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dr350-digest        Wednesday, November 3 1999        Volume 01 : Number 190




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Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 18:37:32 -0700
From: "Kurt Simpson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (dr350) Corbin seat...

I just bolted the new Corbin seat on. I ordered it aircraft carrier
style (made famouse by Gino "totally stock" Pokluda albeit on his
non-stock KLR). I like it. It mated up well against the Ahhhcchherrbiis
Tank. It lowered the seat height an inch at least. Big fat end
for....well...a big...

Also, took my new to me DR650SE for a two-up ride with my son. It has a
lot more suspension than the KLR and much easier handling. I was
impressed.

Over the weekend, I bolted up Jesse's Vortex airbox and the results were
impressive. I now have a wheelie machine.

Kurt


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Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 18:55:04 -0800
From: jessekientz <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (dr350) Q: piston ring

Hi Jurgen,  The third ring is the oil ring and is made up of three pieces two thin steel and
one segmented section the thin ones are removed first and then the segmented one how ever you
should measure the piston and cylinder bore to determine the clearance it should be less than.
.120mm or.0047", The bore should be checked at the top middle and bottom at a front to back
and side to side location. If any location is more than 79.075mm or 3.113" the cylinder should
be bored to the next oversize. The cam Should be replaced and the rocker arms should be
hardface welded and reground or replaced with new. It sound s like it has been run without oil
or the oil pump has failed for some reason the clutch cover should be removed to check the oil
pump drive gear train.  If you have more questions please feel free to contact me.

Regards  Jesse

Jⁿrgen Seeger wrote:

> I've had a closer look to my DR 350 SE, which I've bought four weeks ago
>
> with the hint of the seller "damage in the cylinder had, I think".
> Actually
> it was very noisy.
>
> One reason for the was a valve clearance of around 0,4mm, another was a
> damaged
> surface of the exhaust cam, the same with the rocking arm. Because I had
> open
> the motor already, I went further and had a look to the piston. Looks
> ok,
> but, and thats my question:
>
> The third piston ring is not easily moveable in his slot, and I can't
> see were
> this ring is open. The other rings are. Is this normal, or is this
> irregular?
>
> Jⁿrgen
>
> PS: please excuse my bad English regarding mechanical vocabulary, can't
> find my dictionary of Technical English ....
>
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Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 11:02:27 +0100
From: Wagner David <[e-mail]>
Subject: (dr350) DR 350 SE 1999

Hallo!

I've got a few questions about my new DR. She has got 2000 km on her now. If
I do not start her for a few days it's
hard to start. Once I did leave her for 14 days in the garage. When I wanted
to start, it took me about 20 times to push
the electro start button. The temperature is now in my country about +10
celcius. Is this normal? I do not dear to leave her for
2 or 3 months during the winter. She wan't start again in spring. Before I
leave her, I shut the tank and drive her 500-1000m
so that there is not too much fuel in the carb. Any advice is very
apreciated.

I'm thinking of a Corbin seat. But I'm not quite sure because it is very
expansive. Is it woth it? The reason for the corbin is
that if I'm going for longer distances (100 km and more) I can feal the
pain.

Many people told me to change the rear spring to a stronger one. As I'm not
an experienced off road driver, and most of the time
I'm going quite slow, I'm not sure if this is necessary at the moment. Last
week I made to longer drives with my girl friend. Together we have 140 kg.
We took unpaved roads too. The spring is in stock mode, so not put as strong
as it could be (in the middle position), and we had no problem at all.  So
maybe the stock spring is ok for me. What do you mean?

There is one thing which I really dont't like on my bike. You can never be
absolutely sure if the amount of oil is ok, because
the measurement is not very accurate. I've mounted an oil thermometer and
find this is very important. I was very surprised
how long it can take until the oil gets warm.

In the first week I put the key to the parking position instead to the off
position. The battery was empty when I came back.
This brought me to the following: If I mount a kick start, is it possible to
start her without a battery? And if she runs, is it
possible to switch off the battery and drive without? If this is possible,
what modification is necessary. I do not like the
feeling to be completely reliant on a battery. I had a bike without battery,
so maybe this would be possible on a DR as
well with not too much modification.

Did someone ever mount cases on the side left and right? They have to be of
differnt size because of the the exaust. Is that
right? And if mounted, is there still enough space for 2 people?

Thanks a lot!

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Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 09:43:42 -0700
From: "Kurt Simpson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (dr350) FW: BOUNCE [e-mail]:    Non-member submission from [Bryan Cowger <[e-mail]>]

> > I've got a few questions about my new DR. She has got 2000 km
> on her now. If
> > I do not start her for a few days it's
> > hard to start. Once I did leave her for 14 days in the garage.
> When I wanted
> > to start, it took me about 20 times to push
> > the electro start button. The temperature is now in my country about +10
> > celcius. Is this normal? I do not dear to leave her for
> > 2 or 3 months during the winter. She wan't start again in
> spring. Before I
> > leave her, I shut the tank and drive her 500-1000m
> > so that there is not too much fuel in the carb. Any advice is very
> > apreciated.
>
> I believe that fuel in the (vented) carburator goes "bad" after a few
> days.  By "bad", I mean that it loses some of the parts of it that lead
> to easy starting.
>
> So, after I ride, I attach a piece of fuel line to the drain at the
> bottom of the carb, open the drain screw, and let whatever is remaining
> in the float bowl drain off.  This is basically what you are currently
> doing, but really getting *all* of the fuel out.
>
> Then, whenever I next go to start my bike, I open the petcock, let the
> bowl fill, and then tip the bike to the extent that a bit of extra fuel
> flows out the overflow tube.  At this point, I have a carb full of nice,
> fresh fuel.  Starts on the 1st or 2nd kick every time.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Bryan
> '96 DR441
>
>
>


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Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 23:11:04 +0100
From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=FCrgen?= Seeger <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (dr350) Q: piston ring

Hi Jesse,

thanks for your detailed answer. One question, which may be of interest t=
o
all of the list too: don't you think it may be possible that the very hig=
h valve clearance,
around three times than the maximum allowed, has caused the damages on
the camshaft and the rocker arm?

J=FCrgen


jessekientz schrieb:

> Hi Jurgen,  The third ring is the oil ring and is made up of three piec=
es two thin steel and
> one segmented section the thin ones are removed first and then the segm=
ented one how ever you
> should measure the piston and cylinder bore to determine the clearance =
it should be less than.
> .120mm or.0047", The bore should be checked at the top middle and botto=
m at a front to back
> and side to side location. If any location is more than 79.075mm or 3.1=
13" the cylinder should
> be bored to the next oversize. The cam Should be replaced and the rocke=
r arms should be
> hardface welded and reground or replaced with new. It sound s like it h=
as been run without oil
> or the oil pump has failed for some reason the clutch cover should be r=
emoved to check the oil
> pump drive gear train.  If you have more questions please feel free to =
contact me.
>
> Regards  Jesse
>
> J=FCrgen Seeger wrote:
>
> > I've had a closer look to my DR 350 SE, which I've bought four weeks =
ago
> >
> > with the hint of the seller "damage in the cylinder had, I think".
> > Actually
> > it was very noisy.
> >
> > One reason for the was a valve clearance of around 0,4mm, another was=
 a
> > damaged
> > surface of the exhaust cam, the same with the rocking arm. Because I =
had
> > open
> > the motor already, I went further and had a look to the piston. Looks
> > ok,
> > but, and thats my question:
> >
> > The third piston ring is not easily moveable in his slot, and I can't
> > see were
> > this ring is open. The other rings are. Is this normal, or is this
> > irregular?
> >
> > J=FCrgen
> >
> > PS: please excuse my bad English regarding mechanical vocabulary, can=
't
> > find my dictionary of Technical English ....
> >
> > Support Dual Sport News with your subscription http://www.geocities.c=
om/~klrdsn/page2.html
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n=3D350
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Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 23:16:20 +0100
From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=FCrgen?= Seeger <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (dr350) Q: piston ring

Hi Jesse,
thanks for your detailed advice. One question: don't you think it may be =
possible
that the very high valve clearence, about three times than max. allowed, =
has
caused the damages on the cam and the rocker arm?

J=FCrgen

jessekientz schrieb:

> Hi Jurgen,  The third ring is the oil ring and is made up of three piec=
es two thin steel and
> one segmented section the thin ones are removed first and then the segm=
ented one how ever you
> should measure the piston and cylinder bore to determine the clearance =
it should be less than.
> .120mm or.0047", The bore should be checked at the top middle and botto=
m at a front to back
> and side to side location. If any location is more than 79.075mm or 3.1=
13" the cylinder should
> be bored to the next oversize. The cam Should be replaced and the rocke=
r arms should be
> hardface welded and reground or replaced with new. It sound s like it h=
as been run without oil
> or the oil pump has failed for some reason the clutch cover should be r=
emoved to check the oil
> pump drive gear train.  If you have more questions please feel free to =
contact me.
>
> Regards  Jesse
>
> J=FCrgen Seeger wrote:
>
> > I've had a closer look to my DR 350 SE, which I've bought four weeks =
ago
> >
> > with the hint of the seller "damage in the cylinder had, I think".
> > Actually
> > it was very noisy.
> >
> > One reason for the was a valve clearance of around 0,4mm, another was=
 a
> > damaged
> > surface of the exhaust cam, the same with the rocking arm. Because I =
had
> > open
> > the motor already, I went further and had a look to the piston. Looks
> > ok,
> > but, and thats my question:
> >
> > The third piston ring is not easily moveable in his slot, and I can't
> > see were
> > this ring is open. The other rings are. Is this normal, or is this
> > irregular?
> >
> > J=FCrgen
> >
> > PS: please excuse my bad English regarding mechanical vocabulary, can=
't
> > find my dictionary of Technical English ....
> >
> > Support Dual Sport News with your subscription http://www.geocities.c=
om/~klrdsn/page2.html
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n=3D350
> > Unsubscribe by sending a message to [e-mail]
> > Leave subject blank, message is unsubscribe dr350 (or dr350-digest).


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Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 18:26:32 PST
From: "Bryan Nolastname" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (dr350) sport boots anyone?

guys, I've got a pair of Alpinestars Tech GPS boots, size 45 (10.5) that are
black w/ a bit of orange trim.  Very comfy, very good condition....worn only
a few dozen times.  I paid $149 for em on sale.  Anyone gimme $50 (+S&H) for
them?

Bryan in Dallas
95 DR 350SE
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