Wrench'n Ride'n

Went to the local wreckers. Said a mate said they had wrecked an RG250. Owners says yeah 25 years ago. Ask if he had a speedo from it. He says he has two. Gets a drill with a bit of speedo cable in it. Both speedos work. I buy one. The RG speedo matches the RG front wheel fitted to the DR500. Speed will be show correctly.

Productive day. Shift at work and then home to work on the seat unit for the DR. Sanded back and first colour down. Not showing the colour just yet. Tomorrow will tackle the wiring harness refit. What can go wrong with wires that are colour coded and I am green colour blind.

Mirror tank just about mounted. Made mount for rear of the tank. Bit of bending and welding. The apprentice wanted to help. Local wild cockie.  Some more design mock ups for how it will look. 

I am known for doing rat style bikes. This style is not for the DR. This is a sneak look at were I am going with this. From now on I am keeping the rest of the build under wraps till it is done.

Many years ago I used to tig weld and sheetmetal work for a living. Roll forward to now again that trade is paying off. Broken stud in bottom of engine. I know how to get that out. Build up whats left of the stud with weld. Then weld nut on. Then use spanner on nut. Out comes stud. Had to do this to the sump plug bolt as well.

Six hours of driving in total and the DR500 is here. Lego bike loaded up in the car. Took 2 of us to get it in.  Took just me to slide it out.  2 beers down and its ready for rego... I wish...

Had some more photos of the DR sent to me.

Soon this Suzuki DR500 will be here. It will need a wee bit of assembly. The tank and tracker seat come with it. Exactly what I would have done to it anyway. How it went to the previous owner Daniel.  What Daniel has done so far.