Still kickin :)

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She's back together and so far all seems tight and happy. I'll see how it is after riding this weekend.

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Looking forward to heading to our camp at the Owsego County ATV club campground straight from work tomorrow. Going to be a great weekend for some seat time on the 350x

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Well, all loaded up and headed to work and then camp for the weekend. Y'all have a great holiday and don't forget to raise a glass in honor of those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

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She's getting a workout today. So far the swingarm seems to be doing fine.

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Just me and my daughter Sam out for a little ride today.

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All cleaned up again. The Bryan bushings seem to be just fine. I detected some slop in the rear end when riding and it turned out to be a rear wheel hub that got a little loose. Tightened it back up and she's good to go. Couldn't have asked for a better weekend!

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Well here is the start of my sons 350x build. He got his first job and laid down a little over $500 for this good frame. Holy smokes have the prices gone crazy! He's done about all the wire wheeling he can to strip it and what's left we will have tackle with paint stripper. Gonna have to get him signed up for the forum here. FB is ok, but the best quality help and info still lives here

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And here is the sad ol 350x we are going to get snorting again. It needs alot of love but the engine ran fine when last kicked over. He's going to get new rear wheels, tires, exhaust, etc along with all the other obvious stuff, which is pretty much everything. Lol! I have another complete rear end with axle that someone booger welded the outer axle nut to the snap ring retainer. Not sure what route we are going to go with the axle yet, depends on if either of the ones we have on hand are salvageable. May end up getting a 300ex extended axle for it. The engine is '86 but it looks like both swingarms we have are '85 judging by the brake stay setup...what's left of them. It's gonna be a long road but we'll get there.

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Prices have gotten insane, that's for sure Joe! Yes Facebook is not a good place to get technical information on these machines as you know. I've seen some terrible advice on the bookface and I'm sure most other people have as well. Plus there are no archives on the book. Traffic here isn't what it has been in the past, but if the lad wants to search old threads this forum is a wealth of knowledge as you know.

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Yessir! He just joined up a little while ago. JoJo Barrett is the screen name he took. I think he is still waiting to have his account activated.

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So the MSR clutch lever on my big bore R has been giving me issues. It's the three position adjustable setup and while I liked the short lever design, the darn thing would not hold adjustment well. So a couple weeks back I pulled the trigger on an ASV clutch and perch and I gotta say, while expensive compared to most it's an amazing product! The breakaway design and the adjustable position/pull lever takes away all the headaches of dealing with clutch cables that might be a little off in dimensions compared to original equipment. I've noticed that the window of adjustment for full disengagemt while maintaining proper free play for full engagement was sometimes very small. This ASV setup blows that headache out of the water. I hope it lasts and is as rugged as it appears to be.

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Well, my boy's 350x rebuild is inching along. Would move a little faster if he would devote more of his earnings to getting parts coming rather than $300 earbuds I didn't know about till he got them. So the frame is primed and painted and we have started pulling parts off the original chassis. Now the fun starts... One broken exhaust stud, looks to have broken off some years ago There is a machine shop nearby, I just may take it there and see if they can get it out rather than destroy another of the badly diminished supply of 350x heads left in existence. The stock header pipe is in good shape. He is going to get a full DG system for it. I'm wondering what would be a reasonable price to offer the stock pipe for sale? With all the gouging going on these days and eBay having no listings of these parts at the moment I'm curious what you all think would move it.

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I have no idea why some of my pics keep getting turned sideways. They are right side up when I upload them..

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Scored this original '85 swingarm for the boys 350x. Original carrier and everything, barely a mark on it. Got it from a fella on a FB group. Wasn't cheap but he's a solid guy to deal with. Very happy with this.

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Delving into figuring out the solution for an axle/carrier/brake rotor hub combo for our '85 swingarm. I see it said to use a 300ex axle with Louis's sprocket spacer but I don't see his spacer in the 3ww shop. Is the 250r brake rotor hub compatible with a 300ex axle? I don't want to run with the larger 300ex rotor.