All parts are linked in the description as well as my insta if you want to see better pics of the bike. To clear up the rear suspension on this DR650 is a combination of the Racetech gold valve kit in combo with a heavier spring from prorace.
This is such a beautiful motorcycle. WOW. Amazing! I just wish Suzuki would make a 2 cylinder DR650 with a liquid cooled, 60 horsepower 270 degree paralell twin, with the raspy, mean sound and a heavy flywheel and double counterbalancers, and a 6th gear overdrive. With a parallel twin, tall windshield, and an overdrive gear, a DR650 would be the best all around inexpensive motorcycle.
Haha def overkill for someone who has multiple bikes.... maybe if it was going to be my only adventure bike though....there comes a price where its just better to grab a husqy.... especially in latam where old dr650s and go for $10,000 since they discontinued them.
Wow, at first glance without really looking at the engine and whatever I thought it was very DR-Z 400 looking with that suspension and ground clearance.
The mirrors are fine was really srprised how they work and a great budget alternative to the doubletake. I had the DT on this bike for the South America trip and they are gold standard if you have the money to spend. Only reason they arent on now is i put them on my BMW.
I switch sprokets 14t and 15t depending on the type of riding, that got me by and with th weight loss the bike was way more responsive in that 14t setup for onroad.
@@TrochaNostra they have an internal gear set with ratios to extend the range of effectiveness for each and every gear to give the bike metaphorical longer legs
@@RitaElaineHeltonBarker-uz4sz Yeh but for me it was redundant. This was used for driving south camera and the 15t is fine for that purpose (although a 16 would have been nicer on the longer highway stretches). When i got to destinations like the Atacama Desert and Patagonia and wanted to do offroad without the luggage I would switch to the 14 for a torque bump. Thing is in Colombia a good stock DR will set you back close to 10K used. Changing the triangle, lighting, weight and suspension was all a necessity a grand on the gearbox and i should have just bought and modded a 701 or 690. Wanted to do the trip on the DR though because its just so f'n legendary. Also mentioned in another comment I have a modded 790 ADVR and a R-NineT. Maybe if I didn't have the alternatives the gearbox would be an ok mod but just so hard to justify when you can switch sprokets and fix the two main issues (putt putt gearing and top end cruising). After i completed the trip i just used it mainly offroad and left the 14 on the majority of the time..... Although this build would have made a great supermoto but I ended up buying the Gasgas 700SM by that point.
@@TrochaNostra I believe I understand you live in an apartment and you're are having to pay cash money for these extra parking spaces that the bikes take up
Your other comment disappeared; I didn't delete it was trying to respond. Risers were brought in from USA, fender from one of the shops across from Mundi motos, paint was one of the paint shops in Barrio San Diego.
@TrochaNostra thank you so much for the quick reply, brother! I appreciate it. God bless you. I have 790 kit waiting to be installed, SS brake lines, seat, bar riser, and done!..
@@roes369 Sick build, think iv only heard of 1 790 here. Mythical beast. The brake lines were from raceline btw there in Guajabal if you take the bike down with the risers on the will measure it and custom make it in a few days.
@TrochaNostra thank you, brother! How can I hit you up for shared rides, etc? Btw, you know if I could get a proper riser here? Or better bring them from the US?
Mate, if you do not get the bike weighed before you sell it, you are a criminal !!! The world need to know how much weight you can get off the DR ...please tell
Unfortunately, it's already sold, but it was a shed load to the point you could feel a huge difference both on and off the road. The suspension needed to account for the weight drop as some of the charts for the suspension kits valving are based on the stock weight plus rider. I reckon a minimum 20kg, but you could go far lighter if you omitted comfort mods and some other stuff. Stock exhaust is disgustingly heavy and that Kawasaki one was extremely light, way more so than the usual titanium mods i have seen people do.
@@Shrouded_reaper Haha thanks, im 6'3. Even if you arent tall enough for the links its well worth doing the triangle adjustments for comfort, dropping the pegs and raising the bars gives a tonne more comfort!
