1985 Yamaha xt350

my most recent yamaha purchase 1985 XT-350 street/trail bike

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Education

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• yamaha
• XT-350
• enduro

[DirtRoadOffRoad]

My grandpa has 1 jus like this but it don't run but he said if I can fix it i can have it

[MrAlexBarclay]

nice...i got the 97. got one with 4800 miles for $500

[strapamotortoit]

@braaup Well im still going to buy one because:

they look nutz

they are cheap

there are alot for sale

parts are cheap and readily avalible

i can fix bikes (should i need to)

ive heared many more storys of them being bullet proof

and its 4 stroke

[braaup]

@strapamotortoit Worn out carbs... yes! Because Yamaha decided to use Chromoly slides (very strong) and aluminum cylinders in the carburator (soft metal) and it wore down over time! They were out of spec. The piston never broke.. it was also worn out with the cylinder!

[strapamotortoit]

@braaup You got ripped off there. Worn out carbs? Thats new to me. Funny how metal parts can wear down with petrol. Carb rebuilt kit would have been a fix. Also, barrels and pistons dont just break, either too high fuel octane or living on the red line. I think you must have got one that had been miss treated, just unlucky.

I wouldnt go about saying yamaha are shit when you have had bad luck with one, and your yz, well any 2 stroke would need crank sleals at some point.

[braaup]

@strapamotortoit "look how many are still out there and going" not many and barly running!! Quick Summary...

$250 Wiseco 1.5MM Piston Kit (Cylinder was worn)

$80 bore and hone

$400 installion + 2 bent exhaust valves

$70 Cam Chain/ Tensioner

$60 Carb Leak down test to reveal both carbs are worn out and need replaced...

and this was in the motor alone! I didn't even purchase new carbs for it!!!

[strapamotortoit]

@braaup what on earth did you spend 2500 on? that could have BUILT you a bike ffs. You were obviously doing something wrong. Bikes are very simple, quite hard to not get one running right, its a 4v 1 clynder, 2 carb, 4 stroke engine, not alot to go wrong TBH. They are getting near 20 years old, look how many are still out there and going.

[braaup]

@strapamotortoit I'm not going to lie.. I am HARD on my shit.. I ride the balls off anything I own.. my Honda Recon 250, Honda TRX400EX, and my RM250 just keeps comming back and asking for more!! NEVER had a problem with ANY of them.. my YZ125 had the cylinder scored and the piston was shot.. the fork seals where bad along with the crank seals.. but that wasn't the bikes fault.. it was neglected when I bought it.. but the XT350 I bought... $2500 later and still didn't run right when I sold it!

[strapamotortoit]

@braaup Since they started building bikes. Maybe you dont know how to look after a bike. Regular service and maintenance keeps alot of bikes running sweet. Its when you treat them like shit they start to break, like any bike. Your the only person I have came across that says other wise about yamaha.

[braaup]

@strapamotortoit Since when was Yamaha known for their reliability? Maybe from where your from they are.. but around here they are junkkk! Honda and Suzuki are the reiable ones around here!