Let's go adventuring. pulling a trailer. 2006 dr650 "the tropical terradactyl"

Well all this talk got me thinking about a smaller rear wheel again. I did a quick swipe of eBay at lunch and found a 13 in Chinese scooter wheel for $21 shipped. Part of the reason I didn't go with a scooter wheel in the first place was that in my previous searches people always wanted 50 bucks for a Chinese scooter wheel which seemed kind of steep to me. Since this one was cheap and I bought a $30 tire for it , I think I'll give it a shot and it should save on weight and rotating Mass.
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trek97 said:
Heck bro I got a WHOLE dang scooter for sale here. ;)

He only buys parts from weirdos with green and orange painted carbs. ;) Do you have green and orange painted carbs?
 
Re: Let's go adventuring. pulling a trailer. 2006 dr650 "the tropical terradactyl"

Scooter wheels for days. I need to get them on the scale, but the scooter wheel and tire doesn't feel "That much" lighter than the katana wheel and tire. The only benefit to the scooter wheel if they are close to the same weight is that it's a smaller diameter and there for less fly wheel effect.
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Re: Let's go adventuring. pulling a trailer. 2006 dr650 "the tropical terradactyl"

It always amazes me how the internet tends to make a fairly large world into a smaller one. I loaded up my dr650 and took it with me on spring break to Chickamauga Georgia where my wife is from. Like anything else, there is a fairly large Facebook group for dr650s. I had posted up some pictures of the progress of the bike on there a while back, and while riding around yesterday I looked in the rearview mirror while I was stopped at an intersection and there was a dr650 Supermoto behind me. The guy is from Chickamauga and he saw me Ride by his house and recognized my bike from that Facebook page. We ended up meeting up again today and did a nice long (If not a little bit cold and foggy) ride in the twisties of Signal Mountain and Lookout Mountain. We also got to stop by speed deluxe in the north shore Chattanooga area, which if your ever close by is worth a visit.

The old ad campaign said that "you meet the nicest people on a Honda". It rings true for Suzuki to.

Also, in other news, though it may be a surprise to some of you street tires are kind of sketchy riding off-road LOL. They do however make this thing and absolute hoot to ride in the curvy stuff. I didn't quite get it leaned over clear to the edge of the tire, but close enough for some real fun spirited riding.
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Wow someone riding their bike not just working on it lol! Looks like fun, I hope you didn't freeze your parts too much ::)
 
Small world indeed, looks like good times. Jonesing to get a bike out on the road. Hopefully this week so I can quit the jealous.
 
love the mods and work you've done on the trailer mate, have to say it awesome to see some of the tooling and skills you guys have in this forum. Great to see.
 
Thanks Gents!

I got to spend last week and spring break down riding around the Chattanooga TN area. On the last day there, I put about 185 miles on the roads of Lookout mountain and surrounding towns. Street tires are a blast on this bike, even the skinny 90/90 21 front. I leaned well in to the "pucker factor" zone on a few of the twisties, and I definitely let up before my tires did. I have a few take-aways from the "high milage" day on a few things I need to do for ergonomics before a long road trip, the main one being lowering the foot pegs a bit, plus ill likely throw the passenger pegs back on for an alternate position for stretches.
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Now im back in ohio, and was welcomed by this lovely weather on the day after Easter=/
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Oh well back to reality, and tinkering away on the trailer when I get a spare moment or two.

I am almost done with the hitch setup that will attach the trailer through the rear axle on the bike itself. I am using a fine thread 3/8" stainless rod, and have configured it so that:

1.) it will not require any tools to attach or remove it from the bike

2.) I will be able to use a padlock to keep the rod from being removed from the bike. This will also allow me to lock it to a post or tree at an ohv area or campsite while I go explore.

The two nuts sandwiching the one stainless plate will end up getting welded in once i get the rod shortened up to the correct length and will become non removable from the shaft. The other end has a "wing nut" type fastener with a castle nut which will get pinned in place once its tightened down.

The padlock will end up where it bolt is pictured.
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I also bought a gas shock off of ebay. It was cheap, but seems to be descent quality, and should work for try one at least. I will make multiple mounting points for the bottom eyelet, as to be honest, i am totally guessing on its setup now, and have no clue the springrate.
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Pro tip: Put an öhlins sticker on that shock and it will work better.
 
Re: Let's go adventuring. pulling a trailer. 2006 dr650 "the tropical terradactyl"

Glued (er high temp siliconed) some case armor on the old bush pig today. The magnesium cases are proned to getting the brake or shift lever pushed through them during dirt naps, so its cheap insurance. Irk also hooked me to with this neat acid etched emblem a few years back, and after sitting on my work bench, I realized it's fate was to protect the vulnerable oil filter cap.
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I like it.
Are those cast or machined? I haven't seen them before and I like the concept!
 
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I like it.
Are those cast or machined? I haven't seen them before and I like the concept!

they are actually stamped out of sheet, then hit with a d/a to scuff up the surface. I had planned on trying to make a set and make the tooling as well to do a production run and sell a few, but for $60 shipped for the pair, its not quite right to try and undercut the guy that is already set up to make them. There are several companies that make them for the dr650 specifically, some out of stainless as well, but these were the cheapest and will still do the job just fine. Im not worried about bash guards being shiney lol

http://www.motorcycleproducts.org/Engine_Guards/DR650SE_Guards/DR650SE.htm
 
That's a straight genius idea.
I'm impressed. Price is right too.
 
Hey man, just saw this over on another forum, thought you'd appreciate it -

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Pretty solid looking set up. How's yours coming along?
 
Re: Let's go adventuring. pulling a trailer. 2006 dr650 "the tropical terradactyl"

Reason #764 that I love my dr650. You can spend a day riding a gnarly section of the Trans Atlantic Trail, then swap tires and (Almost) wipe away the chicken strips on the blue ridge parkway the next.
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