From: owner-dr-digest@lists.xmission.com (dr-digest) To: dr-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: dr-digest V1 #36 Reply-To: dr-digest Sender: owner-dr-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-dr-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk dr-digest Sunday, February 13 2000 Volume 01 : Number 036 (dr) 1998 DR650 Chains and Sprockets Re: (dr) 1998 DR650 Chains and Sprockets (dr) (350) need parts Re: (dr) (350) need parts (dr) Obsolete?!! Re: (dr) About exhaust Re: (dr) Obsolete?!! Re: (dr) Obsolete?!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 19:28:07 -0500 From: "The Clouser Family" Subject: (dr) 1998 DR650 Chains and Sprockets My stock chain on my Suzuki is a 525, and I think it must be purchased through Suzuki. Is there any reason not to go to the 520 chain? I have found that they are readily available at most shops. Could you please give me the pros and cons of a 520 versus a 525. My Suzuki owner's manual states not to have a master link in the chain. Does anyone know why that is? Also, could anyone give me information on my stock sprockets. I plan on making a trip from Pennsylvania to California and back in September. Should I change them to make the bike more street-oriented? Any recommendations on the number of teeth on the sprockets - front or back? Which ones would you change? Thanks, Jim C. - - to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 14:24:22 +0100 From: Rainer.Knape.SGG@t-online.de (Rainer) Subject: Re: (dr) 1998 DR650 Chains and Sprockets Hi Jim, I changed to a 520 chain with my DR 650 due to the better availability of sprockets. I would expect a 525 chain to last a little bit longer - but not that much. You need a masterlink to close an open chain - if you use endless chains (as recommended) you won't need it. If you are a 100% safety guy, you migth want the endless chain, but I never heard of problems with open chains and masterlinks (never use it twice !). If you still have the stock sprockets (15/41), there is no need to make your bike even more street-oriented - it is already. If you go offroad a 14 teeth front sprocket will be a good idea, I use 14 / 43 teeth at the moment (having a 15 sprocket for longer street rides). Rainer _____________________ The Clouser Family schrieb: > My stock chain on my Suzuki is a 525, and I think it must be purchased > through Suzuki. Is there any reason not to go to the 520 chain? I have > found that they are readily available at most shops. Could you please give > me the pros and cons of a 520 versus a 525. My Suzuki owner's manual states > not to have a master link in the chain. Does anyone know why that is? > > Also, could anyone give me information on my stock sprockets. I plan on > making a trip from Pennsylvania to California and back in September. Should > I change them to make the bike more street-oriented? Any recommendations on > the number of teeth on the sprockets - front or back? Which ones would you > change? > > Thanks, > > Jim C. - - to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 10:43:54 -0800 From: Doug B Subject: (dr) (350) need parts I need a factory rear turn signal for my 94 350SE. If anyone has one, I'll buy it, or I'll take both if you have two of them. I need ones that are not broken, and in decent condition. Thanks, Doug - - to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 11:56:18 -0800 From: "Jeff Corsaro" Subject: Re: (dr) (350) need parts If you can't find them used, you can get new aftermarket K&S turn signals that match the stock ones. They are half the cost of the Suzuki parts. Most shops that can order from Parts Unlimited or Motorcycle Stuff can get them. Jeff Corsaro in San Diego - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug B" To: "'DR list'" Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2000 10:43 AM Subject: (dr) (350) need parts > I need a factory rear turn signal for my 94 350SE. If anyone has one, I'll > buy it, or I'll take both if you have two of them. I need ones that are > not broken, and in decent condition. > > Thanks, > Doug > > > - > to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. > - - to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 16:07:55 -0700 From: "Tom Warr" Subject: (dr) Obsolete?!! Jimmy Lewis Off Road Editor, Cycle World Magazine Dear Mr. Lewis: I enjoyed reading about the new Suzuki DRz 400. However, I didn't appreciate your comment that it "replaces the obsolete DRS 350". My 1990 DRS 350 is versatile, capable, reliable, capable and functional. Not obsolete. My wife's definition of "obsolete" is if you can't still get parts for it. Parts are forthcoming for my DRS. The huge aftermarket has helped make the bike even more versatile, further endearing itself to its owner. It's easy to work on. I ride the bike a lot, and if parts ever become scarce, it would become functionally obsolete. I suppose another definition of obsolete would include not being up to the task at hand. My DRS isn't competitive on the motocross track. It was never meant to be. It is a good trail bike, and functions well in all conditions between that and the interstate. It is important to realize how most riders in the real world ride motorcycles, and the DRS is still up to the task of the way most people ride them. A faster bike doesn't necessarily make the slower bike obsolete. Here are some other adjectives you could use to replace obsolete, while describing my DRS. None of these belie the fact that the bike has 10 year old technology: Durable; popular; fun to ride. You get the picture. Sincerely, Tom Warr Bikermaniac Great Falls, Montana drwarr@montana.com PS Congratulations on your excellent finish in the Paris to Dakar race! - - to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 02:01:51 +0200 From: mikko vimpari Subject: Re: (dr) About exhaust Hi Pablo again About White brothers E-series muffler: it's absorption type muffler, = like most aftermarket mufflers are. I read YZ 400F pipe shootout, and at least for that bike it wasn't be= tter than the other aftermarket mufflers in the test.Those elliptical discs seem to be more marketing= trick. I must admit it's really good looking muffler. Mikko =2E----- Original Message ----- =46rom: Pablo To: dr350@lists.xmission.com Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 3:00 PM Subject: (dr) About exhaust Somebody have a White brothers in a DR350? How works it?. I=B4m looking a muffler that works with disc, and I think that only F= MF, WB and supertrapp do it. Are there some exhaust more? can somebody tell me the aproximate prize of the WB for DR350 (in $ U= SA)? what is the best :) ? What is better: traditional exhaust (laser, yoshimura,...) or disc ex= haust? Bye. _______________________________________________ SUZUKI DR350SE "Ride the winds of change" The Suzuki DR350SE web: www.ctv.es/USERS/pasamo - - to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - - to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 16:16:41 -0800 From: Wayne Marsula' Subject: Re: (dr) Obsolete?!! Tom Warr wrote: > > Jimmy Lewis > Off Road Editor, Cycle World Magazine > > Dear Mr. Lewis: > > I enjoyed reading about the new Suzuki DRz 400. However, I didn't appreciate > your comment - -- Tom, Thanks for a great job saying what many of us would like to say. While I'm sure the new DRZ is quite a good bike, I have to wonder how many riders "really" need it. The DR350 is quite capable, and far better than the skills that many of its riders riding skills are. A good (or better) bike does not necessarily make a better rider. Personally I ride a lot in the desert, both here in Southern California and in Baja. I don't want to take a bike to the desert that may at some point need something that is very scarce there - water. Air cooled bikes are well able to put up with the heat of the desert, much better than I am, and I might need that water for myself! Again, my thanks. Wayne Marsulá, Escondido, CA "Casual Collector of Classic Hondas" http://www.mikthebik.com/ BMW R100GSPD (La Tortuga Coja) BMW R75/5 "Toaster Tank" Suzuki DR350SE & two Yamaha's Member: BMW GS Mailing List (off & on) BMW Motorcycle Owners of America Internet BMW Riders Airheads Beemer Club #165 Baja Airmarshal United Sidecar Association Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club Honda SOHC4 #539 National Rifle Association - - to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 18:11:20 -0800 From: "Jeff Corsaro" Subject: Re: (dr) Obsolete?!! Good Point, that comment in Cycle World disturbed me too. The rags always cater to what's coming out. A few months ago Dirt Rider had a under 350cc thumper review, They rated the DR350 under the Honda XR250, Yamaha TTR250, and Kawi. KLX300. Shows you what happens when you let motocross head rate bikes. The other thumpers might be better for jumping, cornering. Most rider wouldn't benefit from having a bike that's 15 lbs lighter and what ever else the very new bikes have. That $7000 Yamaha YZ400F doesn't look very good when you don't know how to ride it. Jeff Corsaro in San Diego - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Warr" To: "'DR list'" Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2000 3:07 PM Subject: (dr) Obsolete?!! > Jimmy Lewis > Off Road Editor, Cycle World Magazine > > Dear Mr. Lewis: > > I enjoyed reading about the new Suzuki DRz 400. However, I didn't appreciate > your comment that it "replaces the obsolete DRS 350". - - to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ End of dr-digest V1 #36 *********************** - To unsubscribe to $LIST, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe $LIST" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.