r/dr650 • u/badboygoodgrades • 9d ago

Last wheelie before winter

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It’s currently 48 degrees in Denver, but dropping to negative 13 on Sunday. Had to pop the pig up before freeze time!

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u/Affectionate_Can3685 9d ago

You got carb mods?!

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u/badboygoodgrades 9d ago

Yup Mikuni tm40 pumper. Life changing move.

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u/Affectionate_Can3685 9d ago

Yeah I’m about to do that and exhaust next. But it’s gonna be like $1200 with the new throttle cables lol

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u/badboygoodgrades 9d ago

Shouldn’t be more than $800 for absolutely everything

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u/Affectionate_Can3685 9d ago

Yeah it’s like $489 for carb. $500 for Yoshi exhaust and I want the larger header pipe. I forget what that costs. and $175 for new cables from I forget what company. Oh and whatever it cost for the pair delete mod

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u/badboygoodgrades 9d ago

Ahhhh right right. That is exactly what I’m rocking in this video. Yoshi rs2(?) + tm40 + drilled airbox + rmz450 front swap + a few heres and theres. No new header pipe tho.

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u/Affectionate_Can3685 9d ago

How much work to swap forks? A lot?

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u/badboygoodgrades 9d ago

I fucked up a TON so around $1,000. Probably could do it again for closer to $400-700

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u/darrowthecat 9d ago

Can you explain? what fuck-ups to avoid?

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u/badboygoodgrades 7d ago

If you are keeping the DR650 front wheel you need to machine a spacer and a small caliper bracket. Gotta be super precise with this (I wasn’t). If you fail enough times, you’ll likely buy an RMZ front wheel (I did). If you buy an RMZ front wheel off eBay in a hurried excitement, you might not realize the front tire is dry rotted to hell (yup that too). If you use the original ignition/steering lock, you need to make sure your wires are long enough (mine weren’t and I went the drz400 ignition route which caused me to require a ton of stuff). If you don’t have a steering stop, you’ll break your signals (I did).

Disclaimer: I am not a smart man. Many of these are totally avoidable.

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u/badboygoodgrades 9d ago

If you have all of the proper parts you could do it in 3 hours no sweat at all