The 650 Dakar Thread

Not sure about which one I used for the oil/ charge LED, but might've been 100ohm 3W since I've scribbled that down here.

I have LED turn signals and don't have a resistor on those, but I've replaced the relay many years ago because I went with 21W bulbs in the original turn signals instead of the OEM 10W. When I went to LEDs they just worked so smiles all around.

I was hoping to make my own one with a DIY carbon box and some LED bezels and 12V LED's in various colours from ebay. Those LED's have a resistor built in to work with 12v. Are you guys saying additional resistors are required as with the fuel light (I think it was a fuel light. Been somewhat removed from this build for a while)?





How did you guys hook this into the OEM wiring? Cut the existing connector to the dash off and solder them straight to the wiring, or has someone found the male part of the OEM connector?

I'm going to cut the oem connector off and solder all the wires to it. That way I can un plug it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=025XcVM7638&feature=share

a wet woods ride on my modified Dakar. I was getting held up by a DRZ400 but what can you do.

The TT LED bar came with a sugarcube type male and female plug with 12 holes

They also sell the plugs seperate: male and female - these are from the swedish webshop, but I'm sure you'll fint them in the english one too.

I'm installing a tripmeter on my 01 dakar (no ABS) - can I use the wire to the dash (speed signal) - what are its properties? I dont want to mount another sensor on the front wheel.

No worries. Sucks how companies cut deals with Tyco to prevent connector designs and arrangements be sold on the wider market.
Looks like TT assumes you to cut the OEM connector as well. What's that other plug?

I'm about ready to pull the trigger on this Remus exhaust, does anyone here have one with Jessie's, I think it will be fine, and I know I can modify if need be...............but would rather not.

:huh

The wheel bearings are SKF 6203 and the sprocket bearings are 6204 both cost around $5 ea here in Oz, very common bearing your local bearing or engineering shop should have them on the shelf. Seals are both 30x40x7 about $2 here. Seals just pop out with a bit of encouragement

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oh and there are only two wheel bearings and two carrier bearings not sure how you get a fifth one in there
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Most definitely good value for money. It works and looks better than stock. It's even better after you do the fork swap as a nice new Yamaha front guard bolts right on - no need for brackets or drilling extra holes.

What model of Acerbis is that fender? Is universal or specific for a bike?
Thanks

The other plug connects to the printcard on the IMO. It's where it receives the signal to flash the gear change warning light I think. You need the IMO50 rallye for this function and I mine is the 100R300.

Two seals on the rear.
Rear wheel hub seal is outside the bearing on the left side just lever it out gently with a screwdriver( the seal surface bush just pulls out), the sprocket carrier seal is on the right side outside the bearing and also runs on a bush ( #3 in the fiche) which needs to come out as well. This seal surface bush sits over the axle bush #8 and is a little harder to pull but should come out easy enough. Bearing replacement is not hard but they are knocked out in order from the outside to inside exiting at the cush drive, inner bearings first, then circlip, then outer bearings.

cheers

Mark

Good day inmates,
my switches are cracking and hate the oem integrated type switches...
in need of some advice pls
- there are info on thumpertalk that you can use a kill switch as a starter switch, is this possible?
- can I solder the oem kill switch togather to eliminate once and for all since I always use my ignition switch
- can the oem throttle cable be use with domino or other throttle that does not integrate with others
- is there a generic headlight/turn/horn switch I can use other than oem
Thank you for your inputs.

Go to hyway dirt bikes. You can get a starter/ on/off billet switch and then change the throttle to an mx style one.

What type of aluminium is the TT skid plate made of? I need to get some aluminium to make brackets out of but I don't know what type to ask for.

Not sure, but it's soft enough that mine has a huge dent in the rear and I haven't even noticed hitting anything

Can someone tell me the proper way to check the oil on an 04
What flavor oil is preferred? Dino or Synth?