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  1. #1201
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    Quote Originally Posted by cooneyr View Post
    97 built, yanky spec DR650 with a 3rd gear whine. That sounds familiar. Good luck with the transplant.

    Cheers R
    Thats a terrifying combination...remember the sprag clutch on the starter motor drive......

    Hope it all goes well with the transplant.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crisis management View Post
    Thats a terrifying combination...remember the sprag clutch on the starter motor drive......

    Hope it all goes well with the transplant.
    Sprag issues were 98-99

    Anyway the torque limiter is one of the bits that survived in my engine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NordieBoy View Post
    Didn't trust the rear with the split carcass.
    Probably a good call. That's what my Crossengo looked like on the outside, but inside it was a jagged rough-edged tear with bits of the cords poking through.
    Cheers,
    Colin

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    All racers I know aren't in it for the money. They race because it's something inside of them... They're not courting death. They're courting being alive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NordieBoy View Post
    Sprag issues were 98-99

    Anyway the torque limiter is one of the bits that survived in my engine.
    Good call CM. Definitely worth the time to take the LHS cover off when you do a oil change Nordie. Mine had the torque limiting gear but it is right near the change over.

    Cheers R
    "The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools." - Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)

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    Idea is to run it for a week and change the oil and pull both side covers off and check the NSU and torque limiter.

    Remember with my 7" headlight I thought it'd be a couple of weeks after I got it that I'd be able to get it installed and the next day it was done?

    Well I was going to ride the new(ish) bike for a couple of weeks to get used to it and then swap the engine over to see what the difference was like.

    Ummm...
    It's done...

    From popping the doner onto the stand...


    To starting it up...


    Was 2hrs 10min, 3 redbulls and a coffee.



    WARNING!!!
    Anyone contemplating this do not use the seat off the doner bike!
    Your retinas will be scared for life.

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    Helps to have a good mechanic swing by and give ya a hand.

    Test ride tomorrow then ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by NordieBoy View Post
    Anyone contemplating this do not use the seat off the doner bike!
    Your retinas will be scared for life.
    your retinas are gonna have to harden up

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    well done!
    curious: did you use your old set up carbie? did it run well on that?

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    Using my old carb/header/pipe the mid-pipe has a 3cm long hole by the middle mount though.

    I also tested it at about 96dB at 3000rpm 1m from the exhaust at 45 degrees.

    I only had to wind the idle up on the carb. Tomorrow I'm going to pick up my twin electrode plugs from the dead engine. This one is running the original denso's from '97.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JATZ View Post
    Test ride tomorrow then ?
    I think Shane is keen to get out for a ride too

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    I also put the 97's OEM bashplate on to see how it goes.

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    Just got back from a nice slow test run through to Pelorus and back.

    The engine has a little less bottom end than mine did but I'll check the valve clearances when I do the 1st oil change and the bike felt a "different" in the front but I think that was the freshly rotated front tyre.

    I love my bike it's like putting on an old comfortable pair of boots and going for a walk after borrowing someone elses that are the wrong size.

    I need to do some grinding work on the centre stand/side stand interference where the footsies of both touch together.

    After riding Shanes TT350 for the last couple of weeks I could really see the benefit of a 45 rear sprocket combined with 14/15/16 fronts.

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    Thumbs up

    Fran - glad you're pleased to be reunited with our regular bike - quick work eh - cheers S
    those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind..

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    Having a look at the gear cluster today and it seems that 3rd gear is a very hard working gear.
    2nd and 4th are freely rotating on the shaft and 3rd is driven.
    In 2nd gear 2+3 mesh together sideways, in 3rd gear 3rd is solo, in 4th gear 3+4 mesh sideways.

    3rd is under load in 2nd, 3rd and 4th gears.

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    you might be intrested in this (post no 4):
    http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=429917

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