Suzuki Dr650 - Front Suspension Upgrade
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- Hey Guys, Today i am fitting some uprated springs and valves into the front forks of my DR650.
Kit i used:
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Oil Viscosity Calculator:
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Torques:
Front Brake Caliper Bolts : 23nm
Front Axle: 65nm
Front Axle Clamp Nuts: 10nm
Fork Clamp Bolts Lower: 26nm
Fork Clamp Bolts Upper: 29nm
Fork Leg Cap: 23nm - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
Aren't you supposed to compress the forks 4 times before you do the 4 pinch bolts to center the axle?
Got my stolen DR650 back after 4 months! Finally I can watch your channel again without crying :)
Wow that is fantastic 🤟 Is there any damage to it?
@@MOTODANS they cut out the ignition and took off the brake light and indicators. Looks like it's only done about 200kms with it. Hopefully get it back on the road soon!
Hopefully you will be riding again soon👍
Hi Dan, great how to vid on the fork upgrade! Good idea reducing the preload on the front to reduce the headshake, another thing to try is slightly increase the spring preload and compression damping on the rear shock, this should transfer some weight back to the front and help with stability.
Thanks for that, something I had thought about but have not yet tried! I will give it a shot cheers 👍
Dan - Great video - That had to take a ton of work. Good job. Hoping to do my suspension mods soon...
Cheers !
Cheers 👍
Hey Dan! When I did my front suspension, I went with the .52k springs and they mated perfectly with the upgraded rear shock 7.5 K. Good video on how to do the upgrade.
Cheers!
DOC !!!!
Good to know, thanks for watching 👍
speedo cable guide supposed to vertical or horizontal...?
Hi Daniel. I have a Dr650 and have watched a lot of your videos. I live about 40mins from you and thought I would see if you would want to use my bike to do some sort of comparison. I have based my mods off your channel and dinos. I have the teknik front setup the same as yours, though the next spring weight up I think. But I only bought a new rear spring for the shock and have left it at that. Let me know if you are interested. Ollie
Hey Ollie, that would make a good video. My Dr is currently off the road now until next year just have to much other things going on. Will be good to do then 👍
@@MOTODANS Sounds good. Let me know in the future and we can sort it out.
Awesome video have your sleeve rolled up more higher in your next video keep up the good work
Thanks Dylan
Hi Dan , interesting video ! I still have the soggy std springs in , however I have made a spacer to go on top of the original spacer so that's an extra 20mm ,makes an improvement, I'm pretty happy with this as it does not dive as bad when I apply the brakes and it rides ok on the bitumen, off road is good as well . Cheers.
Cheer Pete. Sounds good glad it is working for you. Are you running the std oil with that or a heavier?
@@MOTODANS still running the std oil Dan. Just been looking at your lowering video, will be doing that to mine , have done the slide the forks through the clamps thing , not happy with that , will be following your video , fork oil needs changing any way , so why not 😎! Cheers.
Good choice it's a much safer way to do things than lowering in the clamps 👍
Great vid , very useful info as always , do you know if them type of emulators work when lowering the front as per the factory method? (Spacers at the bottom?
I don't see why not, however best to check with the manufacturer to be 100% sure
Did you ever figure out what it was with the shake had my tires changed at a shop and then now it's got a wobble and shake it officially 70 mi an hour don't know what the kilometer rating is beginning to think it's in the forks or the Axel's rotors or something. My tires are rated for 100 and something mph
I have played around with my suspension, swapped tyres and it is still present. That would be similar speed to when mine is happening. At the moment I am thinking it could be my front fender as mine only really happens in strong wind situations. Either actual strong wind or when overtaking a truck. I am going to be replacing my fender at some point to try. Is your wobble there all the time? I would be looking at the tyre or balance of the wheel to start with since it just started after the tyre replacement.
couldnt you do this while its on the bike?
You could change the springs and fit the valves in place would be hard to get all the old oil out. Doesn't take long to remove from bike and do this.
@@MOTODANS hey i can’t find load carrying for stock I’m 220 lb they fire hards says I’m to heavy for this bike
Not sure on Load carrying stock suspension is sprung for roughly 65-75kg
Have you already increased the rear spring rate to heavier ? If not - do that and the wobble might go away. Generally you can just do 1 end
Yes rear shock has already been done th-cam.com/video/cmFp_guGj7w/w-d-xo.html
I upgraded the front suspension yesterday on my DR650 and used your video as a guide which helped quite a bit. Many thanks for taking the time to share and talk us through the process. Cheers.
Thanks for the Comment Neville. Hope you enjoy your new suspension!
17mm +17mm = 34mm
I am aware th-cam.com/video/2fAlIx-ITyE/w-d-xo.html
@@MOTODANS High five man.
Hey Dan, I just noticed your math was off. 17mm on the fork cap and 17mm on the emulator… that’s 34mm. You cut the spacers 10mm too long. Maybe that’s why the wobble is happening? The springs are compressed more than it should..?
Hey thanks for that. You are correct a few other people caught it to 😭. I think for sure that will be in part to the wobble. I will strip it soon and try it out
@@MOTODANS I hope that gets rid of the wobble.
Also, definitely looking forward to your DIY dash part 2!
Good luck!
@@Wonton93 Thanks 👍 I have just ordered all the electrical parts needed to finish it off. Will be done by Christmas 🎄 Just been busy with a few other things. Should work great 👍
@@MOTODANS that’s great! Looking forward to it. I have made my own Dash using Adventure Specs bar clamps on my DR but not as sophisticated as yours. Have fun bud!
Your fork oil is too heavy. 2.5 is recommended by teknik. Nice vid tho👍
Thanks for watching 👍 Where did you get this information? I just double checked the instructions that came with my valves and it states 7.5wt oil
@@MOTODANS it’s in my install instructions. I also rang teknik to confirm.
I just finished the install, valves and springs. All good. Feels like a new bike.
@@MOTODANS also. Teknik uses silkolene 2.5 for their install
Hmm that is strange wonder when they changed that. Thanks for the information! That may make my front end feel alot better!
@@MOTODANS I finished the rear shock today. The ride is much stiffer.
The bike is taller as well. Out with my high heel boots 😆