What did you do to your motorcyle today?

[azr]

Collecting bits and pieces, mostly pieces



Trevor, myself and a friend Roger went up to look at this piece, the noodle tried to put a 2012 DR650 engine in an 86' 600 bike, then realized it was out of his 'skill' level and we picked it up for $125. A real monster with a welder and a hammer but the 650 engine is intact thank god since Roger might need one for his 96' and I did manage to salvage some usable parts for my spare 600 so looks like I'll be able to put that together and put her up for sale which will be nice, more space in the shed.



I really think the guy was on meth though, there's 2 600 heads in that pile and he took a hammer to the underneath of both of them        totally ruined.....

[Bucko]

Five most feared words in all motorcycling: "I think I'll Cafe it"

[Runningdog]

I've started to clean up the lower regions of the V-Strom I picked up at the beginning of October, which involves dismantling the rear suspension/swing arm, etc.  Naturally, I'll replace the sprockets and chain, tires, and whatever else I come across as worn.

First step was removing the front sprocket cover....you'd think I'd have an 8mm deep socket, but no.....ah, well, only tool I've had to fetch, so far.  Removal revealed more oily dirt than I ever saw on any of the dirt bikes I've smurphed up.....must be almost two inches thick in places.....should lighten the bike by twenty pounds.

A previous owner put a 520 chain and sprockets on it, rather than the factory 535, probably to save money.  Sprockets are a little hooked, and chain has kinks, so tuti fiori for them.

Happy that this bike has had a centre stand added.

Tires are being included in the hijinks.

I've had beater $300 bikes that were cleaner than this thing....ah, well, winter list.

[754]

We switch to 520 from 530 to lower rotating mass. . Dont know if its cheaper, sometimes we have to machine the sprockets thinner.

[rz5mark]

It is likely 532. A lot of people switch to 530-520 as it is so much more common chain. Oe's use 532 a lot.

[azr]

Finally got around to doing the balance tensioner on my DR600. I was pretty sure I could hear it making noise and sure as heck it was pretty loose. Now it's good for another 6'000km.

2016-11-20_08-19-56 by Rob Ert, on Flickr

The bikes always been a bugger to kick over when she's cold so I pulled the carb again and made sure the pilot circuit was totally clean and readjusted the float. Set the mixture out a bit more for the new pipe and she first on the 2nd kick. The true test will be tomorrow morning when she's stone cold but I know I improved somethings today for sure
Well deserving I figured.....

2016-11-20_08-20-25 by Rob Ert, on Flickr

[Glenn]

Good job Rob! I hope it'll fire up easier for you, I know a guy wants to get going in a hurry when you stall in the middle of a water crossing! Working on freaking carbs would drive me to drink too.

[azr]

Ya, those creeks are a bugger. I tell you though Glenn, working on the DR carb is a walk in the park, easy to get in and out, you can just rotate it in place to adjust or change jets, and best of all there's just one    This 38mm has a accelerator pump on it which I've never dealt with before but it seems to be working before. I really thought there would be a way of adjusting the pump but alas there isn't.

[jetta90]

Finished adjusting the valves on the GS750 rider bike.  They were getting a little snug.  I prefer to run them on the loose side of the adjustment range.  All good now.

[jetta90]

Buttoning up from the valve adj work, I noticed one of the oil lines that bring oil to the top end was oily wet.  Damp more than wet.   The top banjo fitting crimp to the line seems to be suspect.
Luckily, I have an almost complete spare parts motor.  It had a good oil line.
Spares are always good.

[Hayabuser]

Put heated grips on the Hyperbus this afternoon....



... looking forward to toasty hands on my annual Christmas ride tomorrow! 

[star_deceiver]

Looks like I won't be getting the bike out for a Christmas ride... So we'll just terrorize the neighbourhood another way...

[azr]

Put heated grips on the Hyperbus this afternoon....



... looking forward to toasty hands on my annual Christmas ride tomorrow! 

oohhhhhhhh.......nice.

[azr]

Forced to make my own decompression cable on the DR as the one I ordered from ebay was the wrong cable. Cut it to length and made ends based on this video. The video is wayyy to long but you can jump thru is easily to get the jist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-gY27LTU2c


worked very well. I haven't been able to test it out yet but pulling on it on the vice didn't break it so I can't imagine I'll be able to break it in regular use.

20161228_171527 by Rob Ert, on Flickr


Also, the last time I was out on the DR it was a mud bath and my 'waterproof' Garmin jammed up on me when I got home, had a heck of a time disconnecting the unit from it's base. You can see the push knob on the lower right side, totally stuck.

20161228_173044 by Rob Ert, on Flickr

20161228_173054 by Rob Ert, on Flickr

20161228_174421 by Rob Ert, on Flickr

I was surprised that there was no rubber gaskets in there at all. Oh well, all fixed now, amazing how such a little bit of dirt can jam things up.

[754]

Your decompressor cable is coming in at a less than ideal angle, going to wear the cable prematurely.
 Keep in mind where the cable end is now comes out even further from its pivot than its present location.