the DR650 thread

[eakins]

Originally Posted by ungeheuer

Agreed .

Easy fix though...

[ADV8]

Originally Posted by eakins

Maybe you will get that 2008 model bike at US dealers in 2013.

[heirhead]

Hello,

As I have been a West Coast guy my whole life (almost 60), I am very disturbed that I
have never test rode or taken a demo with an Eastern Beaver !!!!!!! Sounds like a must have.

Heirhead

[DirtySumo]

Originally Posted by UberKul

Ride the piss out of it and upgrade what brakes.

OK then. The pissin' starts now. I might see that 'Grifter guy near Middle Creek . . .or maybe Elkins Flat up in the pines (after I remove some tape, natch' )

[Motodeficient]

Originally Posted by Mongle

Well, after approx 15k miles my DR decided to spring a leak! I got oil everywhere! I was riding a lot of dirt roads Sunday which caused the dirt to stick to my engine drawing my attention. I checked all the oil lines, cooler, valve adjustment covers and they are all dry. Leaves the cam chain adjuster and/or base gasket (which is the metal multi-layer one). I was thinking cam chain adjuster but I have oil on the front of the cylinder fins! Could the wind blow it around everywhere? I guess I am going to have to clean it good- fire it up and drink beer until I see a leak!

I am going to have to fix this- I can't point at oil leaking H.D.s and laugh when mine is also marking its territory!

Get some spray-on foot powder and spray it all over the engine, after you had removed any existing oil and dried it off. Go out for a ride, the leaking spot will make itself known and will be very easy to see. I also am guessing its the CCT gasket. Oil goes everywhere from the wind swirling around the engine. Make sure you read up on proper removal and installation of the CCT mech. This gasket often starts leaking as a result of too much engine oil.

[Nibis]

Originally Posted by Motodeficient

Get some spray-on foot powder and spray it all over the engine, after you had removed any existing oil and dried it off. Go out for a ride, the leaking spot will make itself known and will be very easy to see. I also am guessing its the CCT gasket. Oil goes everywhere from the wind swirling around the engine. Make sure you read up on proper removal and installation of the CCT mech. This gasket often starts leaking as a result of too much engine oil.

For mine, it was my son riding mile long wheelies

[procycle]

Originally Posted by DirtySumo

So, what more??

Time to move on to improving the suspension

[Olas]

Hey All,

Looking to get rid of the monstrous lighting on the rear of my DR..Can some of you who have done some simpler substitutions post pictures of your solutions? I'm trying to get ideas... Anyone using a baja designs style LED tail light?

[Motodeficient]

Have you seen that the DR250 tail light is a direct replacement? Or do you want something different than that?

Here is the image from procycle's site

[doug s.]

Originally Posted by Olas

Hey All,

Looking to get rid of the monstrous lighting on the rear of my DR..Can some of you who have done some simpler substitutions post pictures of your solutions? I'm trying to get ideas... Anyone using a baja designs style LED tail light?

most folks install dr250 tail lights.

http://www.procycle.us/bikepages/dr650.html#electrical



doug s.

[DirtySumo]

Originally Posted by procycle

Time to move on to improving the suspension

I was thinking that for the first time in my life I would put bling money towards saving the planet, reforming murderers in prison, saving vermin, saving endangered spiders, etc, etc. .
But . . . . . NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
btw: I have ALREADY helped you with your retirement many, many, times.

[ER70S-2]

I didn't know about Procycle or ADVrider when I did this. That Procycle piece looks very nice.

I didn't want my rear tire throwing crap on my jacket so I left most of Suzuki's parts on. Besides the taillight shown above, I recessed my plate light into the fender, trimmed the bottom edge off the fender and removed the plate bracket. A solid piece of alum is cut to the size of the plate for support.

That's weird: I smudged my lisc plate in Smugmug and now it's bigger than the second pic??



How I recessed the plate light. You can see the alum piece at the far left of the pic, really dirty.

[Motodeficient]

What is the story behind that muffler?

[rain]

I'm selling my not-currently-running '96 DR for parts or repair in the flea market.

[ER70S-2]

It's a much older FMF MegaMax for four strokes, circa 2004. I bought it because I like the disc control concept: less discs more quiet, more discs, louder. I just removed discs until it was quiet enough for me. Again, long before I knew about the GSXR and other options. The only reasons for leaving the stocker: its height and its weight.

It's been replaced by a GSXR Ti unit, which was still a little loud for me until I stuck a spark arrestor in the end. Now it's good and no more repacking.