Dual Sport Bikes

[He Man]

LOL. NOOOOOOOO!!!!

[the_Journeyman]

Funny.  Since you started this thread...  Three great dual sports popped up locally on CL...

An XR250R, a TT600, a two DR350s.  If I had money, one of the DR350s would be in my garage!

JM

[He Man]

Its a sign.... TAT 2014 DMF style!

[He Man]

Bam. in the garage. havent ridden it yet though, got it last night. Will try her out this weekend. 

[The Architect]

Congratulations!

[SpikeC]

 Now you need a Ducati decal for the tank!

[IZ]

Congrats..Finally!!   

Think I may have the Mrs. convinced that I need a new '14 DR650 instead of another Duc right now. 

Where are you ending your cross country trip?  Let me know if you're down in Orange County. 

[He Man]

I will be ending up in San Diego (first stop in CA is San Francisco) since i have a buddy there that i can leave the bike with and have a shipper come and pick it up.

[Howie]

Nice!  Here's to many smiles

[ungeheuer]

 

When we starting the suspension mods?   

 

[He Man]

The shock has a proaction sticker on it (on my phone, but if u google it, its pretty cool) so I'm not sure if it gas the shock done already.

up front...im pretty sure is stock. I'm thinking about the cogent ddc.... What do you have?

[ungeheuer]

I have an Elka rear shock and had YSS emulator valves and progressive springs in the front end.  The common DR650 wisdom is Cogent stuff at both ends.  But I often like to roll my own way. 

Resprung and valved made a big difference to the soggy front end.... but still didnt do anything for flex and twist.  You'll know what I mean when you're wallowing your way around a long sweeping curve.  I ended up dumping the front end entirely.  Fitted RMZ450 USD forks.  Much better, but not exactly necessary and probably not worth all the trouble (except that I enjoy playing around anyway).  Rear end needed a raise too to compensate.  Its pretty tall now... a bit too tall for my short arse 

I guess you already know about Procycle as a vender of everything DR650.

[He Man]

How much work is the front end swap? I've been looking at an rmz fork swap since I've been thinking of buying the dr650. It seems ill need to swap wheels, or hubs at the very least, including a full tripple swap.

[ungeheuer]

Its a fair bit of work.  The major part is easy enough.... its the small details that take the time and effort to get right... y'know the stuff you dont think about when the tear-down begins  . 

I've seen conversions where the original DR650 front wheel has been retained....  custom spacers, bushings and disc rotor relocation bracket... etc.   I had an RMZ hub laced to a 1.85 (same as DR) front rim.  If I was gonna do it again I'd use a Honda CR/CRF450 Showas and front hub.  The Honda uses exactly same Showa forks as RMZ450, but the Honda's brake rotor is a 6 bolt mount.  RMZ is only 4 bolt.... no big deal, but I still think given the choice the Honda hub is a better option for the conversion.

I used Emig triple clamps  >>  http://www.emigracing.com/  <<   Stock RMZ450 triples will bolt straight on though, but there's no place to mount the ignition/steering head lock and you have to fab up steering stops.  I have a good set of RMZ stock triples I have no use for, yours if you can use 'em (just cost you some postage is all).

Here's my setup >> http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=46656.msg1168096#msg1168096

But seriously, ride your DR as is.  Get to know it first....

And if you do end up thinking you wanna do the RMZ fork swap...  get back to me, happy to share what I learned along the way FWIW.

[zooom]

Its a fair bit of work.  The major part is easy enough.... its the small details that take the time and effort to get right... y'know the stuff you dont think about when the tear-down begins  . 

I've seen conversions where the original DR650 front wheel has been retained....  custom spacers, bushings and disc rotor relocation bracket... etc.   I had an RMZ hub laced to a 1.85 (same as DR) front rim.  If I was gonna do it again I'd use a Honda CR/CRF450 Showas and front hub.  The Honda uses exactly same Showa forks as RMZ450, but the Honda's brake rotor is a 6 bolt mount.  RMZ is only 4 bolt.... no big deal, but I still think given the choice the Honda hub is a better option for the conversion.

I used Emig triple clamps  >>  http://www.emigracing.com/  <<   Stock RMZ450 triples will bolt straight on though, but there's no place to mount the ignition/steering head lock and you have to fab up steering stops.  I have a good set of RMZ stock triples I have no use for, yours if you can use 'em (just cost you some postage is all).

Here's my setup >> http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=46656.msg1168096#msg1168096

But seriously, ride your DR as is.  Get to know it first....

And if you do end up thinking you wanna do the RMZ fork swap...  get back to me, happy to share what I learned along the way FWIW.

sounds like what some guys have talked about in terms of conversion learning when "adapting" KTM front ends onto Gran Canyons...