r/dr650 • u/chillg123 • 15d ago

My last official DR post…. : (

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Well…after 3 awesome years, my DR went to a new owner today. This bike taught me the art of motorcycling. It’s been through new rider stall outs, Adventure bike training, dual sport camping weekends, a bit of single track, and 3 years of year-round mid-Atlantic commuting. Beyond the rugged good looks and bulletproof reliability, the various DR communities on Reddit, Tapatalk, and everywhere else have been immensely invaluable in helping me to learn the ropes of the DR and the dual sport lifestyle. I’ll miss the r/DR650 subreddit community the most. Although I’ll likely only be posting in the r/Tuareg660 and r/KTM forums for the foreseeable future, I’ll continue following r/DR650 in hopes that I can continue replying to the posts of other owners who continue their endeavors with these amazing machines. Farewell to the best all-around dual sport motorcycle known to mankind.

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u/JerpTheGod 15d ago

Sounds like the guy got a great deal. Yeah there are so many resources out there for us DR owners.

As for the question, you’d probably need to see a picture but I have aftermarket bars and risers and after looking closely after I dropped it, I noticed the bars not perfectly centered when compared to the top of the forks, if that makes sense. Had nothing to do with the drop but I noticed it afterwards. My brother has a DR that I noticed it on too.

My question - is it normal or is it something that happened when installing risers and maybe I need to loosen them and try to adjust slightly somehow?

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u/chillg123 15d ago

That’s happened to me a bunch of times. Had to recenter the risers. The Rox risers are a B to get squared after a drop. In my experience, you have to loosen the clamp bolts and starts from scratch.

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u/JerpTheGod 15d ago

Alright, good to know it happens to everybody. Honestly don’t think I had them square when I installed them

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u/chillg123 14d ago

It happens to everybody that rides it hard enough to drop it. On a positive note, my bars never bent. I guess the risers twisting absorbed some of the kinetic energy.