Show us ya DR650!

[TLDV8]

Jamie and Neil passed through in the middle of the dry season,here is an idea between the two.

Daily temperatures are always over 30C year round getting to the high 30's
Humidity is the difference which gets up to 90%+ and rain.
No rain for over 160 days last dry season.

Here is the same spot,there is a water crossing just before but it is gone now,this is a public road and almost single track over the hill.

[ducatijim]

Hey TLD, pity you didn't ask me bout Ohlins and the folk you delt with before you purchased....I would have saved you a bomb!!

The WP, stock on the KT, are far better....I have never had a satisfactory experience with an Ohlins. Had 3. Slow learner.

Wifey and I will be up your way in late June, I am working down in WA, place called Moora at the moment, will be outta here early June and headded north.

Be good to catch up again after a year!

Jamie.

[Bass]

Neil,that whole episode was crap from the time i payed a NZ$2200 deposit site unseen to the time i finally received it last year.

It is the same suspension package you and Jamie purchased.


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I am sorry to hear all this.
If you got the same package as us, then yes, it is an arse cruncher without quite a heavy load on the back of the bike.
Since I got home, I have never had that much load on the bike again - not even close - so I finally saw sense and fitted the standard spring to the Ohlins shock.
What a difference! I had to open the spring up about 0.5mm with a die grinder to make it fit but it only took about 5 minutes.
These days, I go looking for the holes and corrugations just for the grin factor.
Because the spring rate is lower, you need to back off the rebound damping and increase the compression damping but it all works fine.
I still have the big tank on and so I have left the higher rate springs in the front.
Pretty happy now.

[junkmanjoe]

my dr ran so sweet on the south island trip.
just on 2000kms didnt miss a beat, just love rideing the dr.
there such a great bike.

[Eddieb]

my dr ran so sweet on the south island trip.
just on 2000kms didnt miss a beat, just love rideing the dr.
there such a great bike.

Yeah but the grin you had when you were riding my PD was huge.

[junkmanjoe]

i seam to remember some one couldnt keep up with my self while i was on there bike.

i also remember some other little incident

[Paladin]

my dr ran so sweet on the south island trip.
just on 2000kms didnt miss a beat, just love rideing the dr.
there such a great bike.

Yeah mine ran sweet as too mate - I do love my DR, however Jatz's DR BIG was awesome to ride too!

[Paladin]

i seam to remember some one couldnt keep up with my self while i was on there bike.

i also remember some other little incident

I think photos of "the incident" will be forthcoming!

[NordieBoy]

i also remember some other little incident

Did it involve sheep?

[Paladin]

Did it involve sheep?

Well the item he dropped did have a sheepskin on it!

[Woodman]

Well the item he dropped did have a sheepskin on it!

Go on tell me I missed this

[Eddieb]

Go on tell me I missed this

While Joe was riding my PD and I was on his DR I had a little incident on the DR.

At the last little stream crossing with that quite sharp entry and exit as I came out I gave the DR a bit of throttle and nothing happened. Joe's poor DR ended up lying on it's side.

It just didn't have the low down the PD had and it caught me out, and the full event was caught in technicolour.

[junkmanjoe]

oh that time.....thats ok mate, shit happens...

i also recall being told some one undone the wrong strap on the ferry, and some ones bike fell over on the floor....

and some one went to hop on there dr and it fell over brakeing a little indacator off...now who was that.

[Paladin]

oh that time.....thats ok mate, shit happens...

i also recall being told some one undone the wrong strap on the ferry, and some ones bike fell over on the floor....

and some one went to hop on there dr and it fell over brakeing a little indacator off...now who was that.

Yeah I wonder too!

[NordieBoy]

While Joe was riding my PD and I was on his DR I had a little incident on the DR.

At the last little stream crossing with that quite sharp entry and exit as I came out I gave the DR a bit of throttle and nothing happened. Joe's poor DR ended up lying on it's side.

It just didn't have the low down the PD had and it caught me out, and the full event was caught in technicolour.

Olympuscolour even...