The DR650 thread

**wysper** · 22nd August 2010, 14:38

Have any of you guys put a Stebel Magnum on your DR? If you did, how did it handle things? The odd dunking in a puddle etc?

**NordieBoy** · 22nd August 2010, 17:11

I don't think the dr wiring is up to the Magnum.

**wysper** · 22nd August 2010, 18:30

any particular reason why not. The guff from the site suggests it is pretty much a straight swap for most bike horns. I figured if a DR could run heated hand grips - which I might consider for next winter - then surely they could handle a better horn than the asthmatic road runner meep meep currently supplied

**NordieBoy** · 22nd August 2010, 18:58

The bike is up to it. The existing horn wiring isn't.

Well it wasn't on my bike.

I was only getting half the volume of connecting it straight to the battery.

**wysper** · 22nd August 2010, 19:12

Is it quite a mission to upgrade the wiring?

**NordieBoy** · 22nd August 2010, 19:49

Originally Posted by wysper

Is it quite a mission to upgrade the wiring?

No problem to use the existing horn wiring to run a relay and wire the horn to the battery.

**wysper** · 22nd August 2010, 20:14

How do I know what relay to use?

**Underground** · 22nd August 2010, 20:41

have a look on here , http://www.narva.co.nz/products/browse/relays sort out which one you need ,probly 68024 ??

**dino3310** · 22nd August 2010, 20:45

just whip the baffle out mate, you wont need a horn then

**Waihou Thumper** · 22nd August 2010, 21:22

Must have one I know but of any use out there in the country? Scares the native Fauna...

**wysper** · 22nd August 2010, 21:34

Originally Posted by NordieBoy

No problem to use the existing horn wiring to run a relay and wire the horn to the battery.

On the local site for stebel horns, the Nautilus comes with a relay but it says the magnum doesn't need one. What does the relay do?

Originally Posted by dino3310

just whip the baffle out mate, you wont need a horn then

good point, the DR stock is pretty quiet.

Originally Posted by NZKTM

Must have one I know but of any use out there in the country? Scares the native Fauna...

More for use in the wild concrete jungle, my DR is also my daily commuter.
Still, I don't use a horn very much, try to ride in such a way that it is unnecessary

**Waihou Thumper** · 22nd August 2010, 21:51

Originally Posted by wysper

More for use in the wild concrete jungle, my DR is also my daily commuter.
Still, I don't use a horn very much, try to ride in such a way that it is unnecessary

That's the spirit... Just go over the cages, around them and between them....

**dino3310** · 22nd August 2010, 22:19

Originally Posted by wysper

More for use in the wild concrete jungle, my DR is also my daily commuter.
Still, I don't use a horn very much, try to ride in such a way that it is unnecessary

by the time i think about useing the horn ive already waved the middle finger and sworn obsceneries

**Phreaky Phil** · 28th August 2010, 12:50

Ive just put my dr650 pack rack on trademe. It came with the bike and I dont want it.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-313765395.htm

**DR650gary** · 15th September 2010, 19:23

Been a while since I've seen one of these.

Rode 167 kms from fill to reserve today. Put 9.73 litres in and the odometer read 177kms at that point, so 18.1 kms per litre. Running Dynojet needle 4th clip from the top and 160 main jet. Haven't looked at the plug so cannot comment on colour.

I didn't really flog it but wondered if that was a good result or poor. My ZRX1200 does a little worse, but it does get pushed a bit more, legally of course

My son's DR650 also has the same setup but we haven't looked at consumption yet.