Honda xr 350

[simon burkeMember]

Hiya
I just did an auction on the weekend(thats what i do…i’m an auctioneer)in the sale we had an old XR 350,unfortunately i didnt know it was in the sale untill saturday morning,a farmer had been using it to muster sheep.I had a yarn to the bloke who sold it cause i had never heard of a 350 b4 and he said they only ever made 100 of em.Any of you honda gurus know much about them?…we sold it for about $900…are they regarded as a “collectable” or not?
Bol

[GregMember]

Nah it wasnt a collectors item Bollocks, there was 1000’s made that I know of I know of a few of them around still

TB

[simon burkeMember]

well there you go…thx TB…bloody “farmer wants a lie detector”

[BradMember]

my old next door neighbour had one that was tidy for its age, full rego. He was selling it for $2000 which he thought was a fair price, being a Honda always makes them dearer.

[Anonymous]

I would have considered both of these bikes if I knew they were around……

[GregMember]

I dont know Moto if you would have liked one, I think all models had the twin carby setup in the mid 80’s that honda had on the XR 250’s, 350’s and 500’s and as a Honda owner they where a pig of a thing hot, cold and in between. I had two 250’s and they sucked hard core! Great bike when running, when dropped hot and I did it a lot they sucked, cold wasnt much better !!!!

TB

[BradMember]

I had a xr250 that i sold to JAK (sucker) with the twin carbys. When we rebuilt the motor, my mate who is a Honda mechanic told us not to play with the carbys. He said they were a nightmare to tune.

[Anonymous]

My cousin had a 2 280 kitted 250’s and I seem to remember he had some issues with that. I didn’t realise they were twin carbies.

Was the common mod to replace them with a mikuni or FCR flat slide? Apparently they really help with starting.

[simon burkeMember]

Moto wrote:

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I would have considered both of these bikes if I knew they were around……

moto….if you want i could approach the guy who bought it and make a counter offer for it,ahh,,,thats the agent comming outa me…would probably have to be worth his while tho.But if you really want it i could look into it.
Bol

[Anonymous]

Thanks Bollocks but I bought a KTM 200 on Sunday

[Bruce CurtisMember]

There was an awesome CR/XR350 in Broken Hill i almost bought 3 years ago, was an ex-Thumpernats bike based on a ’92 honda CR250 frolling chassis and a XR350 powerplant, had been converted to single carb, and no they weren’t just a 250 with a bigger bore, but a ground up bike of they’re own. Very popular for a few years too.

BC

[drewMember]

how close / different were the XL and XR 350’s?

[GregMember]

xy-transit wrote:

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how close / different were the XL and XR 350’s?

Very close, both had the letter X as the first letter in their model name, it was just the last letter was either an L or an R depending on the model

TB

[Anonymous]

Trailboss wrote:

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xy-transit wrote:

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how close / different were the XL and XR 350’s?

Very close, both had the letter X as the first letter in their model name, it was just the last letter was either an L or an R depending on the model

TB

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Was it the same difference as the 650? Air cooled Vz Liquid cooled?

[drewMember]

Moto wrote:

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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Was it the same difference as the 650? Air cooled Vz Liquid cooled?

even in my limited knowledge, i know both bikes were aircooled:P

what year did the XR go water cooled? was it in the 600’s or 6fiddy?

the 400 was air all the way until it was replaced with the CRF

BTW TB are you toying with me cos i’m SlOw, or the info for real?:huh:

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