The DR650 thread

[Waipukbiker]

Has anyone fitted one of those HID light kits?

[NordieBoy]

Has anyone fitted one of those HID light kits?

Yes.

But the one I got, the light was focussed too low and the high beam didn't work.
The solenoid pulled the bulb back and the light turned off

Although an HID on dip isn't to be sneezed at...

[mylodon]

To reserve or empty?

to reserve... i filled it up ~17.5 liters after.
i only have a single petcock and the tank isn't transparent so i'm not quite sure how much is left on the right side.

[Eddieb]

to reserve... i filled it up ~17.5 liters after.
i only have a single petcock and the tank isn't transparent so i'm not quite sure how much is left on the right side.

So 15.14 km/l. A little better but still terrible.

My offer still stands, if you want someone to have a look at it bring it by my place, we could have a Welly dr riders garage afternoon/evening with your bike as the victim patient.

[badlieutenant]

I have the 16 ltr acerbis tank on mine and hardish road riding for 260kms (reserve had just kicked in) was 9ltrs (exhuast and airbox mods with new jetting, oh, and the carb slider mod)

On a different topic has any one fitted rm250 (1988, cartridge) forks to their dr and used a calliper adapter to shift the stock calliper mounting point to suit the larger rotor of the dr ? I've googled it a fair bit, but cant get any hits.

[Eddieb]

On a different topic has any one fitted rm250 (1988, cartridge) forks to their dr and used a calliper adapter to shift the stock calliper mounting point to suit the larger rotor of the dr ? I've googled it a fair bit, but cant get any hits.

I'm in the process of doing this with DRZ 250 forks. There's nothing you can buy off the shelf that I found so I had a local engineer make an adapter made up.

[Waipukbiker]

There are now 2xDR650 in Hawkes Bay that have got a glitch in the Low Beam circuit while riding as in the light just cuts out for a while or wont go at all. Each time Ive gone out to see if I can find a fault it works fine To save some time, has anyone else struck this and what have ya found.

Cheers

[NordieBoy]

Nope. Haven't heard anything like that happening before.

[R650R]

There are now 2xDR650 in Hawkes Bay that have got a glitch in the Low Beam circuit while riding as in the light just cuts out for a while or wont go at all. Each time Ive gone out to see if I can find a fault it works fine To save some time, has anyone else struck this and what have ya found.

Cheers

An intermittant fault like that is usually from wires chaffing. It doesn't always have to be high km's either if somethings been wrongly cable tied to wrong spot, too tight or too loose. Least on a bike there's a lot less length of wire to check than the loom or airlines of a linehaul truck. Have they replaced any bulbs previously? Some people aren't kind to connections when unplugging stuff.

[Waipukbiker]

Yeah, Will have to work my way through the system to track it down, because the same thing is happening on 2 separate bikes I just thought that there may have been a common issue on these bikes.

[cruza]

Having few problems with new jetting. put procycle kit in . open airbox and open exhaust . seems to start cold ok , but no go at all when hot. 150 mikuni main jet , and needle on 4th clip. stumbled when opened throttle until revs picked up then it was away. seemed to idle ok with pilot mixture screw 2 1/2 turns out. revs dropped below 2 turns out.
I'm thinking pilot jet to lean? any thoughts.

[NordieBoy]

Having few problems with new jetting. put procycle kit in . open airbox and open exhaust . seems to start cold ok , but no go at all when hot. 150 mikuni main jet , and needle on 4th clip. stumbled when opened throttle until revs picked up then it was away. seemed to idle ok with pilot mixture screw 2 1/2 turns out. revs dropped below 2 turns out.
I'm thinking pilot jet to lean? any thoughts.

Pilot (almost) never needs changing.

It may pay to check if it's clear though. Doesn't take much to block it, especially if the carbs been out.

4th from top or bottom?

[cruza]

Pilot (almost) never needs changing.

It may pay to check if it's clear though. Doesn't take much to block it, especially if the carbs been out.

4th from top or bottom?

Took it all apart again and blew compressed air thru it . noticed some crap in line filter so put new one in , and problem disappeared . must have been block/ fuel starvation.

Slight surging now at 1/8-1/4 throttle , but pulls clean rest of the range, made big difference from stock settings! , just have to tinker next few days with needle settings

[Waipukbiker]

Ok, to save me wading through miles of threads, Ive just pulled the slide out of mine and the clip is in the 2nd from bottom position which could explain why its been a tad thirsty plus at the bottom of the slide there is another hole through the bottom which lines up with one of the internal grooves in the slide. Is this hole standard and what is the stock clip position?
If the snorkle is removed (Which it is at the mo) does the clip have to be dropped at all or can it stay in the stock position.
Im not after anymore power as its got more than enough for the riding I do, just want best economy and smooth running.

Cheers

[NordieBoy]

Ok, to save me wading through miles of threads, Ive just pulled the slide out of mine and the clip is in the 2nd from bottom position which could explain why its been a tad thirsty plus at the bottom of the slide there is another hole through the bottom which lines up with one of the internal grooves in the slide. Is this hole standard and what is the stock clip position?
If the snorkle is removed (Which it is at the mo) does the clip have to be dropped at all or can it stay in the stock position.
Im not after anymore power as its got more than enough for the riding I do, just want best economy and smooth running.

Cheers

So is that 1 or 2 holes in the bottom of the slide?
Stock is one off the the side and a little mark where another could go opposite it.

Stock Jet Needle setting is 3rd from top...



If the snorkel is removed then richen the needle up a clip from stock.

Is the white spacer ring on the needle in good condition (completely round, not D shaped or stepped)?