Eddie's random adventures and DR650 build thread
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Eddieb 1 week, 2 days ago.
Garage time tonight, it had been suggested that my bike was running lean, which I could easily believe so I pulled the needle out of the FCR39 and dropped it one position to raise the needle slightly. The needle was on the 3rd clip down with a .5mm spacer washer under that, and I shifted it to the 4th clip, keeping the spacer there also.
I also need to get a gasket so I can fix my leaking Cam Chain Tensioner
The first bits have arrived for a bit of a birthday for the bike
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Starting on the DR’s big birthday today seeing as it’s not riding weather outside.
Chain and Sprockets
Oil and Filter
Cam Chain tensioner gasket
150 main jet for the FCR39 carb
Knobbly tyrePlus I’ll be making some tuning changes to the pumper setup in the FCR39 carb to change how that kicks in.
Clean the airfilter.
Raise the front forks through the clamps by about a cm to match changes made to the rear shock setup recently.
Remove part of my makeshift screen.
Grind down the remainder of the exhaust weld now that I have a dremel.
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The chain was POKED!
The front sprocket was fairly hooked as well
The rear sprocket was starting to hook but it’s actually done about 10,000km less than the front sprocket.
I’ve been plugging away at things over the past few days and got a few things sorted.
Chain and Sprockets – Old ones removed but still some cleaning up to do before the new ones go on
Oil and Filter
Cam Chain tensioner gasket – Done
150 main jet for the FCR39 carb -Done
Knobbly tyre -DonePlus I’ll be making some tuning changes to the pumper setup in the FCR39 carb to change how that kicks in. – Done
Clean the airfilter.
Raise the front forks through the clamps by about a cm to match changes made to the rear shock setup recently. – Done
Remove part of my makeshift screen. – Done
Grind down the remainder of the exhaust weld now that I have a dremel. – DoneThanks to @david-goodwin the rear tyre is now fitted to the rim but I haven’t yet put it back on the bike, Jennifer’s DR250 also now has a more gravel friendly rear tyre fitted that we got from @Dean Saunders a little while ago in exchange for a tyre we have that didn’t fit any of our current bikes.
The cam chain tensioner is done, the old gasket was a b*tch to get off, it took longer to scrape the old gasket off that it did to do the entire rest of the job including removing the exhaust header and oil lines etc.
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@eddieb said:
I’ve been plugging away at things over the past few days and got a few things sorted.Chain and Sprockets – Done
Oil and Filter – Done
Cam Chain tensioner gasket – Done
150 main jet for the FCR39 carb -Done
Knobbly tyre -DonePlus I’ll be making some tuning changes to the pumper setup in the FCR39 carb to change how that kicks in. – Done
Clean the airfilter.
Raise the front forks through the clamps by about a cm to match changes made to the rear shock setup recently. – Done
Remove part of my makeshift screen. – Done
Grind down the remainder of the exhaust weld now that I have a dremel. – DoneAll done, and the header was repainted while it was off, though it seems the ‘High temperature paint’ I was sold isn’t high enough as it’s all bubbling off and the heat shield was repainted.
I found a bit of gunk on the magnetic sump plug when I removed it, how worried should I be?
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@roodyblues was nice enough to give me a version of the DR650 $6 Windscreen after the Central Plateau ride.
I did a test run with it a few weeks ago and found it worked pretty well however I got a bit of turbulence. Listing myself up about 2cm meant the helmet was in clear air so I’m going to take 2cm off the top and see how that goes.
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