The DR650 thread

[Baldyman]

With everyone fitting aftermarket fuel tanks, does anyone have a stock DR650 tank, in good condition, they are willing to sell? Cheapish? Either white, grey or black.

Thanks.

[R650R]

What do you call cheap. I have an absolutely mint stock white tank, 2012. Alsos tock carby too available and exhaust.

[Baldyman]

What do you call cheap.

$50.00 ....?

[Bass]

What do you call cheap. I have an absolutely mint stock white tank, 2012. Alsos tock carby too available and exhaust.

What are you asking for the carby?

[chasio]

I just acquired a '99 with a stock tank and a Mikuni pumper carb on it. Couple of questions, please:

Anyone know what tank the attached photo is of (apparently it's 20L) and are they decent? Anything to check comes with it? (And can they be painted? It's a bit yellow).

And how much lift should opening up the throttle give to the push rod to the pump? It seems to be moving very little right now. Just after a rough guide before I try it with fuel.

Cheers for any advice.

PS Anyone selling a rack I could bolt a Givi plate onto?

[NordieBoy]

18.5L IMS tank with a locking cap. Yellow is all its going to be.

[chasio]

18.5L IMS tank with a locking cap. Yellow is all its going to be.

Thanks. Will bear that in mind!

[Waihou Thumper]

Hi all.
The DR650 has been sitting around and it is hard to start...
Charged up the battery and that is fine. When it starts it idles then stops..
Then it is almost impossible to start...
I then leave it for an hour, try again.
When it finally starts, as soon as I try a little throttle it misses, then stops!
Back to square one?
No choke, try again. Starts then idles a tad, then stops....Cannot start it!
I am no mechanic, so what can I do....Is it Carb related, stale fuel or something perhaps?

[speights_bud]

Sounds like it's not getting fuel

[Waihou Thumper]

Sounds like it's not getting fuel

Yeah, my thought too. I got it started and let it idle for 5 minutes, slowly turned throttle to 2000 rpm....
Seems to run but then any more, just farts and stalls...
Too lean = no fuel, too much bloody air!

[Waihou Thumper]

Because it must have been fuel related, I checked the fuel lines, drained the carburettor.
The line had a kink in it, seemed to be choking off the fuel somehow?
I made a tweak and she popped into life! Wicked!
That rather large fuel tank I have on it will take a bit to drain....AND will cost a bit to fill...

[RGVforme]

Because it must have been fuel related, I checked the fuel lines, drained the carburettor.
The line had a kink in it, seemed to be choking off the fuel somehow?
I made a tweak and she popped into life! Wicked!
That rather large fuel tank I have on it will take a bit to drain....AND will cost a bit to fill...

Had the same issue with my DR when I had drained the tank dry for another mission.

Even though I had fuel an inch over the top of the filler tube inside the tank the bike on reserve and normal tap settings would start then splutter die and not run again.Wait 10 minutes and it would do the same.

I found fault with the fuel line sitting quite close to the bottom of the 20lt Acerbis tank causing an air bubble in the fuel hose.The fuel in the tank did not gravity push enough to move this bubble.

Adding more fuel and blowing into the tank breather hose to pressurize the tank did though.
I found this out by fitting a clear fuel hose so I could see wtf was happening to my fuel flow as I suspected a dodge fuel tap was at fault at first lol.

Now if I don't ride for a bit I pop out to the shed and turn the fuel tap on then off for a bit to top of the carb and fuel line from any fuel vapor loss.
Had to be a simple reason the ole rooter was letting me down

[MarkH]

Been doing some riding, now need to replace both front & rear tyres!

Went to the middle:


Then went to a campsite (not very close by, heaps of gravel riding got done):



I'm enjoying my new hammock & tarp:



The DR is looking pretty good as my main camping vehicle:



I'm going to get a new Mitas E07 front and an E07 rear too.

[Night Falcon]

DR doing what it was made for, Awesome! That hammock set up looks comfy Mark. I'd need a ladder for getting in and out of it though

[Waihou Thumper]

DR doing what it was made for, Awesome! That hammock set up looks comfy Mark. I'd need a ladder for getting in and out of it though

...and you'd fall out of it I bet... Injure yourself once more....