1986 Yamaha XT350 Bike Mods - 2023 - Rear Suspension
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Quick walkaround of the modifications I have done for 2023, more follow up videos to come. Happy to be back with new videos now that the season has begun for me.
Topics:
Rear suspension Mod
Dash Mods
New Gas Tank
New Tires
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I like the battery, and def the suspension
Dayum son. Bike is looking super slick. Love the tank & YZ rear suspension & wheel with sprocket & 520 chain. Disc brake too. The other mods I'd checked on your previous posts. Those front wheel weights are fine too. Oh yes. The swingarm rules bro
If your ever interested in doing this mod I still got the CAD files for the custom mounts. Thanks for the support my man!
Are there more videos of the shock tower bracket and move?
Excellent bike and video. Happy to be a new subscriber to your channel. We just got our hands on an 89 XT350. Keep up the great work!!
Appreciate the sub! :)
Awesome upgrades...keep the videos coming.
Thanks man! Appreciate the support.
It’s like a whole new bike with all the mods and changes!! And it’s awesome! I might copy you with some of the mods cause I want my bike to be better
Thanks man ya highly recommend the hydraulic clutch mod to start! Lmk if you have questions. I'm still working on an alternative carb setup
@@todorow22 ya I’m definitely going to do the clutch for sure! What year of yz 250 did you use for your other parts
@@fuzzybullwinkle 1998 YZ250
@@todorow22 awesome thank yoy
Nice job on the old girl! See you at Terra Nova(DT200R's)
I'll be there! Hopefully I make it further through this year, maybe we wont all get lost 🤣
Nice job on the bike man. How's it running with the new flat slide carbs? How do you have your LED headlight wired up? And does it flicker off the AC voltage when it's idling? I tried a LED H4 in mine that was supposed to be made for AC but it was seizure inducing at idle. Looking forward to some more riding vids. Cheers 🥃
Hey man! I just finished an engine rebuild and I got a new piston in my bike that i need to break in, so i was reluctant to run the new flat slide carbs until I had a wide band O2 sensor setup on the bike to tune them properly. Don't want to burn a brand new piston. Good news is I have the Wide band 02 kit on route, so I should be tuning jets in the next month and have a new video out for that specifically. RE the light, its a pretty low draw LED headlight, doesnt have any issues running at idle but I dont have it wired directly to the AC, I wired it up through switch directly to the 12v battery and it has never really flickered. Try running that H4 directly off the battery instead of using the default AC from the stator. Only downside is if your battery dies your light wont run. good news is even with the bike off it still works. In case you need a little light when your not running. (although don't keep it on too long and drain the battery)
Good luck getting it all dialed in. It'll be sweet with that new piston I bet. My bike popped a valve guide out if the head last fall and ruined one of my valve stem oil seals so I hauled it all apart and rebuilt it all and when it was going back together I noticed that the cams and crank were never timed right. I fixed that, got it all back together and it feels like a different bike now.
As for the LED H4 I have, I might run the headlights off relays from the battery and use the stock headlight wires as the trigger source for them and see how that goes.
Hey, you wouldn’t happen to have a video on the hoses on the bottom of the carb, do you?
The overflow hoses? Or the one that runs from the primary to the secondary? (Horizontal small hose)
Dude, just picked up a 2000 XT350 that needs a little work. Got it for cheap and super stoked to get it in mint condition. Do you have a link to where you found the gas tank?
If you google Clarke xt350 tank it should come up. They have different distribution depending on country but it ain't cheap! Lol. Way lighter though which is nice, and no chance of rusting. Quality was okay, not great. There are quite a few rough areas where the mold halves meet.
I'm considering picking one of these up that is for sale about 2.5 hours away from me in near mint condition. Does the bike "feel" light? how do you feel it compares to the Suzuki DR350SE? TIA.
@@cyclonus01 oh ya I think the xt350 feels pretty light, even before I got on the DR650. Now it feels even lighter. It's never going to feel 2 stroke light though. Near mint is hard to find
I am worried about all the little stuff that could break on a fall.
@@fcalin21 As long as it's not bones that break I can fix it, else doctors will be involved 😅
@@todorow22 You could get stranded .
I have a 92 XT 350, I did similar modifications before I ever saw this video I did the same thing in the front I pressed out the steering tube from the 98 Forks and pressed in the original. For the original look I kept the stock Dash but changed out the headlight for a 4X 7 LED from an automotive application in an added pods as well for the rear shock I did a lot of research and finally came across the shock that fits the dimensions and had a 4" stroke instead of the stock 3". it is dual adjustable with remote reservoir, 2.5" progressive rate spring and has air(nitrogen) assist that is adjustable, with the stock swing arm. suspension travel stock F/R 10", modified F12" R13". I did intake and exhaslust porting, also matched ports on the intake and exhaust. i deburred and cleaned any splatter from the O.E.M. exhaust pipe. port matched intake and the exhaust. upgraded to iridium spark plug, rejetted, tuned, synchronized the carburetors. I do have a YZ 450F swing arm, shock, brakes and wheel. but I'm pretty happy that I can keep up wheel to wheel with my buddy's 2016 WR 450 in a drag race and the suspension is more than capable of hitting big jumps. only major thing has been the cylinder to case gasket blew out leaking oil everywhere (they were 25 year old gaskets and I run it at higher rpm staying on the wheel of whoever is in front of me looking to go by. I push triple digit MPH (off road) every ride, because I can! ❤my XT 350 and my modified 94 XT 225
Man that engine works got me jealous. I need to port n polish. I also want to open up the exhaust manifold.
@todorow22 the porting can take some tug out in lower rpm's. I am a mechanic /Automotive Technician by trade with racing engine building experience and super car aspirations. a tech geek & gear head. if we raced against a Honda XR 350 with the same mods, the Honda is faster.. I enjoy the building, testing and torturing of my projects. if my XT was water cooled and had at least 5 qts of oil capacity I would probably be doing a turbo or super charger. my next major changes will be canshafts and higher compression piston🙂 carburetor tuning / rejetting carburetors
What shock was it that you found to work on the rear?
@@timzapel it's made by AFCO with their optional "z" end installed
what shock did you use on the rear? I'd like to do that mod!