Drz400 Thread

[threadkiller]

It'll fit.

[mark1150]

Thanks very much for replying.
Very much appreciated mate.

[threadkiller]

Now I have a question. Let me preface. '01 S with BSR carb and full fmf Q4 exhaust. I'm kinda toying with the idea of adding Hotcams and a FCR39 to it. For now, the stock bore is fine, and I need to keep the thing quiet. The bike has over 10K miles.

Do I need to buy a new cam chain? What else do I need?

[Wlfman]

Originally Posted by mark1150

I have an 03 DRZ 400 S, and I need to get a rack for her.
The trouble is Suzuki GB only sell racks for the 04 onwards, and when I rang them they won't tell me if it'll fit my 03, and say that 03's are discontinued.
I can't afford to buy something that isn't going to fit, so could any of you guys pass on some of your wisdom?
Thanks in advance.
Mark.

Get a Moto-Rack. They're made by a fellow ADVr

http://www.moto-racks.com/Blank.html

http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=667912

[yosso]

Originally Posted by DRDeano

Does anyone know for certain whether a rear sub frame off an 'S' will fit on an 'E'? I have an 'E' and would like to get some pillion pegs so the wife can hop on the back and keep her happy.

Failing that does anyone have any other work arounds?

If it does work, does anyone have a rear frame with pegs they would like to part with?

Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk 2

Yes, but you will need to tweak the exhaust mount and trim the rear plastic.

I ended up "fabbing" a bracket from an extra upper motor mount plate.

[luni]

Originally Posted by mark1150

I have an 03 DRZ 400 S, and I need to get a rack for her.
The trouble is Suzuki GB only sell racks for the 04 onwards, and when I rang them they won't tell me if it'll fit my 03, and say that 03's are discontinued.
I can't afford to buy something that isn't going to fit, so could any of you guys pass on some of your wisdom?
Thanks in advance.
Mark.

www.ruggedrider.com

[DR650SEDDY]

Originally Posted by threadkiller

Now I have a question. Let me preface. '01 S with BSR carb and full fmf Q4 exhaust. I'm kinda toying with the idea of adding Hotcams and a FCR39 to it. For now, the stock bore is fine, and I need to keep the thing quiet. The bike has over 10K miles.

Do I need to buy a new cam chain? What else do I need?

Not really if it doesn't have any signs of wear. But just to be on the safe side they're around $30 new in case u decided otherwise.
YBN SUZUKI DRZ400 S SM CAM CAMSHAFT TIMING CHAIN 00-09

[DR650SEDDY]

Originally Posted by mark1150

I have an 03 DRZ 400 S, and I need to get a rack for her.
The trouble is Suzuki GB only sell racks for the 04 onwards, and when I rang them they won't tell me if it'll fit my 03, and say that 03's are discontinued.
I can't afford to buy something that isn't going to fit, so could any of you guys pass on some of your wisdom?
Thanks in advance.
Mark.

U can always custom made ur own if u r into welding and stuff.



I can carry up to 25 lbs easy on that rack.

[threadkiller]

I made mine. I don't think it cost more than $3.

[DR650SEDDY]

Originally Posted by threadkiller

I made mine. I don't think it cost more than $3.

Wow that's $2 less of what i spend ...

[Fantastic Mister Fox]

I have a query reguarding the fan on the DRZ400, I have a ccm SR40 with a DRZ400E engine and I want to put a kick start on it. However the location of the fan on the Raditaor (from a DRZ400S) of the CCM means that the de compressor won't fit.

I have a couple of questions

1. For anyone on a DRZ 400 S or SM how often does the fan Kick in while you are riding and in what situation does it kick in?
2. For anyone with a DRZ 400E does any one have any horror stories due to the bike over heating in stop start traffic or on technical trails due to the bike not having a Fan on the raditaor??
3. For anyone with a DRZ 400 E do you need a decompressor to kick start the bike??

[mark1150]

Thanks to all you guys who took the trouble to reply, again very much appreciated.
The rack that I ordered this afternoon is this .

Part number
990D0-29F00-065


It's mainly to carry my tools and camera on the trails, so no real heavy load carrying capacity required.

I really do envy the guys who can weld, your work is great.
Welding both gas and arc, is something that I briefly touched on while doing my apprenticeship many many moons ago, and never followed up on, one of those things that I'd wished that I'd kept up.

[955616846]

Originally Posted by Fantastic Mister Fox

I have a query reguarding the fan on the DRZ400, I have a ccm SR40 with a DRZ400E engine and I want to put a kick start on it. However the location of the fan on the Raditaor (from a DRZ400S) of the CCM means that the de compressor won't fit.

I have a couple of questions

1. For anyone on a DRZ 400 S or SM how often does the fan Kick in while you are riding and in what situation does it kick in?
2. For anyone with a DRZ 400E does any one have any horror stories due to the bike over heating in stop start traffic or on technical trails due to the bike not having a Fan on the raditaor??
3. For anyone with a DRZ 400 E do you need a decompressor to kick start the bike??

1. Often enough... stop go and soft conditions...
2. There was an incident (not my bike, but I was present) that was about as worst case as it could get. The bike was shut down when over heating and blew the coolant out violently enough to destroy the radiators and resulted in a rebuild - the oval coolant passages blew out (like a balloon, not a rupture) becoming round, crushing the fins and blocking all airflow through the core. With a fan running I'd normally suggest holding rpm up to keep the coolant flowing with the clutch pulled either rolling (better) or stationary to cool the engine to a safe level prior to shut down. Grass seeds partially blocking the radiator was the cause of the over heating, but it could easily have been trudging around in deep mud or sand.
3. If you're only using the kick start as a backup, then omitting the decompression mechanism is okay. You'll just need to be patient pushing the engine over the compression stroke or back the bike onto the power stroke.

Is it possible to relocate the fan? eg raise it an inch or two or to the RH radiator.

[DR650SEDDY]

The Striker installation uptade, the saga continue . I never was able to get any reading (mph) when installing that sucker (the sensor) on the caliper, i tried everything, nada. So my buddy send me a photo of his mod regarding mounting that sensor. So i finally got it right and worked great after a test ride (accurate reading with gps comparison).
I got $1.59 L shape bracket from Ace Hardware, mounted the sensor on it and hold it down with 12mm bolt that hold the axle.


I measure the exact distance sensor to rotor with digi-caliper (used the depth gauge) at 4.5mm is the sweet spot.

and wrote down on sensor (just in case).

I got my new cokpit look for now until i get bored again and start adding other stuff to it...

[59DEN]

Originally Posted by DR650SEDDY

The Striker installation uptade, the saga continue . I never was able to get any reading (mph) when installing that sucker (the sensor) on the caliper, i tried everything, nada. So my buddy send me a photo of his mod regarding mounting that sensor. So i finally got it right and worked great after a test ride (accurate reading with gps comparison).
I got $1.59 L shape bracket from Ace Hardware, mounted the sensor on it and hold it down with 12mm bolt that hold the axle.


I measure the exact distance sensor to rotor with digi-caliper (used the depth gauge) at 4.5mm is the sweet spot.

and wrote down on sensor (just in case).

I got my new cokpit look for now until i get bored again and start adding other stuff to it...

Hi Eddy, is that a 7 inch tablet you have used?, good idea for mounting the pickup