max power Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 Sold my 91 XR250L last night and went to WV to pick up this 03 DR650SE today. Got some things to do to it before the season gets going, but it's a pretty nice unit that doesn't appear to have seen much off road. Only 4400 miles! Need tire suggestions cuz these are roached. Rear isn't terrible but it's 13 years old. Front is original and cooked. Hard as nails. I'm stoked and can't wait to ride the wheels off this thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zx3vfr Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 Reinforce that swing arm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howabusa Posted February 7, 2018 Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 Nice Suzuki. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted February 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 On 2/4/2018 at 10:09 AM, zx3vfr said: Reinforce that swing arm ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted February 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 So, after road testing, the Suzuki ran like shit. So here we go again with another carb rebuild. After doing my research, it is apparent that these come from the factory ridiculously lean. $100 and a bottle of pine-sol later, it is rebuilt and rejetted with a Dyno jet kit. All settings are exactly what the dynojet paperwork calls for. Fires right up with a little choke and idles good. Road testing reveals a major surge and stumble at half throttle. Low speed and wide-open throttle are decent. My initial thought say raise the needle, but I did that on the XR250 several times and got increasingly shittier results until I actually lowered the needle. About to go off and read up on the adventure bike forums, but do any of our in-house carburetor gurus have any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motocat12 Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 (edited) I had a lot of experimenting with mine. is it the stock or procycle needle? I think there's a rcommended ktm? one, and you can also chuck a stock one in a drill and custom grind it. Mine had an aftermarket exhaust. cold air will make it more lean than usual, changing non-riing day temps will make tuning more of a hassle. http://drriders.com/bst-magic-stock-carb-mods-dr650-derestriction-inst-t16700.html http://drriders.com/ktm-needle-mod-t14893.html Edited February 16, 2018 by motocat12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted February 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 It's a Dynojet needle from their $60 kit. Supposedly engineered for that exact bike. Even tells you what to set everything at. Bone stock bike just lean as fuck. I plan to try dropping the needle one spot tonight and see if that helps. It worked on the XR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebbors Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 3 hours ago, Danimal said: A few DRs ave shown cracks around where the Swingarm is welded to the pivot assembly. Folks have ridden the RTW many times with no issues tho...so grain of salt From what I have read, you can examine the welds (or have someone do it for you), and nice clean welds are much more likely to be good. Messier welds tend to crack more often. Though all this does is change the odds. Can still happen either way. Just less likely if a guy who has more experience did them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebbors Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 (edited) On 2/4/2018 at 1:09 AM, max power said: Has Dan mentioned wanting any of your plastics yet? Like the rear? Or perhaps the fender? (Just find myself curious) Edited February 17, 2018 by nebbish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Mac Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 On 2/4/2018 at 1:09 AM, max power said: Sold my 91 XR250L last night and went to WV to pick up this 03 DR650SE today. I'm stoked and can't wait to ride the wheels off this thing. Very Nice Bike, Hope to see you out scratching the adventure back roads with us. I rented a dr650 down in Townsend, TN. and road the SM500 3day's had a blast. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted February 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 On 2/17/2018 at 7:08 PM, B-Mac said: Very Nice Bike, Hope to see you out scratching the adventure back roads with us. I rented a dr650 down in Townsend, TN. and road the SM500 3day's had a blast. Hell yeah man! I'm very green riding two wheels off road but definitely interested in chasing you guys around on the back roads. Read the little XR around gravel roads at the Wayne by myself and had a ball. That's why I wanted to upgrade On 2/17/2018 at 9:20 PM, Danimal said: just saw this. Haven't asked about the yellow rear fender (yet) as all I have to offer is a showroom clean white one in exchange And am staying with the low front fender I'm running I do have the following that you might be interested in though for your DR: Acerbis skidplate (new) Stock rear shock (cheap, 62 miles on it) Moose lowering links Procycle seat (made in UK my Saddlemen) Seat Concepts low seat Short kickstand (new, for lowering bike) Let me know before I end up putting them up for sale on ADV Yeah Bubby, very interested in the skid plate and the rear shock. This thing is already crazy low. Need someone that knows more about them to tell me if it's already been lowered or if it has too much sag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted February 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 (edited) On another note, got the Dyno jet kit kit sorted out last night for the most part. Still needs tweaked. All of my troubles were mostly my lack of reading the instructions completely and not realizing that I can't do a stage one upgrade on the 96 and up DR. Had to go to stage two which involves removing the airbox lid. Something I'm not super comfortable with since this thing will see some light off road duty and lots of dusty gravel roads. Runs like a raped ape on the crystal, but I'm considering going with a different needle and just doing the snorkelectomy. DJ 160 Main Needle on the fourth clip Screw 2 1/2 out these bikes must've fallen out of popularity around 2010 because of all of the carburetor tuning information I can find them on the forums is from that time and earlier. Edited February 19, 2018 by max power Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebbors Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 16 minutes ago, max power said: On another note, got the Dyno jet kit kit sorted out last night for the most part. Still needs tweaked. All of my troubles were mostly my lack of reading the instructions completely and not realizing that I can't do a stage one upgrade on the 96 and up DR. Had to go to stage two which involves removing the airbox lid. Something I'm not super comfortable with since this thing will see some light off road duty and lots of dusty gravel roads. Runs like a raped ape on the crystal, but I'm considering going with a different needle and just doing the snorkelectomy. DJ 160 Main Needle on the fourth clip Screw 2 1/2 out these bikes must've fallen out of popularity around 2010 because of all of the carburetor tuning information I can find them on the forums is from that time and earlier. Nah, it's just nothing has changed. At all, since 96. Except colors. Oh and they changed from a paper to regular head gasket in 09. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted March 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) Got new tars so I cleaned the motor oil off the chain and sprocket and swingarm etc and mounted the wheels back up last night. Kerosene is a damn fine solvent and cleaner. Plan to scrub them in tonight if the weather holds. Edited March 5, 2018 by max power 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted March 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 Rides and handles much better now than with the OE front and full moto rear from 2003. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted March 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 (edited) HUGE thanks to @Danimal for the hook up on a practically brand new shock and especially for throwing in a bunch of awesome goodies with it. Totally unexpected and appreciated and to @whaler for trucking them down here for me. Good bubbys! Edited March 23, 2018 by max power Add pic with new seat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted March 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 Picking up what appears to be a ridiculously clean, never off roaded Xr650 tomorrow. Super stoked. Needs a little work, but hopefully nothing major. Pics to follow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Butters Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 1 hour ago, max power said: Picking up what appears to be a ridiculously clean, never off roaded Xr650 tomorrow. Super stoked. Needs a little work, but hopefully nothing major. Pics to follow. LBTS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowdog Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 Damn bubby are you going full dirt moto on us?? what are you doing with the DR? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helmutt Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 1 hour ago, max power said: Picking up what appears to be a ridiculously clean, never off roaded Xr650 tomorrow. Super stoked. Needs a little work, but hopefully nothing major. Pics to follow. Nice. Then you'll be just a supermoto setup away from the funnest cornering ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted March 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, bowdog said: Damn bubby are you going full dirt moto on us?? what are you doing with the DR? Blake is calling dibs on it but so is everyone else. He needs to hurry up and sell that cruiser while people have tax money in their hands. I plan to repair the Honda and ride them both for a minute and decide which one I like better and sell off the other. Edited March 23, 2018 by max power Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted March 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 (edited) Blake and I ran up to canton today to pick up this XR I've been chasing for months. It's even better than I expected but had 2 broke off filter cover bolts and has been sitting for way too long. Got lucky and backed the bolts right out. Drained out the very nasty old gas, cleaned the dirty run switch that was causing some major spark issues and had my first ride before midnight. It's wicked clean, like brand new and runs great. Huge thanks to @Pokey for hooking me up with the seller. Edited March 25, 2018 by max power 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted March 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 Bike rich, cash poor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowdog Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 Damn that thing looks very clean, nice score bubby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted March 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 Yeah it's pretty ridiculous. It's never been off Road. 6000 miles in 10 years. I was told the guy just rode it back-and-forth to work when it was nice out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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