Not one of your assumptions regarding my experience with working on such a bike or regarding the current state of the bike is right.

What makes you think this: "You have no experience with fixing this kind of bike"?
Just because the bike is older than me? It's easier to fix a carburetor that got some dirt inside because of bad fuel than fixing the fuel injection of an EFI bike. It's easier to change a throttle cable than trying to fix ride-by-wire or any other electrical stuff. I have no clue about how to repair that kind of stuff.


I also didn't say, that I'm only changing plastics and the tank. I said "rebuilding completely (except for the engine)". So did you even read my complete post? Since I even changed the frame (because the old yellow one was a bit bent...), I actually had to unbolt everything on the bike to put it then onto the new grey frame. So I think I know my bike good enough...

And just to be complete, here a list of what I did while I changed the frame:

- new spark plug
- new spark plug connector
- new ignition cable
- new ignition coil (so I can take the old one as spare with me)
- new oil + oil filter
- checked and adjusted valve clearance
- new linkage bearings
- new swing arm bearings
- new steering head bearings
- overhauled front brake caliper (including new brake pistons, new brake fluid DOT 5.1)
- overhauled rear brake caliper (including new brake piston, new brake fluid DOT 5.1)
- new brake pads front and rear
- new brake disc front and rear
- new heavy duty chain guide
- new chain (DID VX3), new front and rear sprocket
- new rear shock (Wilbers 641 Competition)
- front fork service, new fork springs and Race Tech cartridge emulators (FEGV 4321)
- new speedo cable
- new decompression lever cable

Other than that:
- new cam chain at 31700 km
- checked wheel bearings (still fine, I changed them 15000 km ago. I'm gonna take spare wheel bearings with me anyways. So no need to replace the bearings already now since they are absolutely fine)
- clutch, decompression and throttle cable are going to be fitted twice, so that if one cable breaks, it's really easy to switch from the broken one to the spare one that is already in position and just needs to be "hanged in"
- Carburetor is also in good shape (Keihin FCR37MX)

And for sure I did also some other stuff I just forgot to mention...
As I said... complete rebuild except engine. And engine is fine for now. Was a bit noisy due to loose cam chain, but since I changed the cam chain 15000 km ago engine is running really nice.

And by the way, I got no advisor... I would never select a bike for myself just because someone sad so. I always form my own opinion. And my opinion is, that the DR350 is definitely a reliable Dual Sport bike, as long as you are looking after it. Most important thing for the engine is, that it always has enough oil... Other than that the bike doesn't need much.


I know you just wanted to help, but it really annoyed me that you made blind guesses and presented me in such a way that I had no idea about anything.

Hope we're fine anyway.

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