Suzuki DR650 Scrambler Build Overview

[@NickAdamAnderson]

Such a clean build. Great job on making the bike look gorgeous and still maintaining it's performance capabilities. Thanks for the overview!

[@Ch1oeW]

Looks awesome. I want to do up my front headlight and guard like yours. Really nice looking. I would love to see the details!

[@scotscottscottt]

Sick build. Good work.

[@PCPete68]

Now that is smick. A plan for mine when I am to old for offroad stuff, a custom build. Very cool.

[@ericweber1969]

Really nice build, thank you for sharing it!

[@daxadventure]

What a beauty, we'll done!

[@karlkratzer4928]

Great build on that dr650 very sharp

[@samueljlarson]

Looks great man! Triumph 865 air cooled scramblers look amazing to me and I've ridden a few and think you have struck the balance point nicely between looks and function. Looking for a cheap DR650 now to make my own! Thanks for the terrific content!

[@dalepaddon8904]

Thanks. It’s still not quite finished for me though (maybe never will be)… not sure what next though. Maybe paint the oval number plates

[@samueljlarson]

@@dalepaddon8904 Take it out for an overnight in the mountains is what I'd do.

[@jasonloke2219]

Niceee!!! Thanks for sharing. I have a 18 year Old DR

[@Desmo-]

Sweet !!! Looks like a very fun bike to scoot around on, I imagine it feels totally different than a standard DR

[@dalepaddon8904]

Thanks! The main things that change the feel are the seating position (where the tank & seat make you sit depending on their size/shape) and the wheels/tyres. Otherwise it’s still very DR. 👍

[@yaz5627]

Wow well done

[@thehammer7766]

Best looking DR650 i have seen so far - great job! How does it ride?

[@dalepaddon8904]

Thanks. Rides great. Nice blend of road manners and off road manners. Since the video I raised it back to height midway between stock & lowered- just because it looked a bit too squatted down. I’ve always been tuning it with a afr tuner & finding I’ve been running on the rich side.

[@tvh300]

Nice build!

[@blondiejoe]

Very cool, well done!

[@ERone43]

Kool bike!

[@petecourtney6322]

Awesome

[@elshaddaimotors1031]

Nice 👍

[@nicholashall5831]

Very nice! Would love to find out more about the tank?

[@dalepaddon8904]

8:08 min in!

[@nicholashall5831]

@@dalepaddon8904 was more interested in hearing about fitment and ease of change over... More details required haha, I like it!

[@dalepaddon8904]

Maybe in a video another day 👍

[@jameshowley7211]

Really lovely build. Could you tell me what kind of range you get from the tank?

[@dalepaddon8904]

It’s a little bit over 12L so similar to a stock tank- about 200km

[@jameshowley7211]

Thanks for the reply. Planning on doing something similar with a 1992 RS.

[@bigtrev761]

🇦🇺😎👍

[@МаТиме]

Super.

[@Jay-mc7vq]

Beautiful bike, man. I wonder how much these scramblers weigh. Do you have a weight for your build?

[@dalepaddon8904]

Thanks. Yes, the weight is something I pay attention to. I weighed it with some Fitbit scales and it was 154kg with an empty fuel tank. I just changed the exhaust yesterday which is heavier than that custom exhaust by about 1kg. There’s some steel made brackets etc that I might trim down to shave a little more weight.

[@markkumanninen6524]

@@dalepaddon8904 A fine job! Some of your solutions could come in handy in my plans. I ride -97 which looks pretty standard, but has lots of mods. Last weekend I went lithium-ion, which dropped the weight three kilos. Light weight is very important to me.

[@dalepaddon8904]

@@markkumanninen6524 lithium batteries are good bang for buck when it comes to cutting kilos

[@ghostryderinthesky]

Nice job. What is the width of the rear rim ? Thanks

[@dalepaddon8904]

Good point - I didn’t mention that the rear rim is changed also. Front 19x 2.5 Rear 17x 4.25 Tyres 110/80R19, 150/70R17

[@ghostryderinthesky]

@@dalepaddon8904 Thanks. I have DR650 with 17" front and rear wheels and would like to go with a 19" front.

[@dalepaddon8904]

@@ghostryderinthesky this wheel set was originally a super Moto 17/17 set. I had the front relaced to a 19”

[@denhamhunter753]

Love the front end! Any info on headlight/fairing?

[@dalepaddon8904]

mentioned in the video @3:30 that headlight is a ebay cheapie- since the video I have replaced with a Purpose Built Moto headlight. and the windscreen is an ebay cheapie I just painted white.

[@denhamhunter753]

Think I’m going to do something similar to my 400e… nice work

[@dalepaddon8904]

@@denhamhunter753 this is worth a look for the 400 purposebuiltmoto.com/blogs/gallery/2018-suzuki-drz400-street-tracker-motorcycle

[@julienmeyer4465]

Ouah! Amazing DR custom! Thanks for that 🤌🏼 Is it possible to know how much this transformation cost you in money and time? Good ride !

[@dalepaddon8904]

Thanks. Time? Years 😝 hard to gauge as depends how much time you can spend on it & how much you do it yourself. The major part of the transformation it was unrideable for about 8 months. Some stuff was done professionally some by me- I’d do little bits at a time. Cost is kind of the same- depends how much you do yourself. Eg painting the tank costs me maybe $120 in paint coz I do it myself. You could take a bike to a custom shop to do the whole lot, maybe take them a couple of months & probably cost just as much as the bike costs.