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[Dean]

as you may recall, I am the yank who rebuilt a 350 Bullet. have finished the break in period and the bike is running great, however it climbs hills like a three legged dog. I live in the mountains in upstate Nevada and have a lot of hills to climb. on a flat I can get the bike up to 65mph, but when climbing hills I have to keep it in 3rd gear and the bike will slow to 45mph. Is this all I should be expecting out of this motor? I did put an alloy cylinder and 8:1 piston, along with competition valve set up. I also have a newer 500 EFI and it climbs hills without difficulty.

[Norm]

Hi Dean, it is a 350 and they run out of puff on hills. Some people fit close ratio gearset to bring 3rd closer to 4th

[PeteF]

Yes, 350s are not mountain goats. If your speed figures are correct it's doing well.

[apparently lucky eddie]

The 350 is basically a 60 years old design and it's an old plodder. The EFI is a very new engine. There are not too many 60 year olds running up mountains, leave it to the youngsters.

[Alan R]

------- I'm running up a mountain of debt on my bikes..Does that count ??