Magnesium cases = crap

[quallman1234]

Same thing happened to our DRZ. Minus the wheelie bin.

[homer]

makes the $250 for the bash plate all worth while , glad i got one before going to far on the 650

[Katman]

When good wheelies go bad.

2nd time this year.

Yeah, real mentor material.

[AlBundy]

Yeah, real mentor material.

Yeah, he'll be able to tell people WHAT NOT TO DO....

FROM EXPERIENCE!!!

BWAHAHAHA....

[Motu]

But the point is,he's not telling.

[The Stranger:Me]

Yeah, real mentor material.

[Morcs]

pictures....

[carver]

i put a hole in my DR 650 when someone didn't put it on the stand properly!

same thing, gearshift lever through the crank

[scracha]

Magnesium...it's very light and you're not actually meant to drop your bike. Get crashbars until you learn to ride

That's a fuggin sweet looking bike you've got there tho'

[Ocean1]

DRZs do have a bit of history with that.

Full bash guard might be a bit ott unless you're planning some off road work, you can get a stainless shield which you glue straight on the case though, works well.

[vifferman]

Meh.

Years ago (32), I had a fooking big piece of logging truck road (i.e., a rock) allegedly (never saw it) break the side case of my MT250 during a 100-and-summat (I did an extra loop when I missed a trail marker) ride at Atiamuri. Luckily, I didn't know this when riding through the river (twice) so somehow the water didn't get into the ignition.
Anyway, despite the fact this was back in the Bronze Age, I had no problem getting the Magnesium welded by Igor with his flame stick thing.

[Wired1]

I've had the same problem with an XT550 with magnesium cases. I found a welder who could weld it, he just said if it doesn't work I couldn't blame him - fair enough. It worked fine and didn't distort the cases. I also had problems with some of the case screws being a bit soggy as the magnesium is softer than alloy, used a fair amount of thread locker to sort that.
I still would rather have magnesium than alloy, I've got bits on my TT that are magnesium and have compared them to alloy equivalents on the XT's and there is a significant weight saving.