I have a critique of the wrap handlebar on the 361. I bought my kit on the bay for 150. It came with the clutch cover, handlebar, short scrench, and the other tidbits new in Stihl packaging. My own opinion is that the full wrap kit turns a handy 60cc ground saw into a somewhat unwieldy and cumbersome one. Unless you are felling trees with it, which I am not, I really don't see the need and I see it as more of a hindrance than a help.
As was mentioned earlier, it can get in the way while limbing and my experience has shown me that it nearly always gets in the way while limbing. I used my 361 with a 20" bar. I played around with a 25" but found that to also make the saw unbalanced and cumbersome. Any saw with a wrap probably needs a bar longer than 20" anyway. Around here 20" is the bare minimum for light felling work but nearly all use a 70cc class saw with a 24/25". Professional loggers that is. The harvester will take care of most of them though.
I am a fan of the west coast clutch cover on saws though. I wish they all came that way. Of course, that cover works well with a wrap handlebar since you would be eating even more saw chips if you did not have it and were using the saw inverted to utilize the wrap portion of the handlebar. I like the way the cover puts the chips more or less straight down into a smaller pile rather than spewing them all over the place like the standard ones.
So I'm picking up a mint condition ms361. I'm looking for the 3/4 wrap handle kit for it. Can't seem to find any. Does any one know where I can purchase one online? What do you guys think of the kit? I got one already for my other 361 I bought a few years ago.
