DR750/800 owners and those interested

[10bikekid]

still looks Fab dont like the exhaust though

Yer I like, In the exhausts defence it looks better in the flesh as is a meaty YZ unit

[JATZ]

Just cause I can ....


Slightly modified 750's

[10bikekid]

Hmm yum, and how is it you can ?

Need to get me another one and do that (cant butcher my original )

[dino3310]

Hmm yum, and how is it you can ?

Need to get me another one and do that (cant butcher my original )

offcourse you can, just dont paint it blue

[10bikekid]

offcourse you can, just dont paint it blue

Orange is the only option

[10bikekid]

This happened a couple of weeks ago but since Doctor Big has finally started again I can tell it now without grimacing

Run of the mill ride up to the end of the beach early morning, tide was stalled low, so plenty of time, clever thought, lets see how the DR will do in the dunes.

Headed inland and straight into a quick sand trap, 1h later 3x dig outs and a push from a 4WDer and we were going again.

Give the dunes a miss after that I thought, cruising back down the beach at about 100k's and was checking out for entry points to the left, and the next thing there's water in front of me which got deeper by the time I hit it.

Was sure I would be yanked off the bike but we got through only to splutter to a halt a little further down the beach, tide coming in quickly now and couldn't move the beast up the shore line at all, left it to dry for a while and finally flagged down a 4WD ute, DR would not start so we threw the 180kg + lump on the back and hoped we had not left to late to get back, DR was eventually delivered to the Bike park were some of my comrades awaited to transport me home,

1 week later wouldnt start even off jumper leads

Saturday she had finally dried out (no water got in engine only electrics), took her for a run and we are all good to go again.

First time I've run into a wave in nearly 35years of running up the beach and I'm hoping its the last

[dino3310]

that rubber sock covered bunch of wiring under the dash is a vulnerable spot, why its not under the seat i dont know, prolly not enough room, never had a problem on stream crossings but then i wasnt hitting them at 100 clicks
one trip up to fletchers the electrics died on me not far from the top, no lights nothing but the motor would run, one thing i like about the SR41 is the ability to push start and its real easy with correct technique... anyways long story short after stripping the bike at camp we found that the solder under the ignition key switch had let go on the terminal.... easy fix

[fridayflash]

whats an sr41 dino?

[dino3310]

whats an sr41 dino?

1988 and maybe99 DR750 the first model of production BIGs, they had the manual decomp

there was the SR41 then SR42 then SR43 before they stopped production.... there was the ZETA model but that was the suki race bike

[fridayflash]

aha, the wall of coolness eh!

[nooles]

Yep as dino said that black sock under the front beak gets water in it and causes some little issue's lol. I spray mine with marine crc or long life and that keeps me out of trouble.

[dino3310]

aha, the wall of coolness eh!

yeah baby

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[dino3310]

Yep as dino said that black sock under the front beak gets water in it and causes some little issue's lol. I spray mine with marine crc or long life and that keeps me out of trouble.

that silocon 808 from crc is another good one bro, good for making ya bike shiny to, just dont spray it on ya seat

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[10bikekid]

that rubber sock covered bunch of wiring under the dash is a vulnerable spot, why its not under the seat i dont know, prolly not enough room, never had a problem on stream crossings but then i wasnt hitting them at 100 clicks
one trip up to fletchers the electrics died on me not far from the top, no lights nothing but the motor would run, one thing i like about the SR41 is the ability to push start and its real easy with correct technique... anyways long story short after stripping the bike at camp we found that the solder under the ignition key switch had let go on the terminal.... easy fix

Yep as dino said that black sock under the front beak gets water in it and causes some little issue's lol. I spray mine with marine crc or long life and that keeps me out of trouble.

Thanks guys should do something about that

Lazy Aucklanders we just wait weeks till it dries out

PS, how are you and your travels MR Nooles, It must be time for a DRBig rally soon (could let the odd impostor bike in as support vehicles)

[Waihou Thumper]

I haven't advertised yet, it is on here...
Just dropped the asking $500....
$5000 now... or best offer.