r/dr650

Just picked up a 2009 with 2600 miles. Never been off-roaded, super clean. Even had the protective film over the indicator panel in the dash still lol. Local dealer just happened to have a stock rear rack and the acerbis plastic skid plate, so I already added those. Otherwise completely stock as far as I can tell, but the fuel mixture screw plug was already removed so someone did mess with the carb at one point.

Runs amazing up and down the road, but I think either the carb needs cleaned from sitting, or there is a minor vacuum leak somewhere. The idle fluctuates a bit even when warm, and it wants to stall when hard braking or on steep downhills. It's hard to say because this bike is pretty much mint condition, but with it's age there could definitely be a leaky hose or maybe the intake boot? Not sure where to start.

Bought a 1998 this spring with 29,000 miles. Lots of goodies, like an fmf power bomb header, supertrapp exhaust, air box already opened. The farkles came with it. Been going through it. First big ride. 120 miles highway and dirt. The jetting is still a little off, but she still gets it done!

Hey guy! I just taked out my wheels and i had an idea to grease the pivot points at the rear side. Should is do this or just clean them? Any special to take care here?

Hey guys, I had this in mind after seeing a Land Cruiser with a similar design.
Does anyone know what’s the best way to make this reality ?
Cheers guys !
Edit: this is AI generated

Don’t know anything about fixing bikes, how much are you reckon this will cost to fix.

Rear brake performance just died on me. Pads are still thick and rotor wear looks normal. Rear brake fluid level is full. Any ideas? Brake only really works when slowing bike down under 4mph or on a stand it will stop the rear wheel. Any body weight and speed the brake will not lock up the rear wheel on wet pavement, dirt, gravel or whatever. All the rear brake power seemed to disappear.

For you regulars out there I’m the guy who was on the bdr loop last week with the cct gasket leak. Thought I’d write a quick follow up. Long story short everything worked out fine. The gasket kept weeping oil but it was not enough to require adding any oil mid trip.

On to the trip report. We rode from Missoula on to the
Idaho bdr and headed north into Canada, through Creston and Roosville and backdown the Montana bdr to Missoula. It was about 1500 miles. Highly recommend although the Idaho trail still had a lot of trees down that required some flexibility in the route. It also rained almost every day which made for more rushed camping. But no wildfires. The Montana bdr was a lot cleaner although we got some warnings about an un passable washout on the second leg (second from Canada). But this came from a team who were all on 600 lb “adventure bikes” so we took that into consideration and decided to check it out. There was indeed a bridge washout but we found a couple of boards and fashioned a bridge over the 10ft deep gap and went on our way. Any future dr riders on that section can use our bridge free of charge. And the guy we met doing the whole mtbdr on a t-dub. He was a badass.

Thanks again for all who helped with advice and viva la DR650!

Hi everyone,

First post here and I thought I'd reach out for some feedback from real people instead of an AI for once.

I've been drafting up a build for my 80,000km 17yr old DR650. I've had it for 1.5 yrs and bought it at 48,000km. I've ridden the life out of it; the wiring harness is going, gaskets and oil cooler are failing and the time feels right to give the old girl a rebuild.

Planned upgrades:

Wossner HC Piston

Mikuni TM40-6

Acerbis 20L tank

DG Performance V2 exhaust + quiet insert

Teknik suspension upgrade kit

Nova 3rd Gear

#190 Procycle Cam

At home upgrades:

Lower foot pegs

Open airbox

Tidy exhaust welds

DIY oil cooler fan

I am aiming for economy, range and off-road performance, and I feel this list of parts gives me a good balance.

Plan of attack:

0.1: Find a mevhanic

1.0: Engine rebuild, Engine upgrades, tidy exhaust

1.1: New wire harness

1.2: Frame, bearing service, open air box

1.3: Suspension upgrade

1.4: New oil cooler (has a leak after it briefly cosplayed as a plough)

2: Lower pegs, baggage, DIY oil cooler kit &etc

All items in section 1 are to be done by a mechanic, I am time poor and would like to be back on the road asap. Everything else will be DIY'd as they don't keep me off the road.

My expectation is I'll get a bike that out performs a DR-Z4S across the board, except for weight, and with all the accessories for about the same price. This includes post mechanic upgrades.

I'm keen for your feedback regarding this build.

PS. I will not be adding a rally tower, I've had a few instances where the windshield has aggressively tickled with my Adam's Apple on hill climbs. Most likely I'll engineer a quick connect removable windshield for highway stretches.

PPS. It already has a tall comfort seat and spotties installed, I will consider a power rail and a separate switch for the spotties when the wiring is redone. The topbox is likely going to be used exclusively for grocery shopping and daily commuting.

I'm trying to install a skid plate from Emperor Racing and unless I'm actually retarded, this is not possible. I have the foam along my frame which I would like to keep if I can.

I can get one side of the cross brace started but it doesn't seem possible for the other side to grab the threads...if the cross brace was notched it wouldn't be an issue but they're not. I don't have a grinder or Dremel and it's aluminum.

What do?

Sheepskin buttpad? Air hawk? There is no cheap fox, you need a custom seat made for a lot of money?

I have a seat concepts seat but it is in the shape of a dirt bike seat and is still hard and uncomfortable. I can only ride for a couple hours before the pain really starts bothering me. I tried a sheepskin buttpad and it helps but not that much, planning some big trips and could use the advice!

Took a day trip and rode 220 miles! Climbed alot of elevation and even hit some off road mountain trails until a patch of sand took me down😂 Picked her up, front tire and handle bar was a little off center but I bent them both back and road 100 miles home in heavy wind! Sun burnt and smiling!

Does anyone have advice on how to get these circlips in on the JE piston I’m losing my mind trying.