Eddieb's DR build thread.

[Eddieb]

Welding completed tonight. Just got to spin up a spacer. The original ali bracket is still on the bike. Do you have any gear to cut it off and file the welds ?
Sounds good !!

Unfortunately not, my garage is pretty sparse when it comes to proper workshop gear.

[Eddieb]

You need to go to MX Rob's site and see how he drills a hole, taps a thread and installs a vacuum take off.

Does the line run along the underside of the swingarm? Do you have any pics of how it's routed around the chain and onto the swingarm?

[NordieBoy]

Does the line run along the underside of the swingarm? Do you have any pics of how it's routed around the chain and onto the swingarm?

Over the top of the chain by the shock, loosly down to underside of swingarm to allow for swingarm movement, along bottom of swingarm, along outside edge of lower chain guide, pointing down slightly and in toward the outside of the sprocket.

Post a pic when its done and I'll tell you what you've done wrong and laugh and point...

[Crim]

their website is great

http://www.scottoiler.com/uk/installation-guides.html

model specific guides hints and the such

[Eddieb]

their website is great

http://www.scottoiler.com/uk/installation-guides.html

model specific guides hints and the such

Cheers Crim, I did actually go there and put DR650 into their search and got no results. Obviously I didn't look hard enough.

[Phreaky Phil]

Done

[Pikey]

Nice can you take orders for the mid pipe?

[Eddieb]

mmm, the courier bought me goodies yesterday



I weighed it tonight so that after I pull the stock one off I can see what difference there is.

[Eddieb]

So I weighed the stock pipe today, 5.5kg. That means there's a small weight saving between the stock and TL1000 pipes ~.8/kg. Not a huge number but thats still about 15%.



Here's the new pipe fitted, it pretty much bolted straight up though I had to shave one side of the pipe hanger bracket to fit my luggage racks around it.



And here's just some DR/scenery porn

[Phreaky Phil]

You reckon there's any power difference. I thought it felt a bit peppier of the bottom. I actually pulled a couple of wheelies In 1st gear which I hadn't done with the stock muffler on. Keep your eye out for one of the Titanium GSXR mufflers. They're lighter and will bolt straight on to the midpipe

[Eddieb]

You reckon there's any power difference. I thought it felt a bit peppier of the bottom. I actually pulled a couple of wheelies In 1st gear which I hadn't done with the stock muffler on. Keep your eye out for one of the Titanium GSXR mufflers. They're lighter and will bolt straight on to the midpipe

I think the bottom end is slightly stronger and a little more responsive, if you end up in the wrong gear at really low revs it chugs off easier than it did with the stock pipe, mid range and top end I can't notice a difference really. You run much lower gearing than me also so it would wheelie easier, with a 14/41 gearing, snorkel removed and otherwise stock it almost lifted the front in 1st with no clutch.

It sounds way better than my stock one with the holes drilled in it though, at idle really quiet and quite restrained while riding but with a nice little burble on deceleration, at least thats how it sounds when riding it, I don't know if it sounds quieter or louder to an observer or vehicles behind me.

Speaking of gearing, I've gone back to the 15 tooth front tonight, I do 2 motorway trips a day and found the 14 made the bike buzzy.

Also today, I stopped at the garage to check the tyres and 15 minutes after that the rear rim was on the deck. Something happened while checking the pressures that upset the rear valve and it wouldn't hold pressure anymore. I stole a valve out of a spare tube and had the take the tyre back to the garage in the car to pump it up. It sems to be holding pressure ok again now. never had that happen before.

[NordieBoy]

Keep your eye out for one of the Titanium GSXR mufflers. They're lighter and will bolt straight on to the midpipe

Yep. The X04f0X pipe is 2.4kg.

[Pikey]

Where did you get the Muffler bracket from?

[Eddieb]

Where did you get the Muffler bracket from?

Phreaky Phil's Awesome Engineering INC.

[Magnum Noel]

I think the bottom wend is slightly stronger and a little more responsive, if you end up at really low revs in the wrong gear it chugs off easier than it did with the stock pipe, mid range and topend I can't notice a difference really. You run much lower gearing than me also. With a 14/41 gearing, snorkel removed and otherwise stock it almost lifted the front in 1st with no clutch.

It sounds way better than my stock one with the holes drilled in it though, at idle really quiet and quite restrained while riding but with a nice little burble on deceleration, at least thats how it sounds when riding it, I don't know if it sounds quieter or louder to an observer or vehicles behind me.

Speaking of gearing, I've gone back to the 15 front tonight, I do 2 motorway trips a day and found the 14 made the bike buzzy.

Also today, I stopped at the garage to check the tyres and 15 minutes after that the rear rim was on the deck. Something happened while checking the pressures that upset the rear valve and it wouldn't hold pressure anymore. I stole a valve out of a spare tube and had the take the tyre back to the garage in the car to pump it up. It sems to be holding pressure ok again now. never had that happen before.

ahhh

So it was you thundering up and down the Dowse today!