From: owner-dr-digest@lists.xmission.com (dr-digest) To: dr-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: dr-digest V1 #172 Reply-To: dr-digest Sender: owner-dr-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-dr-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk dr-digest Wednesday, June 14 2000 Volume 01 : Number 172 (dr) Who had stock tank 4 sale? (dr) 13/44 gearing & chain tension? Re: (dr) 13/44 gearing & chain tension? Re: (dr) 13/44 gearing & chain tension? (dr) Tank... (dr) Hauling bikes in a van - long Re: (dr) Hauling bikes in a van - long Re: (dr) 13/44 gearing & chain tension? (dr) Re: DR650SE carb + suspension Re: (dr) Hauling bikes in a van - long ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 19:13:23 EDT From: Comobu@aol.com Subject: (dr) Who had stock tank 4 sale? Did someone have a stock DR 350 tank for sale or trade for IMS plastic? Guy - - 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: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 22:20:31 -0500 From: "Bob" Subject: (dr) 13/44 gearing & chain tension? This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01BFD585.9616B360 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi DR Guy's I just changed the gearing on my 96DR350SE to 13/44 for some tight = woods riding. The previous owner used this for woods use. Has anyone = used this? And how does it work? The 15/44 gearing that was on the bike = seemed to high for woods use. =20 Should the chain tension of 1-1.5 inches be checked when on the side = stand with no weight on it ? Thanks Bob in MN - ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01BFD585.9616B360 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi DR Guy's

I just changed the gearing on = my 96DR350SE=20 to 13/44 for some tight woods riding. The previous owner used this for = woods=20 use. Has anyone used this? And how does it work? The 15/44 gearing that = was on=20 the bike seemed to high for woods use.

Should the chain tension of = 1-1.5 inches=20 be checked when on the side stand with no weight on it ?

Thanks

Bob in = MN

- ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01BFD585.9616B360-- - - 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: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 11:19:26 +0200 From: Rainer.Knape.SGG@t-online.de (Rainer Knape) Subject: Re: (dr) 13/44 gearing & chain tension? Bob, yes, corresponding to my german manual the chain tension of 1-1.5 inches should be checked when on the side stand with no weight on it. Concerning the gearing: The stock gearing for the old DR350 is 47/14 with a 110 chain. The (old)DR350S has 43/14 with 108 links. The smaller the front sprocket gets, the faster the chain wears. If you buy the next chain kit you could go to 47/14 - it is pretty much the same ratio as 44/13. Hope this helps Rainer _________ Bob schrieb: > Hi DR Guy's I just changed the gearing on my 96DR350SE to 13/44 for > some tight woods riding. The previous owner used this for woods use. > Has anyone used this? And how does it work? The 15/44 gearing that was > on the bike seemed to high for woods use. Should the chain tension of > 1-1.5 inches be checked when on the side stand with no weight on it > ? ThanksBob in MN - - 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: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 07:42:35 -0400 From: Brett.O.Severson@travelers.com Subject: Re: (dr) 13/44 gearing & chain tension? - --0__=QblfxyMpW1gIn8Ey9T4T9qlSGhUrQ5uqcq3O0QjejCMTBKCvPsqBAUvH Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline I use 12/41for New England woods riding and it works great. - -Brett 98 DR350SE |--------+-----------------------> | | "Bob" | | | | | | | | | 06/13/2000 | | | 11:20 PM | | | Please | | | respond to | | | "Bob" | | | | |--------+-----------------------> >----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | To: "dr list" | | cc: (bcc: Brett O Severson/CL/Travelers) | | Subject: (dr) 13/44 gearing & chain tension? | >----------------------------------------------------------------------------| Hi DR Guy's I just changed the gearing on my 96DR350SE to 13/44 for some tight woods riding. The previous owner used this for woods use. 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For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 12:15:16 EDT From: Comobu@aol.com Subject: (dr) Tank... Chris, Adam, Brett... The tank I have is a used I think 3.5 gallon IMS plastic tank in white with the vacuum petcock for the street model... I'm kicking around the idea of trading for the street stock tank with all the nice graphics... sort of restoring the bike to street specs.. Guy - - 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: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 12:22:39 EDT From: WHinman22@aol.com Subject: (dr) Hauling bikes in a van - long I recently completed a 6,000 mile trip from California to Ohio and back. I rode a dual sport ride in Zaleski, Ohio one weekend and planned to ride another dual sport event in conjunction with the National Enduro in McArthur, Ohio, but it rained. That is another story. I have a full size Chevrolet van, with 200,000 miles. I have hauled bikes and gas cans a great many of those miles. I started out with five gallons of Unocal 92 octane unleaded premium in a can and the bike about half full of the same fuel. Our gas in California is oxygenated, whatever that means. I know it smells bad and gives you a metallic taste in the mouth when you get a sniff. I rode the event in Zaleski. I filled the bike up to start and topped it off on the second day. I didn't get to ride very much in McArthur. I drained the can into the bike. I never added any gas after McArthur. I left McArthur and drove to Kansas City to visit relatives. I went from there to York, Nebraska. I left York early in the morning. I had a difficult time keeping my eyes open. I stopped and had coffee later and felt much better. After another hour of driving I was feeling very tired and sleepy. I had been away from home for nearly two weeks and thought maybe I just needed to rest. The next day I started out fine, but within two hours I was getting sleepy again. By now I suspected that something was wrong. I checked the exhaust system and under the hood and found nothing amiss. When I got near the bike I immediately got that metallic taste in my mouth. There were no leaks on the bike, but the smell was there, I guess from the tank and carb vents. I screwed the gas cap down on a plastic sandwich bag and continued my travels with no more troubles. I have hauled the same bike and gas can, in the same van all over the United States and I always use Unocal 92 unleaded premium. York, Nebraska in on the Great Plains. From there you go up over the Rocky Mountains. Did the great change in elevation cause my problem? Frankly I had the shit scared out of me. I could have went off the road and died. I know that from now on I am going to drain all the gas out of the carb and seal off the tank vent. Wayne Hinman DR 650 - - 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: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 13:13:25 EDT From: CGUBERA@aol.com Subject: Re: (dr) Hauling bikes in a van - long I say it's time to trade in the old hauler for a pickup! CG in Nor Cal In a message dated 6/14/00 9:23:44 AM, WHinman22@aol.com writes: << I recently completed a 6,000 mile trip from California to Ohio and back. I rode a dual sport ride in Zaleski, Ohio one weekend and planned to ride another dual sport event in conjunction with the National Enduro in McArthur, Ohio, but it rained. That is another story. I have a full size Chevrolet van, with 200,000 miles. I have hauled bikes and gas cans a great many of those miles. I started out with five gallons of Unocal 92 octane unleaded premium in a can and the bike about half full of the same fuel. Our gas in California is oxygenated, whatever that means. I know it smells bad and gives you a metallic taste in the mouth when you get a sniff. I rode the event in Zaleski. I filled the bike up to start and topped it off on the second day. I didn't get to ride very much in McArthur. I drained the can into the bike. I never added any gas after McArthur. I left McArthur and drove to Kansas City to visit relatives. I went from there to York, Nebraska. I left York early in the morning. I had a difficult time keeping my eyes open. I stopped and had coffee later and felt much better. After another hour of driving I was feeling very tired and sleepy. I had been away from home for nearly two weeks and thought maybe I just needed to rest. The next day I started out fine, but within two hours I was getting sleepy again. By now I suspected that something was wrong. I checked the exhaust system and under the hood and found nothing amiss. When I got near the bike I immediately got that metallic taste in my mouth. There were no leaks on the bike, but the smell was there, I guess from the tank and carb vents. I screwed the gas cap down on a plastic sandwich bag and continued my travels with no more troubles. I have hauled the same bike and gas can, in the same van all over the United States and I always use Unocal 92 unleaded premium. York, Nebraska in on the Great Plains. From there you go up over the Rocky Mountains. Did the great change in elevation cause my problem? Frankly I had the shit scared out of me. I could have went off the road and died. I know that from now on I am going to drain all the gas out of the carb and seal off the tank vent. Wayne Hinman DR 650 >> - - 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: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 14:19:50 EDT From: RAld277@aol.com Subject: Re: (dr) 13/44 gearing & chain tension? My personal choice for riding the woods in TN. Is to go with 13/54. I have tons of low end grunt and it puts second gear right where I like it. I still have plenty of top end for tight woods riding. Mike A. Nashville - - 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: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 23:36:48 +0200 From: Rainer.Knape.SGG@t-online.de (Rainer Knape) Subject: (dr) Re: DR650SE carb + suspension Kurt, glad to read that your bike is running now ! I hope you will post the whole story and experiences soon. Some questions about your mods: Factory kit: what does it contain ? Just the needle and main jets, or did you change other parts too (diaphragm spring, pilot jet,...) ? How load is the IDS II compared to the stock muffler ? You write that you lowered your bike 24 'clicks'. What do you mean ? My stock rear shock has kind of 2 big nuts that have to be loosend and then turned to lower the bike. Maybe its just my english why I didn't get it. Rainer - - 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: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 18:25:16 EDT From: WHinman22@aol.com Subject: Re: (dr) Hauling bikes in a van - long I would like to have something new, but it would not be a pickup. I was gone twenty-two days. Twenty-two nights that I could have lost my bike, gear, food or camping equipment. Would you leave your pickup full of your stuff in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, (at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) for two hours? Wayne Hinman - - 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 #172 ************************ - To unsubscribe to $LIST, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe $LIST" in the body of the message. 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