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dr350-digest          Thursday, June 3 1999          Volume 01 : Number 067




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Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 22:44:21 -0700
From: jessekientz <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (dr350) jx needle kit

Bishop, I just heard there are a couple in Redding news paper a friend
just told me tonight. Jesse

bisho6 wrote:

> Please help,  I live in Antioch California (about 40 minutes from San
> Francisco) and have been unable to locate any used (unthrashed,
> realistically riced) DR350s for sale.  I've tried the trader, excite,
> hotcoco.com classifieds, etc.
>
> Please help... do you have any suggestions?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bryan Nolastname <[e-mail]>
> To: <[e-mail]>; <[e-mail]>
> Sent: Monday, May 31, 1999 8:59 AM

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Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 02:02:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (James Adler)
Subject: (dr350) 385

Keith,
I have a 385 DRS, jetting should not be much different than decently
jetted opened up 350. Try a 40 - 42.5 pilot, 135 - 140 main.
                               Jim A.


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Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 11:25:07 +0300
From: "Makis Kypraios" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (dr350) DR 650 RS

****IF YOU GOT THIS MESSAGE BEFORE PLEASE IGNORE IT...I'M SORRY BUT MY
MAILER REALLY SCREWED UP.****


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...

I'd really love to hear from you...

Thanks in advance

Makis Kypraios
3D Animator
DR 650 RS

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Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 22:22:22 -0500
From: charles w vokac <[e-mail]>
Subject: (dr350) trailers and turn signals

Thanks for the input on hauling and trailers.  I  think a pickup truck or
van is the best  way to haul the bike.  My next vehicle will probably be
a pickup truck like a Dodge Dakota and this choice will be specifically
to support my bike riding interests.  However, if small wheeled trailers
are OK for hauling, I will probably get the $220 one from Harbor Freight
and bolt a 6" rail to the thing.  The one good thing about trailers is
they are easy to sell (my opinion).  This will be a temporary setup until
I can have what I really want (above).  Thanks for the help - I just
ordered my new ministalk turn signals from Dennis Kirk - only $13.99 plus
$5.00 shipping.  I thought they'd be around $50 - what a relief.

Chuck Vokac
Panama City, FL
'92 DR350S

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Date: Wed,  2 Jun 1999 11:48:51 EST
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: [none]

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Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 14:23:42 -0400
From: "Keith Browning" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (dr350) Kenda Trackmaster II Tires

Everybody:
    I just had a slight accident this morning on my way into work.  I was
coming down a twisty street in the rain and the front tire slid out on me
under very moderate breaking (I was only going 10-15mph to begin with).
Damage was minimal: a broken turn signal and mirror, bent handlebars, and
scratches on the fender and side plate. I escaped with only a small scrape
on my knee.  It really wasn't much of an accident, more of a low speed
slide across the roadway.   The point is that the Kenda tires, which suck
on dry pavement, or dangerous on wet pavement.  Knobbies in general aren't
good on pavement, but these Kenda's are especially bad.  After Mill Hall
this weekend the stock tires are going back on for the daily commute.  It's
a great tire off-road, but pays for it on the street (even though it is DOT
legal).  I think I will look for another tire that emphasizes the "dual" in
dual sport.

Keith Browning
Pittsburgh, PA

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Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 16:38:49 -0700
From: George Kovacs <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (dr350) Kenda Trackmaster II Tires

Hi Keith,

I agree, knobies are dangerous on the road, mainly because it was not designed
for that.
Knobies act like claws in the dirt, but  knobies has las than half contact
surface with the road, compare to street tires.
The less contact surface, the less traction you have, now you add water and road
grime(oil, ext.), and than you have even less traction, because you got a thin
layer of  water between the tire and the road.
Look at the tires on those Indy cars, Formula racers, wide smooth tires to
provide the maximum grabbing surface, than when it rains they switch them with
the ones that has grooves or channels to channel the water away and out, other
wise the tire will hydroplane on the top of the water, meaning no traction at
all.
I have made the same mistake by putting MX tire on the rear so at least i can get
go in the dirt , but i pay the price on the asphalt , can't accelerate hard or
use the rear brakes, other wise the road will lick those knobs right off. I  did
keep the front tire stock so at least I have some braking power on the road. You
just can't win when it comes to road-dirt tires.

George


Keith Browning wrote:

> Everybody:
>         I just had a slight accident this morning on my way into work.  I was
> coming down a twisty street in the rain and the front tire slid out on me
> under very moderate breaking (I was only going 10-15mph to begin with).
> Damage was minimal: a broken turn signal and mirror, bent handlebars, and
> scratches on the fender and side plate. I escaped with only a small scrape
> on my knee.  It really wasn't much of an accident, more of a low speed
> slide across the roadway.   The point is that the Kenda tires, which suck
> on dry pavement, or dangerous on wet pavement.  Knobbies in general aren't
> good on pavement, but these Kenda's are especially bad.  After Mill Hall
> this weekend the stock tires are going back on for the daily commute.  It's
> a great tire off-road, but pays for it on the street (even though it is DOT
> legal).  I think I will look for another tire that emphasizes the "dual" in
> dual sport.
>
> Keith Browning
> Pittsburgh, PA

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Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 19:00:00 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (dr350) GWNF

In a message dated 6/1/99 11:20:12 PM Central Daylight Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< What part of Virginia is the GW Nat'l Forest in? Does anyone know of
 any riding areas in Tenn or NC? I am going on a roadtrip to Turkey Bay
 OHV at Land Between the Lakes & we need other places to hit also. Thanks
 for any info. BTW, Sequatchie is out, it would be a trip by itself.
 Thanks,

                                   Jim A.
  >>
Jim,
 I have a whole book full of riding areas in TN. and the bordering areas.  I
received this after I joined VSTA(volunteer state trails association).
Membership is only $10.00 per year or $15 for your whole family. The trail
guide alone is worth the money. This is a great group of riders. They also
put on about 6 rides a year. I just got done doing a 130 mile ride at Royal
Blue (near Knoxville). Coming up in a few months we have a very cool ride at
Loretta Lynn's Dude Ranch. This is the only non competition ride allowed at
her place. You can get all the info at
http://members.aol.com/volstateta/VSTA.html. Also my wife and I are always
going to Turkey Bay so if you want to hook up some time for a ride drop me a
line.

Mike A.
Nashville

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Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 21:12:22 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (dr350) Choices, Choices...DR's Galore!

I just got my latest issue of MCN, a British motorcycle weekly.  Scheduled
for showing in the fall (most likely at the Milan Show) are a DR1000 monster
trailie based on the TL1000 V-twin and a water cooled DR400 to replace the
well respected but aging air cooled DR350.  A bike under discussion is a
street trailie based on the 70hp SV650 engine.  While the larger street
trailie bikes are popular in Europe, they may not be imported to England or
USA.  The DR400 almost assuredly will be imported to America.

That's all I know,
Doug

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Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 21:35:19 -0400
From: PATRICK ANDERSON <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (dr350) GWNF

James Adler wrote:
>
> Patrick,
>   What part of Virginia is the GW Nat'l Forest in? Does anyone know of
> any riding areas in Tenn or NC? I am going on a roadtrip to Turkey Bay
> OHV at Land Between the Lakes & we need other places to hit also. Thanks
> for any info. BTW, Sequatchie is out, it would be a trip by itself.
> Thanks,
>
>                                   Jim A.
Jim,
GWNF is in the northwestern part of Virginia.  The two closest towns
would be Harrisonburg and Staunton.  It is west of there,  about 15
miles on the VA/WV border.  If you are going out there,  I would suggest
getting a Delorme map of the state of virginia.  If I did not have one
of those,  I would have been so lost.  By the way,  if you are looking
for some scenic riding,  I would suggest staying in a section of the
forest called Todd Lake.  It is centrally located and there are many
fire roads accessible from it.  The ORV area in that forest is simply
that,  there is not much easily accessible camping in that area unless
you have a jeep or a four wheeler.  A 4x4 F250 extended cab long bed is
just a little too much to take down some of those trails.  If you want
some more details email me,  I might be able to give you some directions
and more specifics.
PJ

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Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 00:59:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (James Adler)
Subject: [none]

Mike & Patrick,
Thanks for the info, I'm not sure where else we will go this time,
someone else is running the show for a change. Mike, I ordered an
application from VSTA a few weeks ago, the guy said it was in the mail,
never got it. The trail info they have would have been nice, I don't
know what happened, maybe I'll try again so I can get it for next time.
                                     Jim A.

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Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 05:39:13 -0500
From: Chris Provence <[e-mail]>
Subject: (dr350) Start Conversion

Does anyone know if there is a conversion kit avaiable for a '92 DR350s
to convert from kick start to electric start?

Thanks

Chris

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