DR 650 project: It's now a Beast!

[DRjoe]

Ok so i have finaly got motivated and started on the dr again.

I have bought a programmable cdi from these guys http://www.ignitech.cz/english/aindex.htm


I have ordered a set of black plastics for a drz400e you never know they might fit.

A fellow inmate put me on to these lights from hella so I have ordered one for low beam and i have some projector lights that I'll use for high beam.


I have started on the rally style light mount/ nav tower thingy.
Here are a few pics of the first stages with my newely aquired touratech road book.




I decided against welding a lug to the steering stem so i made a bracket that bolts on.





The bottom light thats in the pic is just there to show me what it will look like i'll eventualy instal the hella there.
Should i go with two top lights


Or one


New handle bars, the local bike shop say there un-bendable


sorry about the small photos.

What do you all think?

[Mezo]

Excellent Joe

Haa, programable cdi, i was talking to Sander the other week about the same thing.

Lukas will love this, you going to make a fairing to cover the lights yeah ?



Mezo.

[DisTech]

Beautiful work Joe! How are you cutting your brackets? You have a laser or water jet cutting table? Looks like you have metal forming equipment and skills as well.

Does the bracket passing between the forks interfere with turning radius?

I like the look of two top lights, but not sure what that would do to the final fairing. How much gear are you going to run besides those lights? Will you have enough juice?

I'm on board!

[DRjoe]

you going to make a fairing to cover the lights yeah ?

There will be a fairing, i dont know if i'm going to make it from scratch or convert a bought one.

How are you cutting your brackets? You have a laser or water jet cutting table? Looks like you have metal forming equipment and skills as well.

I'm cutting the brackets with a very cheap jig saw and finishing them with a file and a sander.
I'm bending the brackets buy hand in a vice.
Its not that hard.

How much gear are you going to run besides those lights? Will you have enough juice?

I'll use HID for low beam and halogen for high beam so it should only total about 115w to 145w depending on what lights are use for what beam.
I'll run heated

The original cdi is powered buy a seperate alternator, the new one just runs off the battery I'm not sure how much power the cdi will use.
It does mean i can put a regulator on the spare power out put that comes from the alternator.
In other words i can have two charging systems and maybe even two baterys.


What should i make the fairing out of plastic or glass fiber?
If i go glass fiber i'll make a composite using alloy sheet to make the shape and then sandwich that in fiber glass.


thanks for the input guys.

Joe

[Mezo]

Haaa, be like close encounters comming down the highway





Mezo.

[NOSIGN]

thats gonna be awesome. I think i'd use two lights not three, but im interested either way. Nice work so far!

[Mezo]

Originally Posted by DRjoe

I have bought a programmable cdi from these guys http://www.ignitech.cz/english/aindex.htm

Hey Joe ive been reading other forums on that clever bit of kit, shift light, rev limiter, quick shifter, tacho, kill switch, program button (allows you to press a button & change the ignition timing for a given time set by you) handy in the wet. You can set the ignition at 15 points through the rev range, i think ? if its the same as other ones for other bikes.

And you could use this a a nifty security device (if yer smart)

Looks pretty simple to hook up.





Mezo.

[dylandr]

Got the 2008 DR 650 and just did some mods to give it that ralley look too. but I wasn't keen to strip the stock stuff off the front of my baby... So I left it on and built around it. Wish I had the guts to just rip the front end off! Looks good though... show me more

[Mezo]

Originally Posted by dylandr

did some mods to give it that ralley look too. but I wasn't keen to strip the stock stuff off the front of my baby... So I left it on and built around it. Looks good though... show me more

Well lets see yours then

And fill out your profile

Mezo.

[dylandr]

Gonna have to hold on a while... only large pics available!

[dylandr]

Will take som more tonight... Gotta get the size right cause this forum doesn't take a huge format Jpeg

[pookiebear]

This thread needs WAY more pics.
tuning in for sure.

[DRjoe]

Originally Posted by Mezo

Hey Joe ive been reading other forums on that clever bit of kit, shift light, rev limiter, quick shifter, tacho, kill switch, program button (allows you to press a button & change the ignition timing for a given time set by you) handy in the wet. You can set the ignition at 15 points through the rev range, i think ? if its the same as other ones for other bikes.

And you could use this a a nifty security device (if yer smart)

Looks pretty simple to hook up.





Mezo.

the cdi came with a wiring loom for the dr and it came with a disk that has what they think your timing should be set at.

Its just plug and play.

You can get the cheaper one for a standard dr that will do 2D maps but i wanted to use the tps sensor that's on the pumper carb so i can have 3D maps.

It has several outputs for shift lights, solenoid's and servo's and also it has two inputs that you can choose what they do i'll have one set to retard the ignition so that i can run on crap fuel and the other will be an engine cut out connected to the clutch, this cuts the engine for a preset time when the clutch is pulled so that you can change gear whilst still on the throttle.
(that's mainly to protect the gear box from my lack of riding skills)



I'll try and get some more work done tonight and then i can post some more pictures to keep you all happy

[dylandr]

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[LukasM]

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