vince strang motorcycles dr650 riders newsletter

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Inverell NSW 2360
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vince@vsm.net.au
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 purpose 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.
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NEW WINDSCREEN AVAILABLE
MAINTENANCE TIP
NEW STUFF!
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.
NO STOCK!
ON OUR WEBSITE
We have added a new
windscreen to our website shop, we have secured 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 secured stocks of the new
Acerbis tank, although
not as voluptuous as
we hoped it is still a solid 20 litre (about 2 L
more than the IMS) and
looks a little sportier
and is $415 including
freight.
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!
NEW ACERBIS TANK
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 remember 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.
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” instructions and Google map details as well as other great information and a couple of riding stories. 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.
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Questions or comments? E-mail us at vince@vsm.net.au or call 02 67210610
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