VINCE STRANG MOTORCYCLES

DR650 RIDERS NEWSLETTER

Welcome to our first DR650 Riders Newsletter, where we can share a

bit of knowledge and talk about one of the best adventure/dual pur-

pose bikes ever made.

We hope to find the time to put a few words together every couple of

months, with a few tips or tech ideas.

NEW WINDSCREEN AVAILABLE

ON OUR WEBSITE

27 HOURS IN THE SADDLE! VINCE’S LATEST RIDE REPORT

Yes, I know that’s not a marathon but only two and a half days! I was happy to have my Sargent

seat. Mario and I joined with Shane, Phil, Bruce, Trev, Tom, Sparks and Martyn (I can’t remem-

ber a couple more) to try one of Martyn’s new bush routes.

Basically we went from Bellingen to Ginger’s Ck on Sunday and back another way on Monday. It

was a great ride and definitely an adventure ride, all the blokes were well experienced riders and

well prepared, there was good flowing trails to greasy red clay covered with leaf litter to an odd

log to cross.

I think Tom will be doing a story in an upcoming issue of ADB magazine so I won’t say any more.

The 27 hours bit was Mario, Shane and I riding from Inverell and back as well.

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More Details on our Website

More Details on our Website

If you have done 10,000kms or more on your trusty steed without any

consideration for the forks, your bike will need a fork oil change.

If the front is stock or has a spring kit in it this fork oil change will suit.

Sit the DR on a secure box and remove the wheel (front one dummy!)

and the brake caliper bolts. Loosen the fork cap bolt before loosening

the clamp bolts to slide the forks out. (Careful the DR doesn’t slip off

the box when the front end weight is removed). Now fully undo the fork

cap and remove the spring and spacers noting the order of removal.

Invert the forks in a secure position to drain the old oil into a suitable

container and allow enough time to drain (at least 30 minutes).

Now this is the tip! Use 15wt fork oil and pour 590cc into each leg (560

if you have “T” valves). Now carefully reassemble everything, paying

attention to correct fitting of the brake caliper bolts and the brake hose

routing, pump the brake lever and confirm they work before testing

your revitalized forks.

MAINTENANCE TIP

We have added a new

windscreen to our web-

site shop, we have se-

cured better supply, the

screen looks better, it

works well (Vince has a

bright yellow one on his

DR now) and at 30%

lower price…How’s

that! We also have se-

cured stocks of the new

Acerbis tank, although

not as voluptuous as

we hoped it is still a sol-

id 20 litre (about 2 L

more than the IMS) and

looks a little sportier

and is $415 including

freight.

NEW STUFF!

259 Byron Street Inverell NSW 2360

PH: 02 67210 610 FAX: 02 67221 443

www.vsm.net.au

vince@vsm.net.au

NEW ACERBIS TANK

NO STOCK!

Unfortunately we have been caught short a few times lately with stock

shortage, if this has happened to you, we apologise. We are working

on increasing our stock holdings, but we are sometimes drying up the

supply from our suppliers as well!

Thank you to all our great customers who keep riding their DR’s and

ordering our parts!

DR650 TRAIL GUIDE DVD

This is a very exciting bit of news; however it will be a bit more in the future. The little story above

involved a good DR client and friend of us at VSM and he is a wiz on the computer and Google

maps and has spent almost a lifetime mapping awesome trails in his head.

Martyn has now started building user friendly DVD guides to some great adventure riding that will

make your mouth “water”. The first issue will have three rides in it, set out with “route chart” in-

structions and Google map details as well as other great information and a couple of riding sto-

ries. The first issue’s rides are located between Newcastle and QLD boarder. Stay tuned for

more info on release date of this DVD.

SEND US YOUR PHOTOS!

It’s been a while since we’ve had new photos to display on our website, and we would love to

see where our customers have been riding! Send your photos to us and we will add them to our

DR650 Gallery.