Sold my 3rd KLR. It's a great bike but it doesn't fit me....I don't know why I keep buying them.
I really miss my DR650....Only had one of them. If I couldn't have an XT250, the DR650 would be my go-to bike.
So, I do have an XT250 and my cousin wanted the only DR650 I could find within a reasonable distance. I've spent a fortune trading the past few years and had to dial back the budget some....So, I got this (relatively) old ride from a work buddy of mine for 2500 bones. I had no idea it was gonna' be such a pain to get going again.
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It had some ethanol problems as it sat in storage for over a year:
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Guess where all those filter screen particles went.
Then, I totally ruined the BSR36 trying to fix/clean it. That thing had rubber in places I didn't know existed. The rubber liquefied in a 24 hour carb cleaner bath. (Lesson Learned).
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So I got a new BSR36 from a guy in IL that rode 11 miles home from the dealer then changed to the FCR39 MX....I got his "just like new" BSR36 for a couple hundred clams. The FCR39 would have been around $800.00 for a new one.
The DRZ has a gaping open air box and FMF exhaust from the port to the tail. Got the new carb, installed the recommended JD jets, and WHAMMO!...runs like a champ.
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Happy now. Much more power than I've had on a dual sport before....which means I'll probably be injured soon. But, for now, it's all fun and big smiles.
160 main, 25 pilot, skinny needle = turn up new ground in 3rd gear....even with my shameful weight holding it down. :P
P.S. It is far and away the ugliest dual sport I've ever seen...and dual sports are buzzard-ass ugly to begin with. :D
I can't wait to see the adventures you take on that bad boy!!
That thing is farkled like Glen use to own it.
Nice find!
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Quote from: yamahamer on May 07, 2018, 06:17:09 PM
That thing is farkled like Glen use to own it.
Nice find!
Ha...I thought the same thing and then I thought, "could be a Glenn deal but it's over a year old." :D
Love that big azz tank!
Quote from: Nice Goat on May 08, 2018, 12:39:32 AM
Love that big azz tank!
;D Reminds me of a girl I used to date!
Looks great to me ;D
nice find, it'll serve you for a long time if you just ride it. they really start to fall apart when they get polished and then sit.
Probably be injured soon :D :D :D :D :D :D
that rear rack will break your seat bolt bosses on away from the subframe. if you want to keep it on the bike, consider having the bosses welded with a little more pigeon poo. :-)
that little carb will stay clean n happy with all kinds of crap fuel, if you just keep running the bike. sitting is death.
Quote from: kylepeterson on June 25, 2018, 05:52:26 AM
that rear rack will break your seat bolt bosses on away from the subframe. if you want to keep it on the bike, consider having the bosses welded with a little more pigeon poo. :-)
Thanks for the heads-up. I'll try to get some more poo applied.