Wanted:DR Wheels

[eastlight]

I'm after a set of wheels for my 1999 DR350, complete with dics if possible.

[Drogen Omen]

same here. i have a 1999 DR350X and am after a set of Wheels with discs if possible.

pm me or call/txt me on 021 758 190

[GaZBur]

If anybody reading the heading thought they could get rid of DR650 wheels - I'm looking. I hope they are different from 350 wheels coz I don't want to jump the line in front of eastlight as he started this thread.

[rok-the-boat]

Shit, is someone going around stealing wheels this week? And if not, they probably will be now. I had better watch out as I have a nice pair on my DR!

[Drogen Omen]

unfortunatly the accident rate or people riding DR350's is non existant...

they hardly ever breake down and the have a very strong frame so nothing ever breaks... the is a non existant supply of parts for these bikes due to this.

so i'm lookign at puting some mags on mine. best match for mags i can find is is RGV250 wheels. and there are shitloads of these.

there is some machining that needs to be done. axles spacers and front bracke caliper mount extension.

this is a way cheaper option than buying a set of new wheels.

if anyone beats me to it let me know how it turns out.

[Macstar]

I got KTM 520 wheels in good knick up for grabs. Purely guessing here but maybe if you got your hands on some different axels and spacers....?

[Drogen Omen]

apparently RGV250 three spoke 18/17 wheels are perfect for motard conversion..

so will be hunting down a set of these baby's.

here are some posts i found on web about it...
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pookiebear
06-14-2007, 11:38 AM
I just put a gs500 front wheel on my dr350 (pre 98 it bolts in , washers to space) made a bracket out of some aluminum. and all told with bike and all the parts I was under $1000 (paid $600 for the bike) that was with new rubber. It will do 70 just fine. But not as good as the 650 will do. I was on a budget so I had to go with what I got. Pod filter. self rejet. sport demon tires. bicycle speedo. Only thing I have left to do is get a 17 rear rim and mount it up as the 18 inch sport demon makes it look funny. I will wait till I wear the demon out before doing that. It is a blast in the mountains. Wish I could have afforded $5k so I could have goten a dr650 or xr650l to convert. But it is fun. I got an extra set of rims on ebay to have dirt tires too so I can switch back and for in about an hour. They cost about 50 bucks. I say get whichever one you can afford.... but remember the 350 does not have the aftermarket parts off the shelf like brakes and stuff to get them to 320mm. (but the gs500 rim has a 310mm on it and it stops like mad)
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IAN BRANSDEN
07-16-2007, 01:26 PM
Hi mate i have a dr350 W 98' off road /motard if i can call it that.If you cant ride 50klms on a 350 i would give up riding.The moe conversion was easy ,i used a set of RGV 250 3 spoke wheels made a spacer 16mmm and bolted them on using the original dr axles.RGV discs work well with the original DR calipers .The front requires a bracket to reset the caliper to the 310mm RGV disc {back 20mm down 10mm and out 16mm}.The bike is i believe stock purchased second hand and goes like gut shot greyhound.The gearing when purchased was 15 /49 unfortunately it tended to wheel spin at 120klms and a top speed of 145klms plus.I now run 13/46 with a top speed of 110klms and the power and torque is slammed to the ground and yes its a handfull,i spend a lot of time looking up.The gearing i intend to use on the motard will be 15/42 top speed around 160klms.the road wheels are 17 front 18 rear running dunlop sportmax 110 and 140 and it handles far better than the 18-21 dirt combo .No suspesion mods have been done.Do yourself a favour and ride as many bikes as you can borrow ,beg test ride or hire and remember everybody is different.iI have owned 72 road and trail bikes from 1970 til now and as an old timer the DR is right up there but thats only my opinion.bike cost $2000 wheel conversion $400.The best thing is it only takes 10 minutes to convert from road to dirt.Cheers Ian The dollars are Aussie and the bikes are Aussie delivery which in most cases are different/component wise to Yankee delivery.

[rok-the-boat]

Here's your wheels. If you buy them, I'd be interested in the engine in bits.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=131233552

[rok-the-boat]

Did you or anyone else here win that auction?

[Drogen Omen]

nope lost it by a couple of dollars.