Eddieb's DR build thread.

[Eddieb]

It'll be better but not as good as the whole top cut out.

Any idea how much betterer though?

I'm after that elusive combination between a noticable improvement, which just removing the snorkel already gave a good bit vrs long term reliability and maintenance including how much dust gets sucked in and so how quickly the airfilter clogs in dusty conditions.

[NordieBoy]

You got a dynojet kit?

[Eddieb]

You got a dynojet kit?

I'm putting the FCR in, though I have the remains of a kit after a DR install has been done. I'm not sure whats left in the kit though cause it's in Hamilton.

One thing I've noticed is that on the current setup with the snorkel removed is that the airfilter gets VERY dirty directly below the airbox hole very quickly. I'm hoping opening the airbox up doesn't have the same impact over the entire filter.

[Eddieb]

I've pulled the airbox and shock out of the new bike tonight. Now to figure out how to remove the spring so I can quickly do the same task on the other shock and swap the springs over.

I'll take some measurements of the preload position of each spring before removal also so I can set them up the same way again.

Nordie, for the front forks what length did you cut your spacers down to for the intiminators?

[Eddieb]

P.s after Saturdays ride

I love my DR!

[NordieBoy]

Nordie, for the front forks what length did you cut your spacers down to for the intiminators?

Basically just make them shorter by the thickness of the 'nators...

I played around a lot and ended up with 5mm preload with 0.47kg/mm springs.

I was surprised how well the stock springs went though.

[Box'a'bits]

P.s after Saturdays ride - I love my DR!

Except the permanently on headlight....

[Eddieb]

Except the permanently on headlight....

Yeah, I discovered that I had bumped the high beam switch so that wouldn't have helped at those speeds. I will wire a switch in once I have spoken to Noel about how he wired his up.

I adjusted my foot levers today too and fixed the permanently on brake light in the process, another thing that wouldn't have helped.

[Magnum Noel]

helped.[/QUOTE]

once I have spoken to Noel

Just say the word and i'll be down.

[Eddieb]

Tonight I removed the upper chain roller, there's horror stories all over the net about what happens when the chain decides to remove it for you and the yellow DR has a hole in the side of the frame to show from it.

A pic from DRRIDERS.com of what happens if the chain removes the roller for you



1) The upper chain roller, you can see the grooves in it.
2) close up, this has done 9000 road miles, no rough trails and it's still very worn
3) A grub screw, also referred to on US sites as a Set screw, this is used to fill the captive nut left when the roller is removed so that water doesn't get into the frame. It's 8mm x 1.25 thread. I went for 15mm length which is probably a bit short as mine didn't nip up against anything. I've locktite'd it in place and hopefully it will stay there.
4) The grub screw in place.

[Eddieb]

I also got the spring removed from the blue bikes shock in preparation for transferring the 8.3 spring over from the yellow bike.

[dino3310]

i cant afford a new heavier spring for the XR so im gonna lose some weight instead

[Eddieb]

i cant afford a new heavier spring for the XR so im gonna lose some weight instead

Did you eat all the pies?

I was lucky in that the yellow bike came with the heavier spring, though I've also managed to drop 6kg.

[dino3310]

no pies mate just KFC
looking forward to seeing the DR in the flesh, its been awhile

[Eddieb]

Got a bit more stuff progressed today.

The shock was removed from the yellow bike and the 8.3 spring taken off, the factory spring off the blue bike was then fitted and the shock set to the factory hard preload settings and reinstalled. Removing and reinstalling the shock also requires the airbox to be removed so it's a bit of work.

While in there I also opened the carb up and lifted the needle 1 notch as the bike had felt a bit lean after removing the snorkel. It's now on the bottom notch. A quick ride up the street indicates it's now much more responsive off idle at least.
The needle has a decent score in it just below the bottom notch, and a wear spot about halfway down so at some stage in the future that should be replaced I guess. I had to drill the carb screws as well due the the heads being like butter, fortunately I'd planned ahead and got replacement screws with my last Procycle order. I didn't have to take the heads right off though as halfway down them the screws loosened up and were spinning on the drillbit, once that happened I could undo them by hand.