Newsgroup: it.hobby.motociclismo
Titolo: Yamaha TT 350 (2000 Model)

Power:
Depends on the weight of the person. Good for someone around 100kg.
It'll give plenty of power for most state forest adventures and leave
you a bit extra on reserve. Engine specs: 4-Stroke, air-cooled, DOHC,
4-valve, single, B&S 86.0 x 59.6 mm, Capacity 346.0 cc, Compression
Ratio 9.0:1, Lubrication Wetsump 1.6 litres, Ignition CDI, Starter
Kick, Gearbox 6-speed: 1st 37/15(2.466) 2nd 29/16(1.812) 3rd
26/19(1.368) 4th 27/25(1.080) 5th 24/27(0.888) 6th 22/29(0.758) Yes!
It throws rocks.
Sprockets standard: 14/50 (If trail riding 13/50 or 14/52 may be a
better choice!).
Suspension:
Front: Telescopic fork, Air, Coil spring, Oil damper. Rear: Swingarm
(Link suspension) Gas, Coil spring. Adjust the back shocker to suit
your riding! The only draw back with the front suspension is having to
release the air out of the front forks after a serious ride. This
usually involves removing the bars? Make up a little tool to fit and
then it's easy. Normally the TT350 is design friendly and easy to work
on so it's a small compromise. Overall the suspension is adequate.
After all it is a trail bike not motocross.
Handling:
It's not a WR but it does give the TTR250 a run for its money. I have
found the handling very good over rocks, in the sand, through rivers
and up some very steep hills with some major pot holes and wash outs,
also not to bad on the jumps...Stay below 5ft any higher buy a WR. How
steep? Well, one of the hills I took at 60KPH (40 MPH) at a distance
of 700 meters straight up and when I got to the top I could only see
the 2/3s of the track below due to the protruding edge. That was the
day that the bike really proved itself! The Minimum ground clearance
is 310mm (12.2 in) so there is a little more height than the TTR250.
Dry Weight TT350 114Kg. Dry Weight TTR250 120Kg. You do need good
upper body strength if riding over 5 hours. It will get up, through
and over most things.
Brakes:
Pulls up on a quarter! Even with full tank and oil. Down hill may not
have the response of discs the drum brake can be a bit touchy but they
weren't designed to be a disc so as a drum brake they do a great job.
Going down hills in some cases I put the TT350 in 3rd (13/50 gearing)
and fan the clutch anyway. The brakes are perfect for the bike and
function well even after traveling under water.
Reliability:
Never had a problem! Go into a motorbike wreakers and ask them if they
have any Yamaha TT parts and then ask if they have XR parts? In
Australia up until 1999 sales of XR's were more than TT's but if you
estimate the amount of parts available over the last 10 years there is
a heap more XR parts than TT parts out there. To many XR parts even
when you take into account the additional XR sales? The TT350 also has
an oil measurement window so you know if you oil is low! For those of
us who have blown up our XR's through lack of oil you know the
advantages? Go anywhere reliability!
Comments:
Have a good hard look at yourself before buying a Road/Trail and ask
what you will need to get the job done. Then consider the price. The
TT350 has lived up to my expectations. If I could go back in time I
would likely make the same decision. In the rating I'm going to give
the TT350 a 8 out of 10 only because I know that Yamaha have come out
with great new products and if I had to compare and finances
permitting, well... it might be another story. Having said that I feel
a lot more comfortable passing someone on a more up to date bike on my
TT350! I'm 35 (2001) married and have two children. I used to race in
the days of the YZ80G and had other bikes since, mainly two stroke.
This is my second four stroke and for the price $3000 US on road/trail
it gets me where I want to go. Here is some links that you can copy
into your browsers address it should take you to some pics? If
current!
http://www.bikepics.com/yamaha/tt350/
And if you want to see a perfect TT350 1986:
http://www.mikeschinkel.com/ForSale/TT350/
 
All the best, 
Paul.

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I dont capisch any beat mazz. culd you ripit tutt in italian plis? :-)
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