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This is a 350cc four stroke enduro (motorcycle) with long travel suspension. It is street legal because it has mirrors, indicators, a horn, a headlight, a tail light and a licence plate holder. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
MX racing bikes have often been used as platforms for building enduro bikes. [1] This was partially driven by the conversion of MX from 2-stroke to 4-stroke engine designs to comply with regulatory trends, as well as the development of hybrid competition races such as Enduro-X. [1] Compared to MX bikes, enduro and dual-sport bikes traditionally had a much higher proportion of 4-stroke motors.
It evolved directly from the piston port (pre-reed valve intake tract), front drum-braked, five-speed Yamaha 350 cc "R5". [3] The engine is an air-cooled, parallel twin, six-speed (in some markets, such as the UK, the first model was sold in five-speed form), reed valve-equipped intake tract two-stroke engine. The bike is usually referred to as ...
The 250/350 4-stroke frames were improved and made lighter and more nimble. The lower triple clamp was redesigned to ensure a smoother fork action. Finally, all models received a new improved Trail Tech speedometer. 4-stroke Enduro: FE 250 - 250 cc enduro; FE 350 - 350 cc enduro; FE 450 - 450 cc enduro; FE 501 - 510 cc enduro; Two-stroke Enduro:
When SWM went into liquidation Armstrong of Bolton, England bought the rights to the SWM XN Tornado, a Rotax engined enduro machine of 350cc or 506 cc. With CCM , Armstrong developed and marketed a military version, the Armstrong MT500 , which was so successful Harley-Davidson bought the manufacturing rights in 1986, [ 3 ] and further developed ...
The 350cc referred to the size of the engines of the motorcycles that participated in the class. The engines had four cylinders, similar to the types of engines used in MotoGP today. [3] Each season consisted of five to 12 Grands Prix contested on closed circuits, as opposed to public roads.
The DR350S and DR350 were kick start motorcycles until 1994 when the DR350SE was introduced adding an electric start. The engine is an air-cooled 349-cubic-centimetre (21.3 cu in) single cylinder overhead cam (OHC) 4V (four valves per cylinder ) , with the Suzuki Advanced Cooling System (SACS), dry sump lubrication, 6-speed manual transmission ...
Both Cycle World and Cycle ranked it as one of the ten best motorcycles of 1985. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Cycle World tested the 0.00 to 0.40 km (0 to 1 ⁄ 4 mi) time at 15.42 seconds @ 131.19 km/h (81.52 mph), with a top speed of 134 km/h (83 mph), and the braking performance at 60 to 0 mph (97 to 0 km/h) in 40 m (130 ft).