I'm about finished with this winter's phase of my 350f project. Finally had the weather and time for a 30 mile ride this afternoon. Overall, I was really pleased. The motor ran great. Never missed a beat. It's very windy here, so it pulled the heck out of it against the wind, but it would still pull 60+ in high. With the wind I ran it to 80 breifly just to check it out. When I got back there was a little smoke from the exhaust, but with a new ring job I'm sure it needs to be broke in. Riding position is great, with drag bars, 400f peg mounts and seat cut down to about 1-1/2" of padding. One of the best things I did was a set of Tim the Shock Guy's Boge shocks. They are pretty stiff on a light 350f even with softest springs, but the difference in handling is incredible over the 32 year old spring hangers (can't really call them shocks) that were on there. There's a couple things I have to work on, I didn't get the front wheel balanced good enough. Also the clutch cable needs to be lubed and/or rerouted, it bound a couple times and the clutch slipped a bit. Also I need to work out a shorter rear brake pedal to go with the 400f peg brackets. That's far from a direct swap. Overall though, I was really happy with the progress I've made. This thing is a gas to ride! ;DI still want to build a fiberglass hump cover for the back of the seat, then I'll post some pics.
