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dr350-digest          Wednesday, May 5 1999          Volume 01 : Number 041




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Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 20:51:55 -0400
From: Steve Ensor <[e-mail]>
Subject: (dr350) is this a good price?

I lookin to to buy a DR350 a fellow at work has a 1991 that he cant get
started for sale for $1250. It only has 1400 miles on it and hasnt been
beat-up, the only off-road has been in his back yard. Is this a good
price? Any tips for getting it started would also be appreciated.
Thanks, Steve

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Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 21:12:43 -0400
From: "David M2 Thompson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (dr350) Mill Hall Dual Sport Info On Lione

Information & Registration form available on-line at:
alt.binaries.pictures.motorcycle
Best Dual Sport Event in the East!

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Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 20:15:54 -0600
From: "Kurt Simpson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (dr350) is this a good price?

>I lookin to to buy a DR350 a fellow at work has a 1991 that he cant get
>started for sale for $1250. It only has 1400 miles on it and hasnt been
>beat-up, the only off-road has been in his back yard. Is this a good
>price? Any tips for getting it started would also be appreciated.
>Thanks, Steve


great price if all it needs is a carb cleaning...I'd cut him a deal that
you'll put some labor into getting it running and buy it for $1,250 if he
pays parts and she runs...otherwise, your rolling the dice....

Kurt

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Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 23:36:24 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (dr350) Re:kick starter

Well here's what it boils down to..
Seems that Suzuki  kept the same engine but just plugged it up.
the gears and do-dads that make up the kick starter have been removed and
that it would be very costly to have them put back in...
supposely Suzuki doesnt have a "kit" for the kick starter,,but you have to
order piece by piece and i heard its not worth the effort,

So my answer is,, live with the electrict starter even though kick starting a
bike "looks SO cool"...

mark

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Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 23:46:11 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (dr350) Rear Under fender

You mean that waste of plastic that hangs down so everyone can make fun of
you driving  by?
that thing came off the 1st day i bought the bike,
i bolted the plate to the fender, snipped the wires to the light ( the one
the lights up the license plate )  and i ve never had any problems,,

Mark
96 DR 350 ES

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Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 21:56:34 -0600
From: "Kurt Simpson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (dr350) Alaska friends...

Going to Alaska? Stop in and say hi to friends, Jaimie and Bill Hall, they
love good company and will give you a warm hello and a nice cup of Jo....

Kurt Simpson

- -----Original Message-----
From: Jaimie Hall <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail] <[e-mail]>
Date: Saturday, May 01, 1999 4:48 PM
Subject: Hi


>Hi from AK
>We made it up safely and uneventfully. Roads and weather were fine. As soon
>as we dropped over the pass into Skagway we got flurries, rain & cold. It
is
>a late, wet spring. I'm sure it will clear up and be wonderful again!
>
>WE are out at the Dyea campground. If your friends come up, they can't miss
>our motorhome in the camphost spot. We won't have a phone but I am at the
>visitor center everyday but Thurs/Fri, or in the area giving a walk. Our
>message number (doesn't work in Canada) is 888/758-3105.
>
>Hope you have a good summer. We are looking forward to getting up to Dawson
>City, at least.
>Jaimie and Bill
>
>Please reply to [e-mail]
>
>
>_______________________________________________________________
>Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
>
>

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Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 02:58:54 -0500
From: "chasmatic" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (dr350) Norm Kouba's e-mail address

Can someone help me with Norms e address?  I seem to have lost it.

Also, Jessie, you failed to answer my questions regarding your Magic Air Box
2.  Since, I was never awarre of the magic air box 1, I was asking questions
like:  will it have a top opening and a drain?

Thanks, Harral Chastain

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Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 05:22:07 -0500
From: charles w vokac <[e-mail]>
Subject: [none]

The Clymer manual keeps mentioning torque specifications for different
bolts like the rear axle and oil drain plug.  Is it really necessary to
blow $30+ on a torque wrench or can you just put the bolts back as tight
as they were by guestimation?

Also, where can you find replacement  rubber parts (gaskets) like the
airbox door gasket and the float valve seat gasket?  My Suzuki dealer
(worthless & overpriced) says his catalog doesn't list an airbox door
gasket and so I have been afraid to ask about the float valve seat
gasket, knowing they will say the same thing.

Chuck Vokac
Panama City, FL
92 DR350S


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Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 07:51:21 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (dr350) is this a good price?

In a message dated 5/4/99 7:53:44 PM Central Daylight Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< I lookin to to buy a DR350 a fellow at work has a 1991 that he cant get
 started for sale for $1250. It only has 1400 miles on it and hasnt been
 beat-up, the only off-road has been in his back yard. Is this a good
 price? Any tips for getting it started would also be appreciated.
 Thanks, Steve >>

Sounds like a good deal to me. I am not very familiar with the carb on the SE
version but the one on my off road version is very sensitive to stale gas. I
also think Kurt is right about you needing to cleen the carb. A 91 with only
1400 hundred mile has done a lot of sitting around. Does the engine turn over
smoothly when you depress the dreaded start button? If it will not turn over
with a fresh battery charge or makes odd grindy noises you may have internal
engine damage (not very likely with only 1400 miles). The other culprit could
be a bad CDI unit, so make sure you check for spark. My wife had a DR125SE
that she only used for off roading. After sitting up all winter it would not
start either. A little fresh gas, a baterry charge and just a touch of
starting fluid for flavor would usually
solve the problem.

WARNING: Never buy your wife a DR125 unless you also buy the optional winch
(so she can pick the heavy bastard up after she dumps it) and the optional
bolt on hampster wheel (this more than doubles horse power).

Mike A.
Nashville

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Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 07:55:53 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (dr350) Re:kick starter

You might try finding the parts you need at a bone yard. DR's have been
around a long time. There is bound to be a few dead ones some where. It would
be cool to have both starting options.

Mike A
Nashville

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Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 10:36:00 -0400
From: "Sperduto, Nick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (dr350) Helmet info

Does anyone have any info on their helmet for someone to read in case of an
emergency.

I was wondering what info was on there.
I was thinking of making something and including
name, address, who to contact in case of emergency, what medication your
allergic to and blood type.

anyone think of anything else.
I'd print it out in small font on paper and then tape it to my helmet with
clear packing tape


Nick

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Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 08:46:41 -0600
From: "Pokluda, Gino F" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (dr350) Helmet info

>>Does anyone have any info on their helmet for someone to read in case of
an
emergency.<<

I used to have a sticker that said; "In case of accident, do not remove
helmet".  This was to prevent well meaning individuals from further
complication a neck injury by trying to take you helmet off if you are
incoherent.  Don't know where you can get those stickers, I got mine at a
H-D rally of all places, go figure.

Gino

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Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 09:11:30 -0600
From: "Fred Hink" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (klr650) RE: (dr350) Helmet info

I have some of these stickers.  If you want one send me a stamped and self
addressed envelope.

Fred Hink
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
         Arrowhead Motorsports
http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/
435-259-7356  Fax [phone]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


- ----- Original Message -----
From: Pokluda, Gino F <[e-mail]>
To: 'dr350 post' <[e-mail]>; <[e-mail]>;
<[e-mail]>; <[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 8:46 AM
Subject: (klr650) RE: (dr350) Helmet info


> >>Does anyone have any info on their helmet for someone to read in case of
> an
> emergency.<<
>
> I used to have a sticker that said; "In case of accident, do not remove
> helmet".  This was to prevent well meaning individuals from further
> complication a neck injury by trying to take you helmet off if you are
> incoherent.  Don't know where you can get those stickers, I got mine at a
> H-D rally of all places, go figure.
>
> Gino
>
>
>

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Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 08:48:37 -0700
From: jessekientz <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (dr350) Norm Kouba's e-mail address

Sorry about that,Harral the original air box has a completely open top and a
drain which is a short stub tube that protrudes down about 3/4 of an inch. we
are incorporating two drains towards the front as the floor of the air box
slants down in the front. We have other improvements we are also making to
improve the fit. I have had mine since 1993 and they make a big difference in
the performance just by them selves alone and if you do other modifications it
just gets better. Hope this answers your questions if you have more feel free to
contact me.  Jesse

chasmatic wrote:

> Can someone help me with Norms e address?  I seem to have lost it.
>
> Also, Jessie, you failed to answer my questions regarding your Magic Air Box
> 2.  Since, I was never awarre of the magic air box 1, I was asking questions
> like:  will it have a top opening and a drain?
>
> Thanks, Harral Chastain

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Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 09:07:22 -0700
From: jessekientz <[e-mail]>
Subject: (dr350) Re:

Charles the float valve seat has an o'ring available at any bearing supply
house for pennies. Also that torque wrench is an invaluable tool that comes
into play after that drain plug keeps turning after its suppose to be tight
we all get away with it for awhile but guessing will eventually bite us
including myself.  Jesse

charles w vokac wrote:

> The Clymer manual keeps mentioning torque specifications for different
> bolts like the rear axle and oil drain plug.  Is it really necessary to
> blow $30+ on a torque wrench or can you just put the bolts back as tight
> as they were by guestimation?
>
> Also, where can you find replacement  rubber parts (gaskets) like the
> airbox door gasket and the float valve seat gasket?  My Suzuki dealer
> (worthless & overpriced) says his catalog doesn't list an airbox door
> gasket and so I have been afraid to ask about the float valve seat
> gasket, knowing they will say the same thing.
>
> Chuck Vokac
> Panama City, FL
> 92 DR350S
>
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Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 13:34:00 -0400
From: "Sperduto, Nick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (dr350) FW: (Fwd) Fw: AMA Government Relations E-mail Alert

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From: William Rosenberry
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (Fwd) Fw: AMA Government Relations E-mail Alert
Date: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 9:39AM

East Coast Enduro Association - http://www.ecea.org


 -----Original Message-----
From: [e-mail] <[e-mail]>
Date: Tuesday, May
04, 1999 3:54 PM Subject: AMA Government Relations E-mail Alert


>
>
>Please Forward this to any and all motorcyclists.
>
>AMA Government Relations E-mail Alert
>May 4, 1999
>Contact:  Ed Moreland, [phone]
>
>Subject:  Bikes for Beef--U.S. Trade Representative proposes 100% import
>tariff on European motorcycles 500cc and less.
>
>Action:  Letters to U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky
>requesting removal of motorcycles from target list.  Copies to U.S.
>Senators and Representatives.
>
>U.S. trade officials have proposed to put a 100 percent import duty on
>some
> 75 European goods -- including two categories of motorcycles, 51cc to
>250cc, and 251cc to 500cc. It is designed as a retaliation to the
>15-member
> European Union's (EU) continuing import ban on American beef treated
> with
>growth hormones. EU officials have not lifted that 10-year-old ban,
>despite
> a World Trade Organization order to end it in May.
>
>If U.S. officials impose the retaliatory tariff as scheduled June 13, it
>would double the price of a host of under-500cc off-highway machines from
>manufacturers such as KTM, Husqvarna, Husaberg, Beta, Bultaco, Fantic,
>Gas Gas, Montesa, Scorpa and TM.
>
>A full report on this issue can be found at:
>http://www.ama-cycle.org/magazine/1999/story2je.html
>
>Letters to U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky objecting to the
>inclusion of motorcycles on the target list and requesting their removal
>are needed as soon as possible.  Copies of these letters should also be
>mailed to your U.S. Senators and Representative.
>
>Letters should be addressed to:
>
>Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky
>United States Trade Representative
>Winder Building
>600 17th Street, NW
>Washington, DC  20508
>
>SAMPLE TALKING POINTS:
>
>--It is inappropriate to target motorcycles in what is essentially an
>agricultural trade dispute.


Wheres the beef in motorcycles?

 --Motorcycles miss the target. Imposing tariffs on motorcycles does
not target the EU agricultural industries benefiting from the trade
restriction, Nor does it help the agricultural industries armed by the
EU exclusion of beef

 --The motorcycle tariff would jeopardize many businesses and
American jobs.  There are a large number of motorcycle dealers and
after-market equipment manufacturers that specialize in European
motorcycles. These tariffs could collapse this specialized market.

 --Imposing tariffs on these motorcycles will not assist any
Motorcycle producers. Manufacturers such as Harley-Davidson,
Polaris and Excelsior Henderson produce larger street
motorcycles.  Any shift of purchases caused by exorbitant prices
of the European motorcycles would simply be to other imports.

 --If imposed, the European motorcycle tariff would severely harm
the sport of observed motorcycle trials.  Many of the motorcycles
used for Enduro and observed trials competition fall directly in the
category of European motorcycles 500cc and less.

 --A substantial American community opposes the proposed tariffs
on these motorcycles.  It includes those who ride for pleasure,
recreation, competition and transportation; motorcycle dealers and
distributors who sell these products; and those who manufacture
and sell after-market products that are dependent on the sale of
these motorcycles.


Please write and mail your letters as soon as possible.
Forward this message to your riding friends for action.  If you have
any questions, please call the AMA's Washington, DC
Representative, Ed Moreleand at =[phone] or e-mail
edmoreland=[e-mail]


Forwarded from Rick & Judy Resh

I for one am going to have to write a letter over this one!  Even if
you ride a bike from "another part of the world" you still should be
concerned.   If you write one letter this year, let it be to
Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky

Will Rosenberry


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Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 19:29:46 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (dr350) Re:kick starter

In a message dated 5/5/99 4:58:10 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< You might try finding the parts you need at a bone yard. DR's have been
 around a long time. There is bound to be a few dead ones some where. It
would
 be cool to have both starting options.

 Mike A
 Nashville
  >>

If you can try to get the kick assembly for a 1993 DRS (the king DR).

Carrie just might have a slightly used set that she would sell.
I'll have to ask her.

Mike

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