Well fellow blaster community I’m back, I know it’s been awhile since I’ve been around but I have been extremely busy with moving, work and family. But after a long hiatus I’m back in the game.
Last year I purchased a 96 DR650SE that has been completely torn down and is being built from the ground up, but since this bike is going to be awhile to get finished and with spring here now I got the bug. So with little spare cash and little time I hit FB Marketplace in search for a new ride. Well long story short I found a clean 95 blaster that apparently needed a crank as the owner stated it had rod knock although it was just rebuilt in December and he even had all receipts for prof. I really wanted to start with an 03 up because of the hydraulic disk brakes and more modern hood but this one already had brand new made in USA aluminum DWT blue label wheels with gorilla lugs and new sunf tires, pro taper bars and grips, tors elimination, Alba bumper and grab bar, and even a brand new toomey pipe kit.
Well, I arrived on scene and sure enough it’s exactly as he stated and everything was clean and he even had a bunch of extra parts to go along with it including extra wheels and tires, three different cylinders one with head, heel guards, gasket kits, seals, light bar, carb, wheel bearings, fmf powercore 2 silencer and DG silencer as well. So I go ahead and gave him a grand for everything.
Got it home and pulled the engine and tore her down, well, yep, it has a Chinese cylinder and piston in it and the wrist pin literally exploded but stayed contained within the rod, how? I have no clue but I knew that even know the crank which was in spec as per the service manual specs in respect to my starrett dial indicator, V blocks and feeler gauges that I was going to split the cases anyway, just in case and rebuild everything,
Here are all of the parts I have ordered for her. new oem koyo crank bearings and hotrods crankshaft kit but will be chucking the hotrods wristpin bearing and going with a genuine Yamaha one, I scored a fresh 80 over oem cylinder with wossner piston kit, oem base and head gasket, all new seals, V-force 4 reeds, uni filter. I will also be installing a Suzuki dr650se front two piston brake caliper on the rear with a galfer braided line, I will utilize the dr’s rear master cylinder as well seeing I have a total of three of these when I purchased my dr I also received a new front hydro setup from my sister as a gift for all the help I give her, thanks sis.
I also ported the new cylinder and since I will not be getting a new carb until the funds become available, I will also be porting that as well. I will also port match the cases to the transfers. As for the shifting drum and star, I welded the star to the drum and modded the shift star and gave it a good polishing.
I will upload some pics of the new ride and some pics of the dr rear brake setup, yes, it has green plastics ehh but there at least clean and crack free, I did some sanding and heat gunning to them to make them sparkle again, thanks for the tip years ago DualStroker, your the man. Let me know what you all think. I know it feels good to be home for me.
I will try and upload some pics for everyone.
Last year I purchased a 96 DR650SE that has been completely torn down and is being built from the ground up, but since this bike is going to be awhile to get finished and with spring here now I got the bug. So with little spare cash and little time I hit FB Marketplace in search for a new ride. Well long story short I found a clean 95 blaster that apparently needed a crank as the owner stated it had rod knock although it was just rebuilt in December and he even had all receipts for prof. I really wanted to start with an 03 up because of the hydraulic disk brakes and more modern hood but this one already had brand new made in USA aluminum DWT blue label wheels with gorilla lugs and new sunf tires, pro taper bars and grips, tors elimination, Alba bumper and grab bar, and even a brand new toomey pipe kit.
Well, I arrived on scene and sure enough it’s exactly as he stated and everything was clean and he even had a bunch of extra parts to go along with it including extra wheels and tires, three different cylinders one with head, heel guards, gasket kits, seals, light bar, carb, wheel bearings, fmf powercore 2 silencer and DG silencer as well. So I go ahead and gave him a grand for everything.
Got it home and pulled the engine and tore her down, well, yep, it has a Chinese cylinder and piston in it and the wrist pin literally exploded but stayed contained within the rod, how? I have no clue but I knew that even know the crank which was in spec as per the service manual specs in respect to my starrett dial indicator, V blocks and feeler gauges that I was going to split the cases anyway, just in case and rebuild everything,
Here are all of the parts I have ordered for her. new oem koyo crank bearings and hotrods crankshaft kit but will be chucking the hotrods wristpin bearing and going with a genuine Yamaha one, I scored a fresh 80 over oem cylinder with wossner piston kit, oem base and head gasket, all new seals, V-force 4 reeds, uni filter. I will also be installing a Suzuki dr650se front two piston brake caliper on the rear with a galfer braided line, I will utilize the dr’s rear master cylinder as well seeing I have a total of three of these when I purchased my dr I also received a new front hydro setup from my sister as a gift for all the help I give her, thanks sis.
I also ported the new cylinder and since I will not be getting a new carb until the funds become available, I will also be porting that as well. I will also port match the cases to the transfers. As for the shifting drum and star, I welded the star to the drum and modded the shift star and gave it a good polishing.
I will upload some pics of the new ride and some pics of the dr rear brake setup, yes, it has green plastics ehh but there at least clean and crack free, I did some sanding and heat gunning to them to make them sparkle again, thanks for the tip years ago DualStroker, your the man. Let me know what you all think. I know it feels good to be home for me.
I will try and upload some pics for everyone.
