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Yamaha DT 360 discussion forum:Dave |
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| Dave parsons said 2006-11-26 05:50 |
| I bought a dt 360 new in 74. I was sixteen years old. Living in north Idaho the small town I grew up in was surrounded by forset service land in the bitteroot mountains.I was on that bike every day most of the year unless the snow was just to deep.It was ran up unreal hill climbs and bombed down dirt roads at rediculously fast speeds.I have owned many dirt bikes since and a few before the 360.It rates as the most dependable durable I ever owned.It was also ran down the free way at 83 miles an hour many times for extended periods of time. It never fouled a plug or burned down.I still ride and plan on getting another one.The suspension was pre mono shock era and the ground clearance was limited.But it was very stable at speed and could be cocked side ways at 80 mph on dirt and it slid with the stock trials tires like a dirt tracker. You could ride wheelies for ever on it and it was long and low and climbed any thing you pointed it up.It would lug with any four stroke putting around on mountain trails.It required a very different riding style like all dirt bikes of its era.Your leggs were your suspension for the most part.Landing off of any thing more than ten feet would jam the rear shocks and they would sometimes stick. I would get off and give them a kick and they would spring back open.lol The only weak point I found in mine was the chain tensioners. They were easily bent in rocks and one time a rear sprocket bolt worked loose while I was riding. It rubbed against the inside of the tensioner and made it paper thin. I landed from a jump and it snapped the tensioner and pushed the rear wheel forward causing the chain to jump off.In those days you always wanted to land rear wheel first.But when the chain came off it took out the moulded nipple behind the counter sprocket that the sproket cover bolted to. This made a hole about the size of a fifty cent piece in my left engine case.I had to tear my whole engine down and split the cases to replace it.I joined the army in the last part of 76 and gave the bike to my father who traded it off.But of the many motorcycles I have owned in my life the dt 360 remains the fondest memorie of the all. |
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