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dr350-digest        Thursday, December 9 1999        Volume 01 : Number 217




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Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 02:04:32 -0800
From: Jeff Corsaro <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (dr350) Carb problem on 94 dr350

Pete,

It sounds like the CV piston is hanging up.  I have had this happen with other bikes I have
owned.  Make sure that the piston slides freely, and the needle does not bind.  Also check
the top cover over the CV diaphragm.  If the rubber is slightly twisted under the cover it
will case problems.  I have had CV pistons that will hang up in wet weather because of the
condensation building up on the piston surface.

Jeff Corsaro in San Diego
...oh I lived in Encinitas for five years, I am up that way all the time.

Springer wrote:

>    Hi all, I've been lurking on the list here for a couple of weeks.
> there seems to be lots of great info and knowledge here.  Thanks in
> advance, maybe you can help me.
>    I bought a 94 dr350 electric start street model about a month ago.  I
> took it to the Death Valley area for 7 riding days last week.  I have
> always been a honda man and have some XRs, But my riding budy has a 90
> Dr350 dirt model converted for street.  Anyway I have ridden his from
> time to time and I concluded that his DR does every thing better than my
> hondas so now I have a DR.
>
>    The bike run great most of the time.  About the 4th day of riding, I
> was in Goler Wash and fell down trying to get up one of those rocky
> rises in the west end of the wash.  No damage to me or the bike (other
> than a directional signal), but shortly afterwards the bike started to
> stall if the RPM would get low and it would be hard to start.  It would
> only start very difficultly with full throttle.  The Bike ran in verying
> stages of bad for the whole 33 miles back to the eastern entrance to
> that wash.  The bike stalled completely a couple time where I couldn't
> keep it running (unnerving), Finally getting it going and limping in at
> about a top speed of 25 mph.  The next day I took the carb apart to find
> it clean with only a couple of grains of something in the float bowl.
> The only thing that looked funny was the needle didn't look like it had
> a very positive locating arrangement.  Maybe the needle was bouncing
> around and lodging itself cocked and allowing too much fuel.  When I was
> having trouble, I tried taping on the carb to reseat the needle.
>    Now get this, when I put the carb back on the bike it started and ran
> perfectly even without choke and it would take gas without warming up.
> So I thought this is fixed somehow, then in about 10 miles of perfect
> running the bike died while runing 40 mph, no sputtering or missing,
> just died.  I tried to restart, nothing, so I tapped the carb in
> desperation.  It restarted and ran pretty well (not perfect), But in
> another hour of slow and go rock hopping it was running perfectly and
> ran another hour back to camp.  That was the last I rode her before
> leaving for home.  Are there any suggestions as I am hesitant to ride
> her further than I feel comfortable about walking?
>
>    BTW, I put an extra set of peg about 8 to 10 inches behind the stock
> pegs.  It makes standing up much easier, and sand riding is a breese
> with the weight further back.  Also when climbing hills you don't have
> to hold any weight with your arms.  The down side is learning to get to
> the brake or gearshift.  The alteration requires welding.
> --
> Pete Springer PH 760 633 2249
> Box 938 501 Union St.
> Cardiff, Ca 92007 Encinitas, Ca 92024
>
> 84 V65 Sabre, Honda
> 86 VF700C Magna, Honda
> 86 XR600, Honda
> 85 XR350, Honda
> 89 TW200, Yam
>
> The only thing worth dying for is living.
> It's not smart people that live to be old, It's lucky people.
> Sabre shock Altering is the answer to "The Meaning of Life"
> (honda magna,honda sabre,V65,1100cc,vf750s,vf700s,vf700c,vf750c,honda
> interceptor,vfr750f)
>
> (honda
> magnum,v45,750cc,vf750,vf700,vfr750,vfr800,vfr800f,vf1000,vf1000f)
>
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Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 10:16:12 -0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: RE: (dr350) DR 350 airbox modifications

I imported a Cycle Gear airbox (Jesse has now taken over the manufacture of
these under the brand name Vortex) from the States a couple of years ago,
but didn't get the recommended carb mods coz of the logistics of the
workshop being a few thousand miles away and me needing the bike back on the
road in 2 hours.  Without the mods, and with a bit of concertina tubing to
connect the different sized airbox outlet and cam-shaped carb inlet instead
of a nice smooth pipe, I get the following:
    1)  1st gear wheelies off the throttle (no clutch)
    2)   About 20 yards dragging against a '99 unmodified DR up to 60,
30 yards at 80 and about 5mph top end
    3)   Loads more low-down torque, but not much noticeable difference
at full throttle
    4)   A nicer noise than the stock lawn mower sound
It's been on the bike over 15,000 miles now, so there's no reliability
implication.

Mine's jetted up to 147.5, which is probably slightly rich, but the 142 I
had in before was cooking the engine.  The jets only cost a couple of quid
each..you have to take the bottom off the carb (2 screws), unscrew the old
jet (the slotted brass thing with a hole in it, dead centre) and screw the
new one in..hardly rocket science, so you can try a few and see which works
best.  Check the plug after a run to make sure in's not too sooty (jet too
big) or too light (jet too small).

Overall I reckon it was money well spent and would recommend it to
anyone..but I think it would be even better with the carb mod (was included
in the Cycle Gear price) and a smooth-flow inlet pipe.

The next thing on my shopping list is the big bore kit from these guys at
Silverstone, and no import duty!

    http://www.tts-performance.co.uk/tts.shtml

Cheers!

Andy Doyle
'96 DR350 SE,  33000 miles and kicking
> -----Original Message-----
> From:    Andrew Spooner [SMTP:[e-mail]]
> Sent:    08 December 1999 00:11
> To:    dr350
> Subject:    (dr350) DR 350 airbox modifications
>
> Can anybody advise me on how much difference their is between a new Vortex
> airbox versus a cut out standard Suzuki airbox with a k+n filter.
>
> The price between the two is somewhat different especially with the
> shipping costs to me in the u.k.
>
> I'd also appreciate some advice on the following, apart from being a pig
> to kick when cold (20 mins sometime) my bike runs like a dream until I
> open the throttle fully. It then feels like the bike is being starved. I'm
> worried about changing the settings because other than this the bike runs
> great.
>

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Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 02:32:11 -0800
From: Jeff Corsaro <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (dr350) Thinking of buying a 94 DR350

Jeff,

You can plug up the starter motor hole, and buy the shaft, gear, pawl, lever, and all the
other small parts for the kick starter assembly.  I don't think its is worth it.  You will
save close to 20 lbs, dumping the electric starter, starter reduction gears/clutch and
battery.  But all the extra wiring, instrumentation, lights, locks, emissions junk, and steel
gas tank still weigh another 20 lbs more than the dirt only, DR350.  If you are looking for a
used DR that only has the kick starter, wait for one to come along or buy the dirt only DR
and add the street lighting.  It is a lot easier to add lights to the DR350 than, to subtract
the starter and battery circuit from a DR350SE.  If you take the battery out, the tach and
turn signals will not work, and you will eventually burn the voltage regulator up.  It is
possible to re-wire the bike for use with out the battery, again it is more work than its
worth.
    That's the most miles I have ever seen on a XL!  One of my buddies XL has less than
10,000 miles, and it is in need of new valves and rings.

Jeff Corsaro in San Diego

[e-mail] wrote:

>         I have had an XL600R for many years, wore it out, and sold it a few months
> ago. Rather than fix it (it had over 40K miles) I though that I would try
> to get a lighter dual sport bike, that was more dirt oriented that the XL.
> I have found a 94 DR350 that seems to be in very good condition, less than
> 6K miles, but I have some questions and perhaps someone here can comment.
>
> Is it possible to fit a kick starter to it and remove the electric starter.
> It looks like that there is a rubber plug in the case were the kick start
> would go. If I do that, how much weight will it save.
>
> Can I run the bike without a battery.
>
> The bike coughs a bit when I close the throttle from high revs, not a real
> backfire, but a noticable hickup. It has an FMF exhaust on it. Is this a
> problem, or that something DR350s do.
>
> Anything specific I should look out for before I buy it.
>
> If anyone in the San Francisco Bay area has a 93 Dr350 for sale, the one
> without an electric start, but as I understand it, easier starting that the
> 90 through 92s, I would be interested in hearing about it.
>
>                         Thanks alot,
>
>                         Jeff
>
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Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 07:24:40 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Chesley, Andrus)
Subject: (dr350) NKLR: Moon

This year will be the first full moon to occur on the
winter solstice, Dec. 22, commonly called the first
day of winter.  Since a full moon on the winter
solstice occurred in conjunction with a lunar perigee
(point in the moon's orbit that is closest to Earth).

The moon will appear about 14% larger than it does at
apogee (the point in it's elliptical orbit that is
farthest from the Earth)since the Earth is also
several million miles closer to the sun at this time
of the year than in the summer, sunlight striking the
moon is about 7% stronger making it brighter.

Also, this will be the closest perigee of the Moon of
the year since the moon's orbit is constantly
deforming.  If the weather is clear and there is a
snow cover where you live, it is believed that even
car headlights will be superfluous.  On December 21st
1866 the Lakota Sioux took advantage of this
combination of occurrences and staged a devastating
retaliatory ambush on soldiers in the Wyoming
Territory.

In laymen's terms it will be a super bright full moon,
much more than the usual AND it hasn't happened this
way for133 years.  Our ancestors saw this 133 years
ago.  Our descendants100 or so years from now will see
this again.


- --
Cheers and Best Regards
Andy Chesley @ 56 and ticking
Jennings, La.
97 R11RA, 97 DR350SET(forsale $2800) ,KLR A14
"So Many Roads, So Little Time"
http://members/deltech.net/aches



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