
routing, etc., everything works ok up to the carberator linkage.  Are
(lighter) replacement throttle springs available, or perhaps a larger
linkage cam would fix this?

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Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 00:40:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (James Adler)
Subject: (dr350) Throttle & clutch

Craig,
 You could try an aftermarket throttle, it would help some, I use the
Turbo throttle & it works well, don't have the stock carb though.
Check your clutch cable where it is touching the frame, it gets brutally
hot, mine partially fused one time, thought my clutch was shot but only
needed a new cable.
                                    Jim A.

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Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 07:16:05 PDT
From: "Bryan Nolastname" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (dr350) Seat Cover/Foam Recommendations/Survey

Hey John-  A few weeks ago, I ordered Travelcade's "Dual Sport Seat Kit".
It costs $174 total (incl delivery to Dallas).  Their phone # is
562-630-4522.  I read a Cycle World evaluation about this product, which
they had installed on an XR400.  The CW staffers really liked it.  They said
it was alot more comfortable and "...broader, rounder, and more deeply
dished than stock."  It has a gel insert in the seat foam, and is covered in
the saddle area w/ a diver's suit-like layer of neoprene for additional
comfort.  You can get the seat w/o the neoprene for $20 less, but I think it
looks cool.  I will post a report on how I like it after I get it.  They
ship you the whole one-piece seat ready to be installed over your stock seat
pan....which  I will probably have a local upholstry shop do.

Bryan in Dallas
95 DR350SE


>Gents,
>
>I plan on replacing my seat cover & foam now that it's torn in a few spots
>and
>breaking down.
>
>What's popular with you guys, the tacky, embossed or the plain, smooth
>variety?
>It's pretty much dry riding here in SoCal, so I can go either way. The
>tacky,
>embossed stuff looks custom but is it hard to move around on?
>
>Who makes the best replacement foam? Guts, MSM? At one time I had Ceet's
>tall DR
>foam, but got sore cheeks on sit-down rides; the height was better than
>stock
>but the repeated soreness forced me to trade it away.
>
>John
>
>
>


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Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 14:53:49 PDT
From: "Bryan Nolastname" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (dr350) Product report: Clarke tank; FMF MegaMaxII exhaust; adj. pilot screw

This may be a little preliminary, as I just installed my new Clark gas tank
and FMF MegaMaxII exhaust.  I guess this is mostly about installation, since
I haven't "lived" with them on the road yet.

Clark tank
BIG!  I'm not sure if they make different sizes for the DR350, but the one I
got (from Baja Designs for $139) was the 4+gallon one.  It lined up perfect
w/ the stock rubber "nubs?" that protrude from the frame, and the rubber
grommet mounted plate off the old stock tank fit fine on the Clark and lined
up well w/ the mounting holes on the frame.  I switched the stock petcock
over to the Clark (instructions mentioned a spacer that wasn't present on my
95 S) w/ no problems, but I found it to seep a bit when I got it mounted &
filled.  A few more torques on the bolts and A-OK.  In a footnote, the
instruction recommend that my model DR grind off a hair of upper cylinder
fin that the vacuum part of the petcock touches.  I didnt think this was
going to matter to me upon first fit, but after I got everything tightened
down, yeah, it just barely makes contact.  So I guess I'll take it back off
tomorrow & grind off the recommended 1/8" in from an upper cylinder fin.

FMF MegaMaxII
Getting it out of the box.....not too impressed ($212 from Baja Designs,
619-578-9111).  There was a small ding in the pipe leading to the actual can
right under a mounting location.  There was no evidence of trauma to the box
it came in....but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that it happened
in transit.  HOWEVER... I was kinda pissed that I could see rust at the
welds on several areas of the unit.  The finish (on pipe leading to can)
might be nickel...not sure....but its definitely some kind of plating, and I
expected better.  There were no instructions on where to mount the hanging
bracket that circles the can.....I ended up securing it to the rear-most
hole of the (?sub-frame fender thing?), which turned out to be a pretty good
fit.  Of the three mounting points (excluding the clamp between stock header
& this exhaust), you really had to work to get everything to line up.  You
had to get 2 tight, then loosen em back up to get the third, etc...  I think
this put everything in a constant bind....maybe that was their
intention....but if so, they should have warned so in the instructions.   As
far as performance, I cranked it w/ it fully open, and it was pretty loud at
idle.  Then I put the entire 9 disks on w/ endcap, & started to fiddle w/ my
pilot idle screw.

Pilot Jet adjustment valve/screw (applies to CV carb models only)
I got this from Thumper Racing, but I think Scott's makes it.  You drill the
plug out of your carb, remove the existing needle/screw, & install the new
one w/ a little T handle.  You have to cut off 1/8" of the housing for the
pilot needle valve, but this was a no brainer w/ a Dremel tool.  As I was
messing around w/ my new exhaust, I could easily see performance differences
from as little as a 1/4 turn of that pilot needle.  This is definitely worth
$20, as otherwise you'd probably have to take carb off to make these little
adjustments.  I especially wanted it cause I plan on going to ride
high-elevation jeep trails in Colorado this summer, and supposedly you can
compensate for the altitude on the fly w/ this setup.

If I find any of these products especially good/bad after I've ridden with
em for a while, I'll let y'all know.

Bryan in Dallas
95DR350SE



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