Eddie's random adventures and DR650 build thread
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Over the years my DR has morphed into something a bit more special than a standard DR so I thought I should do a build thread, starting from where she is now.
I’ve bolted on and replaced so much of it not much is original and it pulls a LOT better than a stock bike, even 2-up with standard 15/41 gearing.
I’ll try and list things.
Revalved rear shock
Pivot Pegz
Lowered footpegs
Frame protectors/heel guards
Wolfman luggage racks
GSXR600 exhaust with custom mid pipe
Pro Moto rear rack
Home made seat foam (not by me)
IMS 18l tank
Opened airbox
Keihin FCR39 carb
50mm bar risers
Aftermarket bars
DRZ 250 adjustable cartridge forks, with DR650 aftermarket springs
Aftermarket indicators
Handguards
B&B bash plate
Header pipe weld done
Some exhaust porting
$6 windscreen by @roodyblues
A good project however is never finished and while I was away this weekend a new pile of bits magically appeared in the garage that will seriously make over the DR. It looks like I’ll need to put in a serious garage session soon.
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A very naked DR
and a mockup of what it’s turning in to.
The rear guard has been moved back 6cm to allow the larger seat with suitable pillion seating, an the tank is only sitting in place at present as I’m still getting all the mounts and brackets lined up.
Seat profile
So she’s altogether with the new setup bar one thing, I need a right hand fuel tap/petcock, anyone know where I can get one?
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I tweaked the fuelling today as the economy has been a bit crap recently and took the bike out for a ride and to fill the tank.
I managed to put 29.3 litres into the 30 lite tank, and I still had several litres before hitting reserve.
New rear brake pads and a new Mitas E-07 120 / 17 tyre fitted tonight at 31322km’s. The last 120 section 17″ E-07 in NZ.
I’ve got to get my shit together and get my high compression piston in sometime over summer.
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More garage time yesterday. The volume of the GSXR 600 35F0 pipe was annoying me so it came off the DR and the TL/SV 1000 02FA pipe went back on.
DR650 with GSXR 600 35F0 pipe
The TL pipe is about a kg heavier than the GSXR pipe and a fair bit longer but my memory says it was quieter so we will see. Also I felt it gave more torque at the bottom end and mid range.
GSXR 600 35F0 vrs TL / SV 1000 02FA exhaust length comparison
The GSXR 600 35F0 pipe has a 40mm outlet where the TL/SV 02FA has a 32mm outlet and the stock pipe I think is 22mm or thereabouts. From what I can see of the internal piping the flow inside is much smaller also.
DR650 with TL / SV 1000 02FA pipe
Some old fork info I re-found about the DR650 fork conversion to DRZ 250 forks.
43mm DRZ250 cartridge forks with adjustable damping and rebound slide straight into the DR650 clamps and use the same axle, spacer, speedo drive and caliper as the 650. However for the wheel and disc you require either the 250 wheel and disc or a brake caliper adapter bracket for the 650 wheel and disc, as the DRZ250 uses a 250mm disc and the DR650 290mm, plus the disc offset is approx 1-2mm different.
I went with my local engineer making up a spacer for the brake caliper to space the caliper out to suit the 650 wheel and disc.
I’m going to change my front fork oil shortly so this video is for my own reference on how to go about it with my forks, the DRZ 400 forks are essentially the same for this purpose.
Oil capacity is 526 ml each fork. That should equal 5.6 in down from the top of the fork.
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Our long weekend getaway plans got trashed at the last minute so new plans had to be made. The weather in Tauranga looked better than Hamilton so we loaded up the bikes Saturday night and headed for Tauranga Sunday morning for an overnight trip.
A quick stop in Te Poi
On the beach at Papmoa, you really need to open this one full screen
Coffee stop on the way home in Hobbiton
Giant cows in Te Poi
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