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# The provision of a new "6 port" cylinder, with subsequent improvement in rideability, with an improvement in peak power output to boot. Also new "cross-over" style chambers to keep the muffler tips within FIM requirements length wise and a new piston. The "F" pistons were the first of the short pin "slipper" type but the side windows didn’t have the support web running down the middle, and the ring sometimes pulled the edge of the piston down into the window. | # The provision of a new "6 port" cylinder, with subsequent improvement in rideability, with an improvement in peak power output to boot. Also new "cross-over" style chambers to keep the muffler tips within FIM requirements length wise and a new piston. The "F" pistons were the first of the short pin "slipper" type but the side windows didn’t have the support web running down the middle, and the ring sometimes pulled the edge of the piston down into the window. | ||
# A new conrod, which was lighter, but turned out to be prone to failure ( due mainly legend has it, to the wrong silicon content in the pistons causing them to wear and deposit | # A new conrod, which was lighter, but turned out to be prone to failure ( due mainly legend has it, to the wrong silicon content in the pistons causing them to wear and deposit aluminium on the small end bearings causing them to fail and take the conrod with them ), plus a new "3G3" piston to suit the new cylinder. | ||
# The inclusion of 38mm "Powerjet" [[Mikuni]] carburettors to further enhance the new engine's usability through the ability to fine-tune the midrange mixture more effectively and also reduce the risk of [[seizure]] at high rpm, while actually contributing to the increase in peak output at the same time. | # The inclusion of 38mm "Powerjet" [[Mikuni]] carburettors to further enhance the new engine's usability through the ability to fine-tune the midrange mixture more effectively and also reduce the risk of [[seizure]] at high rpm, while actually contributing to the increase in peak output at the same time. | ||
# A new, revised, lighter weight frame, which had a bad tendency to fail around the headstock, which is why so many of them were re-inforced in this area, or had aftermarket frames replacing the Yamaha items. | # A new, revised, lighter weight frame, which had a bad tendency to fail around the headstock, which is why so many of them were re-inforced in this area, or had aftermarket frames replacing the Yamaha items. | ||
# A new box-section | # A new box-section aluminium swingarm, aluminium body rear shock (still with adjustable preload and compression damping only) | ||
# New forks featuring 3-way adjustable spring preload via. an external adjuster on top of each fork tube, as well as revised fork internals designed to reduce the front end "patter" being experienced by a number of 350 riders. | # New forks featuring 3-way adjustable spring preload via. an external adjuster on top of each fork tube, as well as revised fork internals designed to reduce the front end "patter" being experienced by a number of 350 riders. | ||
# A new fairing which dispensed with the separate belly pan and was a sharper shape at the bottom-front (behind the front wheel). The fuel tank was now a tapered shape to match the sloping upper frame rails and the seat unit was changed to a more "current" shape. | # A new fairing which dispensed with the separate belly pan and was a sharper shape at the bottom-front (behind the front wheel). The fuel tank was now a tapered shape to match the sloping upper frame rails and the seat unit was changed to a more "current" shape. | ||
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The 350 "G" was never really improved on, despite Yamaha releasing another model, the "H", which was really just a case of the factory using up a lot of it's stock of parts, giving up further production of the mighty TZ350 once the [[FIM]] dropped the 350cc World Championship class in 1982. | The 350 "G" was never really improved on, despite Yamaha releasing another model, the "H", which was really just a case of the factory using up a lot of it's stock of parts, giving up further production of the mighty TZ350 once the [[FIM]] dropped the 350cc World Championship class in 1982. | ||
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[[Category:Yamaha motorcycles|TZ350]] | [[Category:Yamaha motorcycles|TZ350]] | ||
[[Category:Yamaha TZ series]] | [[Category:Yamaha TZ series]] | ||