Rebuilding the Iconic Suzuki DR650 Motorcycle Engine | Part 1: Disassembly

[@MsMarlarae]

Never seen a whole tear down of the DR engine. Thanks! Very efficiently done.

[@docteurmoteur]

Thanks for the comment. I’ll have part two up in a week or two.

[@GreggBennett-j3p]

Everything looked good. Piston was in very good shape. Running a little rich, but looks to have gotten regular oil changes.

[@maxmartin-merrells3723]

You’re a legend for this

[@docteurmoteur]

Appreciate the comment! Part four is up this weekend.

[@freeride7876]

Video eccezionale, mai visto un video fatto così bene 👍👍

[@docteurmoteur]

Thanks for watching; appreciate the comment!

[@Coolbreeze72]

Super impressive!

[@docteurmoteur]

Thanks for watching!

[@alainmaurice5383]

It's good for me. I have a 2002 DR650. Thanks for your great video.

[@docteurmoteur]

Thanks for watching!

[@MountainEnduroBG]

The video is perfect. 👍👍👍

[@docteurmoteur]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.

[@JustinByrne-ps4bk]

Great video mate.. Enjoyed watching the breakdown First time to see that neat clutch basket removal tool ! You definitely have mechanical experience how you treat those bolts/screws etc..i recently did my dr250..it did not go as smoothly as this

[@docteurmoteur]

Trust me, neither did mine; it's all in the editing ;)

[@MarkTrentham-t4h]

Brought up in the RD(RZ) era, will have NIGHTMARES about that tailpipe tonight. 😂.

[@JL-qf8bx]

you just earned a sub great job

[@docteurmoteur]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@andyolaizola9728]

Hermoso video 📸 💯

[@docteurmoteur]

Thanks for watching!

[@BillySBC]

Really good video, engine seems to be in good shape inside, not sure why rebuild was necessary.

[@docteurmoteur]

Thanks for watching; I was adding a NOVA gearbox

[@GreggBennett-j3p]

@@docteurmoteurwhat’s the advantage of that gear set?

[@ericcournoyer1595]

Love it.

[@DJ-hy8wf]

At 26:54 there appears to be some discoloration from excessive heating on the crank shaft where it connects to the piston connecting rod. Is this the case and has it ever been an issue? Awesome video btw, I was almost tempted to have to go give my DR a rip just from watching this... Too bad it's too cold today where I live 😂 subbed

[@docteurmoteur]

Not an issue for the bluing; most likely heat dating back to factory assembly. I'm uploading part 4 the assembly next week if i can get to it. I'll have all the part ref linked as well. Thanks for the sub!

[@enr74]

hi there ,you should put some frames of the entire bike .It's only a sugestion. Good video anyway.

[@donut3110]

Just became your 100th subscriber haha amazing work. What was wrong with the engine by the way? Or were you going to do a big bore kit and decided to make a whole tear down and rebuild series while you're at it?

[@docteurmoteur]

Lucky 100, Thanks for watching! I’m dropping in a nova transmission and maybe a high compression piston. The big bore kit is next on my list but not for this four part video series.

[@gavinearls2935]

just as i was thinking of getting long throw gears, looked for a good video like this a while back and didnt have anything ! i know it would be a lot of work but if you could put the torque specs when putting it back together that would be so so useful ! also if you had links to the tool sused like an amazon afli link in the desciptio i would definetly use it and so would others !

[@docteurmoteur]

Thanks for the comment, i'll make sure to link torque specs, tools and part refs. I'll look into affiliation links for the next engine! The assembly video is out next week.

[@gavinearls2935]

@@docteurmoteur thank you so so much this information and videos you have here are invaluable !

[@docteurmoteur]

@@gavinearls2935 Keep an eye out for part four this weekend. Torque specs, tightening sequences and refs will be linked.

[@alvarorios5474]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@fredskinner1233]

What you want to bet it’s harder than he makes it look?

[@docteurmoteur]

;)

[@DefensorFortis-v6t]

Doesn’t look that difficult at all; a great deal easier than a Chevy 350!

[@luisdavidmontoyaalvarez986]

Parcero para cuando la otra parte pues

[@Mike-jm5wt]

When you removed the oil screen I saw lots of chunks in there, were any of the transmission gear circlips broken or was that all gear tooth facing that had flaked off?

[@docteurmoteur]

The transmission was OK. I'm not sure where they came from, the crank had some pitting.

[@docteurmoteur]

I had a closer look at the transmission and there was noticeable pitting on the gears.

[@nicholastighe8450]

Hi, have you done a dissembly+rebuild on a DR 350 engine? Thanks for sharing

[@docteurmoteur]

Thanks for watching! I have the yamaha r6 next and if I can get my hands on a 350 for cheap I may very well do it.

[@1111dilan]

next please.

[@robhodder1687]

You mentioned fitting a Nova gear set. In my experience this is the weak point of the bike. I couldn’t see but were your gears damaged?

[@docteurmoteur]

Installing the nova set for precaution. Rather not leave it to chance ;)

[@STNCDE]

nice video , wahts the name or brand form the Metal screwdriver ?

[@docteurmoteur]

Thanks for watching! It's a generic impact screwdriver from amazon.

[@fatkhulihsan8735]

Next

[@NoName-c4y7h]

How close to 100k miles could this engine get? May have to go Tenere 700 possibly.

[@docteurmoteur]

The dr Engine is the best of the best. I’m Rebuilding mine as i’m installing the NOVA transmission.

[@jonpeters5194]

how many miles did the engine have? looks like on the lower end

[@docteurmoteur]

Approx 35k miles, maybe a Little more.

[@jonpeters5194]

@@docteurmoteur Interesting. did it have any signs of wear or needing a rebuild? It really does look good and will do many more miles when your through.

[@docteurmoteur]

Engine ran perfectly. I’m installing a nova transmission, so taking the opportunity to Check everything.

[@georgegeorgakopoulos5956]

This engine in XF650 lasts forever,why rebuild it?

[@ratrodrigs9583]

He was putting a nova transmission in so he rebuilt everything

[@Володимир-ж2б]

Помогите найти детали для данного двигателя 😮

[@Сергей-ъ3ь7г]

У тебе какая проблема , головка умерла ? Чтобы ты понимал низ абсолютно идентичен Suzuki Freewind Xf650. От xf650 не подходит головка только потому что там 2 карбюратора. Все остальное идентично. Головку от DR650SE найти живую уже 2 года ищем в Германии Польше цена от 400-500€ сама головка. Слабое место этого мотора это 3-я передача начинает гудеть это уже признак раковен на шестернях. Ещё советую менять шестерню масляного насоса, она пластиковая, при пробеге ближе к 100.тис км может обломать зубы и как следствие голодание голова умирает, что и произошло с моим двигателем.

[@Володимир-ж2б]

@Сергей-ъ3ь7г да , именно головке пиздец полный

[@Сергей-ъ3ь7г]

​@@Володимир-ж2б, жопа конечно, голову очень трудно найти за адекватные деньги. За бугром мусор продают , стёртые кулачки , задиры постелей , вообщем честного продавца в Європе ещё нужно поискать. Мне старую голову восстановили на производстве по ремонту ГБЦ и все такое, сделали напыление постелей , вообщем там похимичили на 250$ , пока что ходит уже 20тыс км, но кулачки у меня стортые уже. Они так сделали что там только этот распредвал будет индивидуально, т.е другой уже туда стоковый не поставить, подгоняли под размери ремонтные. Ты откуда?