The DR650 thread

[R650R]

Went for short test ride and did some roadside jet changes.
Dropped to 135 main jet from 140. Measured 3/4 to full roll on speed seems about same but cleaner response when shutting throttle.
Was tad windy so not entirely scientific...
135 smallest main it came with btw.

[badlieutenant]

Im assuming you have seen mxrobs website gary ? http://www.mxrob.com/mxrob_004.htm
My dr and one other have followed his carb set up for jets, needles etc and it has worked mint.
Rob really seems to know his shit.

[DR650gary]

Im assuming you have seen mxrobs website gary ? http://www.mxrob.com/mxrob_004.htm
My dr and one other have followed his carb set up for jets, needles etc and it has worked mint.
Rob really seems to know his shit.

When we got the bike it was set up as a super motard and before it's 2 year sabbatical it really motored. I just think it needs a decent cleanup in the carb and it will be stonking again.

The tail tidy/plate holder arrived. It has white/blue leds for the number plate and they change to red on the other circuit so I'll hook those into the brake circuit. The mounting will fit easily onto the current mounting points so not a bad unit for $9 delivered. May need a bit of silicon to keep water out but I have a bit of that lying around.

Cheers

[dino3310]

BBQ for DR riders

[Oscar]

BBQ for DR riders

I hear the fire brigade just down the street refused to attend because the diesel they would use to get there was more valuable than the DR.

[Kaituna]

I hear the fire brigade just down the street refused to attend because the diesel they would use to get there was more valuable than the DR.

That's a KLR old man.

[NordieBoy]

I see they haven't fixed the oil burning in the new gen KLR's.

[Oscar]

That's a KLR old man.

Yeah but there's no KLR pilots here...

[bart]

My front brakes are shot on the DR. I'm looking at the front caliper rebuild kit (US$22.95) and braided brake line (US$66.95) from Procycles, which seems good value. Went to the shopping cart thing and postage was quoted at $61.70. Even just the caliper parts was quoted at $56, which should fit in a small envelope.

I know a few of you guys have delt with Procycles. Is this freight estimate accurate?? We get larger parcels out from England for about NZ$15.

[Box'a'bits]

You can get more reasonable freight via Ebay, with the same kit

[Big Dog]

Youshop are far ken expensive on physically large items but for a collection of gaskets in a std business envelope $15 bucks ought to do it. If the vendor packs both small enough for you $20 bucks will get you both I shipping inside the states is not too expensive. E.g I got some fancy carbon bar ends, $6 to get it to youshop, $20 to get them here to the door.

On the other hand the mrs bought something for the kids that was 13" cubed. $99 would have been $30 if all dimensions were 12". Or $56 if one side was under 12".

[bart]

You can get more reasonable freight via Ebay, with the same kit

Wow, that ebay could do some damage to the credit card real quick.

[Mo NZ]

I priced up about 10 small items from Bikebandit. They wanted $80 to post.
I emailed them back and never got a reply.
The items would fit on the palm of 1 hand.

[R650R]

You can prob get those parts in NZ for reasonable price, Suzuki OEM stuff usually priced ok.
Essentially you'll only really need the O-rings and rubber boots. If the old ones aren't leaking I'd be inclined to just clean up the pistons with some metal polish, did that to GSXR once.

Procycles shipping outside of US is a premium airfreight express only option, pricey on small stuff alright. Get a youshop (or one of the better other providers) and will prob be about $NZ 30 all up to get it here.
Bikebandit must have changed, their shipping used to be a minimum $100, got a crappy email from them too ages ok trying to see if they could do another way (before I knew about youshop).
Bike bandit is good though for using the microfiche style exploded parts diagrams to see what bits you need though.

More info and other options here http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...rs-youshop-etc

One of these would be nice http://www.beringer-brakes.com/en/mo...rs-range-4.htm

[Mo NZ]

Cheers.
I found mx rob great with putting stuff in 1 box etc.