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That sounds familiar, I would try giving them a call as if i remeber rightly i think i tried e-mailing 1st and didn't get a response.

Hi Dave Try http://www.tytrials.co.uk/ I've used them for XT350 spares and they always had what i wanted, good to deal with as well. Hoggy

Well Cynic, i wasn't quite ready to believe you and started re=-checking wiring and comparing the resistance on the charging and lighting coils with my spare engine, but couldn't find any faults. i then realsied that the generator puts out AC so checked that and found about 6.5v at tickover rising to 12 odd as you reved it up. I stripped the tank off to try your trick with the regulator and disconnected it first then thought it would be better to leave it connected, start her up then disconnect, lo and behold when I started it up their was light! Doh! it was just aloose connection on the regulator. I've now put cable ties round the connector to stop it vibrating loose. Cheers for your help guys

Thansk Paul, but unfortunately it doesn't help, I remember that post form Chappers at the time and felt really smug because I'd already sorted my wiring out. As i said originally the lights were working fine for a caouple of months but have suddenly stopped working. Should the voltage across the battery rise when you rev the bike up? The lights were always a bit prone to brightening when the bike was rev'd previously. Did the figure i mentioned above sound right? Thanks Fraser

Hi guys I've got a severe lack of lighting on my XT350, they were working up until recently when both front and tail lights have failed. On this bike the lights only work when the engine is running (the neighbours love me when I'm trying to sort this out, loud pipe and ticking over for hours!!) I've checked the wiring back through the loom for continuity with a multimeter and all is ok and I also tried running a live feed from the battery to the lighting circuit and everything works so traced it back through and there doesn't appear to be any voltage coming from the lighting coil, the manual say's to check the charging coil and i get a reading of 00.4 ohms with the book saying 0.41 to 0.51ohms so i think this is OK. But when you put the multimeter across the battery with the engine running the voltage does not increase as you rev it, it just stays at 11.98V. The bike runs fine other wise so am I missing something obvious, surely the charging circuit must be working otherwise it wouldn't run? Any ideas??? Thanks Fraser

How would i know if its a vacuum tap and how does it work? - new one on me that and me being a plumber, i know my taps. Anyone know if the tap can be stripped apart? How do i sort the float needle - to be honest carbs terrify me - seems like a black art, reading the manual about setting the float height seems like a complete mare, i might have to break the golden rule and take it to someone else to fix. Then again, maybe not. cheers for the help so far.

I bought a good bottom end and then bought got the chance of a complete engine, both off ebay, yuo just have to keep an eye out. If your interested i have a good bottom end, no play in the bearigns,new cam chain and also the top end off my original engine, head looks ok to me but the piston's shot and the barrel needs rebored. I was going to build it up into a full engine but now the bikes on the road I've lost interest in the spanners

allright guys, My XT350 keeps leaking petrol out the drain of the bottom of the primary carb, i cleaned the drain screw and blown out the seating with carb cleaner but it still won't stop! It also does it continually, even when the petrol is switched off (the tap does work correctly) Hows that then? Anyone got any bright ideas? (no comments about boxes of matches please!!) Thanks

Glad you've got it sorted but what was the magic fix?

Just the wheel would be good, how much do you want for it?

Thanks for that, still could be difficult to find though. By the way who or what is zedder?

Dealers can't (or won't?) help - part number for my hub is 34X-25111-02-98 any body match this to anything else??

Cant measure the hub but the spindle is approx 15mm dia but heres a cuople of pics (if they load correct, never done this before) I'll try one of the dealers and see if they can help with the part numbers. Cheers

Stripped the speedo drive out today and it seized solid. Also tried the leccy drill again on the speedo cable connected to the speedo- no luck, reversed the drill and hey presto speedo does work - result. Speedo drive is sitting in penetrating oil now so hope i can get it apart and cleaned.

Starting routine for mine is - choke on, kick it over and hey presto, away we go. Being serious though, I would try full choke, no throttle and make sure you get a full swing on the kick starter, if that doesn't get it to fire within 3 kicks knock the choke off and try again with no throttle, again if that doesn't work try just a little bit of throttle. I think i'm pretty lucky to be honest because the engine that came with the bike was a dog, it would barely start and smoked like hell. I bought a 2nd hand engine off ebay which I found out after had only doen 14000 km it was form an import bike that a guy breaks and once i'd put it in it fired up 3rd kick. Good luck and hope that helps.

Think yourself lucky that your speedo reads at all - mine doesn't! if you check my thread there's a description of how it works which might help. I would replace the screw int he exhaust and make sure it seals first as from my limited knowledge air leaking into the exhaust can cause backfires I think. If you need gaskets Wemoto are cheap and quick. I would also give the carb a clean out and check the air filter, won't do any harm and could solve the problem. Has your's got the decompressor connected to help starting? Mine starts 1st kick every time. Good luck.

Are the sigma units a push bike speedo? Do you know how to get a magentised bolt to fit the spokes? the push bike untis don't fit motorbike spokes coz the spokes are too thick.

anyone know if the XT350 (1986) and DTR share the same front wheel? they look very similar, cant find a replacement rim for my XT.

Its an 86 but don't know how old the speedo is as it came off an import bike. It seems unlikely that the speedo drive and clock has gone but I'm going to investigate tomorrow night. I tried the digital speedo off my push bike on it but the magnet wont fit the XT spokes without cutting it to bits and knackering it.

What makes you think its the cable? The cable is intact and if you take the cable out completely and turn it, the other end turns and as i said when its inserted into the speedo drive you can't turn it at the top end so it si locating I think.

Just got my XT350 on the road after re-building it from a field bike but I've a problem with the speedo not working. The cable came with the speedo and it was supposed to be off an XT350, it all fits up ok but the speedo doesn't work. I tried disconnecting the cable at the drive end and putting the drive pin on the cable into the cordless drill but this didn't turn the speedo so i re-connected the cable to the speedo drive and left the speedo end off, spun the wheel but the cable doesn't turn. Also with the cable connected up to the speedo drive you can't turn the cable by hand so it is engaged. Anyone got any suggestions what to try next? Thanks

Anyone know where I can get some replacement spokes (6) for the back wheel on an xt350??

Thanks guys I've done it! I used a combination of soapy water, then letting the argoshield frm the welder run into the tank for 5 minutes then waving the blowlamp over the filler hole (that makes your cheeks clench!) then welding it typically my welder starting playing up so the weld wasn't as good as I'd like so just to be safe I skimmed it with chemical metal as well.

Whats the words of wisdom on welding a petrol tank? I've drained it and left it with the top off overnight and think that this should be ok - anyone tried this before?? what did you do? cheers boys

Hi all probably seems like a stupid question but, what do i oil my new airfilter with on an XT350, i don't have any filter oil so can i use something else?? Second question about same bike, I've seen a couple of supermoto XT350's and one used a set of Excel type rims, can any 17" rim with the right number of spokes be laced onto an original hub? If i do this I'll probably just use a standard rear rim. cheers guys