DR750 & DR800 owners thread

[RaY YreKa]

Originally Posted by Megamoto

Must be something to do with 'Big'..............



See........... the avatar was right.

Am I the only Big owner with stumpy legs?

[RaY YreKa]

Originally Posted by DrBigEd

I'm ashamed to admit I'm 27.25 stone. That's lotsa pounds... I was 17.5 stone on the wing in my rugby playing days That was 5 years before Jona Loma (or what was his name again )

I have to loose weight this winter...

I have a 10-year cycle; put on a stone on per year for 5 years, then spend 5 trying to lose it. It's like being King Canut I tell ya

[RaY YreKa]

Originally Posted by 800rider

Just to let you guys know I am slowly adding picture of yourselves next to your names on front page

Very nice

[RaY YreKa]

Originally Posted by DrBigEd

I plan to fit either Heidenaus (spelling) or something like TKCs - I do a lot of tar. In every direction it'll take me 30/40 km before I get to gravel. And then I commute to work and back if its not raining - just to lessen the risk.

I had TKCs on both the S10 and DRZ400. The only poor performance was in mud, and heavy rain. I don't like any of the 'adventure' styled road tires I've used so far - Battlewings and Escapes.

The best road-only tyre I've had on a trailie was Bridgestone BT45.

[ausibatla]

Originally Posted by ppe172

Ausibatla,

It doesn't look like anyone has answered your question about the '94 rotor fitting the '88. I don't know from experience but I think it won't. Check this thread, I'm pretty sure it answers your questions (there was definitely a thread there that covered this, I think it's this one):

http://www.socweb.co.uk/forum/forum_...65435&KW=dr750

I checked the part numbers for the rotor on the fiche and they aren't the same.

Thank you ppe172 for going to that trouble for me. It's greatly appreciated and I will check the site out. I had expected a few replies to be honest but it seems everyone is busy looking at photo's of each other and thinking of fancy names for a non existant club.
Cheers mate,
ausibatla.

[Ladder106]

I'm gonna say "nope" the later model 800cc bike front disc won't bolt up to a 88 750. That bike (like mine) should have a 4 bolt pattern for the front disc, the 800cc bikes have 6. I just received a nice package from Stefan Hessler today. New air filter, fork seals, left case gasket and a new front brake disc.

I'd be helpful if you posted a photo of your bike. That way we'd know to what you are referring....and it would keep us from looking at photos of all of us.

[robmoto]

Still not working Ray,I have clicked on direct link and it turns blue then minimised the page, then I clicked on submit reply clicked on 2 mountains thing ,then as you said up at top of sceen clicked up there and clicked temporary allow still nothing happens,so I click on 2 mountains again then a box comes up and sais enter URL can you tell me where I can find the URL is this in one of those boxes under the photo I originaly clicked on that turns blue, in plain english again can you tell me pretty PLEASE, and what does URL stand for I have played with this another 6 hours and the bin is starting to look good, this computor run windows vista basic if that helps .
thanks again Rob.

[Ladder106]

Maybe a different explanation (or a different Ray) can help (I'm a Mac guy so watch out...but still it should be mostly the same)

When you go to "direct link" in photobucket the URL (Uniform Resource Locator....that helped didn't it) gets highlighted. Depending on the application you are running it might or might not actually get copied.

To insure you "copy" this URL hit CNTRL plus "C" on your keyboard...or take the mouse up to the top to "Edit" and click on "Copy" when that menu pulls down.

Then go into the post you're writing, click on the yellow mountains a small box will open and ask you to insert the URL - hit CTRL plus "V" to paste the URL (that you copied from photobucket) into the little box.....or go back up to EDIT with the mouse and select PASTE when the menu pulls down this time. You should, in either case, see a lot of information appear in the box.

A caution here. The little box that opens with the yellow mountain icon alread has "http://" inside it. When you copy the URL from photobuck it will ALSO have the "http" at the beginning. If you just paste it into the box you might end up with two and your message will look like this:

"http:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/241880/IMG_0151-1.jpg"

(note that there are two (2) "http" in this)

If this happens, you won't get an image. All you have to do is delete on of the "http"

Your message should look something like this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...IMG_0151-1.jpg (without the underlining and there will be [IMG] at the start and [/IMG] at the end. I can't put them in because then you can't see the actual way it looks in the text because it always results in the image below.

.....and then when you post it you see this:



.....whoops....wrong bike....

Hopefully this will help. It's not the computer so binning it isn't the answer. We'll get you through it, never fear.

[DrBigEd]

Originally Posted by ausibatla

Thank you ppe172 for going to that trouble for me. It's greatly appreciated and I will check the site out. I had expected a few replies to be honest but it seems everyone is busy looking at photo's of each other and thinking of fancy names for a non existant club.
Cheers mate,
ausibatla.

Would have helped if I could.

[DrBigEd]

Originally Posted by ray_rev

Am I the only Big owner with stumpy legs?

Nope, I have too. At least I have enough weight to compress the suspension.

[DrBigEd]

OK, back on topic.

Future upgrades I consider:
- back wheel replacing the drum brake (seems its gonna be expensive)
- rear suspension
- touring screen (is this really worth it?)

I have already:
- stainless brake hose
- handguards
- zorst
- indicators (very small but somehow legal)

Anything else worth thinking about?

[robmoto]

Ladder 106 just red what you said the only thing I need to know when I click on the direct link box under the photo the one that turns blue this is the URL I need is that right and if it is I ca,nt read all of it how do I make it bigger so I can read the full line, sorry for being a bumb ass, I am a carpenter the worlds second best we no what happend to the first one so second spot sounds good , a really big thanks so far, regards Rob.

[robmoto]

Just reading your third line ok will give it a go it may take some time thanks.

[Ladder106]

when I click on the direct link box under the photo the one that turns blue this is the URL I need is that right and if it is I ca,nt read all of it how do I make it bigger so I can read the full line,

The magic of computers.....you don't HAVE to see the whole line to copy it....the computer knows what's there and will copy the entire part it needs.

Making it blue is called "highlighting"

The most difficult thing for craftsmen who work with their hands is understanding how sensitive the keyboard and mouse is. If you have a laptop, it's even worse. At first you have to be very slow and deliberate and do each step slowly.

I've been teaching my firemen how to use a laptop so I understand when you want to just break the thing in half. My guys can break anything, cars, doors, walls, elevators (lifts),roofs, a little plastic box doesn't stand a chance....but you don't want to let it beat you.

[robmoto]