the DR650 thread

[TrophyHunter]

Originally Posted by Luushen

i posted this quite awhile ago , my bbq rack conversion

Thx - if it was more than a week ago, my brain dumped it... From the looks of it, the BBQ rack has an 1/8 inch strap steel with some flexibility which is nice. The PMB is machined out of aluminum and doesn't move at all..plus it's the same thickness as the Jesse mount.

Thx for the suggestions and continuing education here.

[Luushen]

nah that 1/8 th leg was welded on after the original round tube leg was removed because as you found out with your rack it wanted to sit flush were Jesse's mount sits

[eakins]

Originally Posted by Luushen

nah that 1/8 th leg was welded on after the original round tube leg was removed because as you found out with your rack it wanted to sit flush were Jesse's mount sits

how is the strengnth on the new bbq rack leg compared to the original round tubbing? can't as a robust.

[Snowy]

Originally Posted by SilverBullet

Anybody ever try to rejuvenate their rear hub cushion drive inserts? Maybe boil in water and then quench in ice water similar to o-rings? Or soak in a solution to slightly expand rubber without softening it? If you did this and it was succesful please post how long the rejuvenation has lasted for you.

Just looking to avoid spending $50 for new OEM ones if possible.

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[Mongle]

Originally Posted by SilverBullet

Anybody ever try to rejuvenate their rear hub cushion drive inserts? Maybe boil in water and then quench in ice water similar to o-rings? Or soak in a solution to slightly expand rubber without softening it? If you did this and it was succesful please post how long the rejuvenation has lasted for you.

Just looking to avoid spending $50 for new OEM ones if possible.

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Seems like a lot of work to save $35. Carb cleaner and parts solevant will swell rubber, but it shrinks back after some time. I wouldn't count that anything that swells it doesn't also deteriorate it!

Go ahead Snowy! Need me to find you a stick?

[Snowy]

I didn't want to sound nasty....or bitter...or twisted....but I am so it just comes across that way anyhow.

An interesting tidbit/factoid from my swapping and measuring and playing with parts:

With the RMZ swingarm and the use of the DR axle with collars to suit the swingarms normally larger axle size, I can now use either a 17 inch cush drive hub (with a drive side spacer either cut down, or just using a DRZ/RMZ one), or an 18 inch wheel straight out of the DRZ (no cush drive - but it's for the dirt so is of no consequence when using full knobbies anyway), or I can use the RMZ 19 inch wheel (with the larger axle).

Now I know the 19 may sound unappealing for many reasons, but under some circumstances it could be useful. Think some of the very specific tyres made for the bikes intended to run 19s.

But, most importantly, what it gives me is choice. Something the DR doesn't have standard.

As I already have 2 cush drive 17s, all I need to do is eBay some 18s and 19s and I have a full range.

This just gets easier and easier.

Too bad some don't want to play.

[FJRthommo]

Stop stirring the natives snowy

[SilverBullet]

Originally Posted by Mongle

Seems like a lot of work to save $35. Carb cleaner and parts solevant will swell rubber, but it shrinks back after some time. I wouldn't count that anything that swells it doesn't also deteriorate it!

Seems like less work (and less messy) than cleaning, drying and reoiling an air filter. Or does everybody here just buy a new filter because it is only $20?

My DR is a '91 so $50 OEM replacement cost is correct as they cost more than the newer version cush rubber inserts. $50 buys me enough gas for 1,000 miles on the DR. Economy's tight, money short, so why buy new if not absolutely neccessary? I'd rather spend it riding.

Anyway thanks for the replies but I already had plenty of ideas to try. I posted here looking for someone with experience that has already done it.

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[Milano.B]

Originally Posted by eakins

anyone notice any vibration or fatique issues with jesse's bracket. prior to him making the bracket (way back in the early mx-rob days) people were making there own brackets and often using rubber washers for vibration isolation (like the stock muffler has). jesse's system is a solid metal mount on the other hand. has that been an issue???

I did not feel comfortable with Jesse's bracket less the vibration damping for the GSXR muf.
So I incorporate a Grommet à la MXRob (he uses Oring).
But around 500 miles the grommet keeps rotting away from the heat and vibration.

The version 2 was using a reinforced water hose (much thicker/harder material)
and a piece of hose clamp on top the water hose to protect the GSXR muf from cutting into it.
So far so good

Milano

[Rumlover]

Originally Posted by SilverBullet

Seems like less work (and less messy) than cleaning, drying and reoiling an air filter. Or does everybody here just buy a new filter because it is only $20?
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I don't think my wife would take to kindly to boiling up motorcycle parts in the kitchen. But all kidding aside I think most just think that you would not end up with any kind of improvement, or might even make things worse (by making the cushions to brittle, or to soft, or even coming apart). If I was to do anything, other then new, it would be to take Rusty's suggestion and use cut up inner-tubes to act as spacers. Good luck.

[MoonDogMT]

Originally Posted by SilverBullet

.... $50 buys me enough gas for 1,000 miles on the DR. Economy's tight, money short, so why buy new if not absolutely neccessary? I'd rather spend it riding.
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Absolutely
"Use it up, wear it out, fix it up, or do without!"

[ThomasVolomitz]

Great Ohio ride today on the DR. Beautiful weather and lunch with a gorgeous waitress at Tappan Lake.

[TrophyHunter]

1. Good on ya for getting out there!

2. Is there an Old Rumley?

3. Is that a Kolpin or similar attached to the footpeg mount?

[ThomasVolomitz]

Originally Posted by TrophyHunter

1. Good on ya for getting out there! Thanx, I ride until the snow falls then ride my snowboard

2. Is there an Old Rumley? Old Rumley is a type of Nicaraguan liquor

3. Is that a Kolpin or similar attached to the footpeg mount?

That is a rotopax gas can

[YnotJP?]

Rasthomas, Nice, but, why one picture when there should have been two, and I am not talking about a picture of a lunch plate.

You know the saying, "no picture, it didn't happen."